Can you use cardio coach if you run outside?

[neicebug]

So, I am seriously interested in cardio coach since you all seem to love it. But, maybe I am wrong, it seems like something you use for indoor equipment. And I have no indoor equipment, other than the typical equipment to do Cathe workouts.

Please share your insights if you use CC to run outside...how is it working compared to regular music, etc.

Thanks! xoxo, neicebug :7

 

[maddiesmum]

Of course you can! When Sean calls for increases in intensity, from level 4 to level 6 say, it is you who decides what comprises that increase in intensity. On a treadmill, it could be a combo of increased speed and incline. Running outdoors, you can still achieve the same effect through speed increases, and you decide how substantial these increases are. If you have bleachers nearby, or a great hill, you could perhaps time the level increase to coincide with running uphill.

The great thing about the CC recordings is that they are quite general, and therefore versatile and they give all the power and decision making to you.

Clare

 

[neicebug]

Thank you Clare!

You know that is where my confusion lies. I don't understand how I can use it with the hills around me, timing wise. Usually, I am just getting with it by the time I reach a certain hill in our subdivision and I don't understand how you can make sure that CC is in sync with those obstacles?

What type of music is on CC?

xoxo, neicebug

 

[FiddleFit]

I started using CCs with my outside runs, and love, love, love it! I used to get so bored within 30 mins of starting a run, I'd quit, even though I still had energy to burn. I was always watching the clock (can I turn around yet? Is it time to go home now?). With the CCs I'm running farther, and it feels like the time flies by. I don't even bring a watch because I know the workout is X mins long, and I just have to follow Sean's cues. I love the mixture of tempos and intensity. It keeps the workout interesting.

My only problem is accommodating changes in resistance to simulate hills. I don't have anything beyond a mild swell in my area, and it isn't big enough to make the challenge last as long as Sean makes them. The last time I tried CC#4, I did quick-paced walking lunges for the hill challenges. That seemed to work okay. I would still prefer to actually run up a big hill, but given I don't have that option, the lunges were a decent compromise. They only comprise a small portion of that particular workout.

If any other outdoor runners have ideas about how to create hill-resistance when there ain't no hill around, I'd love to hear it.

Cheers,
Sandra

 

[tneah]

I do not run, but would doing sprints work? Running as fast as you can from one block to the other, or as long as the more intense section lasts? I do cardio coach on my elliptical or my spin bike.

 

[maddiesmum]

You could also consider doing a series of burpees, star jumps, squat thrusts, whatever tough cardio move you can do without equipment that would bve a variant to running faster (intervals) as an intensity boost variant.

Clare