treadmill incline question

[mommacody]

i've been doing the itread workouts, and unfortunately, my treadmill is an older model and although it does incline, it doesn't indicate the percentage of the grade. is there a "standard" highest grade that most treadmills follow? or are there treadmills that go up to all different grades? i'm just not sure if i'm hitting the right mark when i have to go to 5% or 9%, etc. basically i just make sure that i'm higher or lower than where i was previously, depending on what i'm supposed to do.

thanks!

 

[maddiesmum]

The ones at my gym are numbered 1-15. The 15 is pretty steep.

Clare

 

[fox2star]

I also do the I-Treads and when she says go to 2% etc I just put the incline on 2 or 10 or whatever, assuming this number is the "percent" of incline..

 

[mommacody]

thanks. that's the problem though, my treadmill has no indication or number of incline. i just push the "up" button and it goes until i let go. i have no idea if the highest it goes is 10, 12, 15, etc. although i'd guess that at it's highest it's probably at about a 30 degree angle to the floor.

 

[nancy324]

It must be really hard to tell without an indicator, Cody. My gym has treadmills that go to 20, 15 and 12, if that helps any.

 

[Irisg1]

Hi Cody,

I know exactly what you mean. I just inherited a TM from my brother when he moved out of state, and have the same issue. I think the only way to know the incline level is to look in the manual, and it should say what the highest, lowest incline is, etc. I don't have the manual for mine, so I'm just guessing what I'm at. I may have to order the manual from the company.