The Dead Treadmill Run: Drop Body Fat Fast And Improve Conditioning

I’m not a fan of treadmills or any other machine for cardio for that matter. I’d much rather be outside doing sprints if I’m gonna run. The ground doesn’t move under you when you move, you move over the ground. There’s a huge difference with what’s going on physiologically. That’s why running outside will beat running on a treadmill every time.

I also use the term “cardio” loosely because most people think it only means aerobic-based training, and that’s not the case.

Sometimes you might not be able to get outside because of the weather or lack of time. That’s two reason why I might have someone run on a treadmill. But I have them do it without turning it on.

Doing it this way will force your legs to power the treadmill instead of the engine with you just picking up your feet.
You’ll also save a lot of time and get better results than simply jogging at a comfortable speed for longer durations, which also happens to be the worst training modality to lose body fat. And you certainly won’t improve your conditioning if your an MMA fighter or in the grappling sports. It’s just far to easy.

Remember, the two most important words when it comes to training is “HARD WORK”. If it was easy, everyone would be in great shape.

Here’s a quick video of Cliff performing the dead treadmill run.



This was done after he did three different circuits with weights with minimal rest times between exercises and sets.

The first week we finished the training session with only one set of the dead tread run. Now he’s up to three.

20 second run as fast as possible
Rest 80 seconds (we started at 120 seconds)