Whats a good fitness distance on threadmill over 15mins

dvdfan

Hey,

Ive been going to the gym reasonably regular for the last 7 weeks maybe 3-4 times a week. I usually do 15 mins to start off on the threadmill, with no elevation btw

Was wondering what a good fitness level is as in how many KM's i should be doing in 15 mins, i usually build up walking for a min, then up to 9.5 then 10.5-12.5 depending on how energetic im feeling. I lost about a stone and a quarter in the 7 weeks since i started and im 15stone 2lb and probably around 5ft 10 id say. Currently im doing 2.6 and although the machine dosent specify if its miles or KM im presuming its KM's so just wondering after 7 weeks is this good or bad. Im pretty much going flat out at that for the last 5 mins but dont know if im doing good or should be pushing harder.

Out of curiosity the army do a fitness test every year where you have to run x amount of miles in x amount of minutes, what is that?

Also i usually do 20 mins on the bike after that and 15 mins on the cross trainer, i find though that i dont push myself as much on the bike and crosstrainer so should i lose one of them and do extra on the threadmill or is it fine as it is. Im currently carrying an injury so cant do weights unfortnuatley so im only doing cardio work this past 5 weeks or so.

Hanley

I THINK the army test is 1.5 miles in under 10 mins. So approx 2.4km in less than 10 mins.

tribulus

Hanley wrote: »

I THINK the army test is 1.5 miles in under 10 mins. So approx 2.4km in less than 10 mins.

It's 11mins 40 secs to do 1.5 miles for the entry fitness test which is a pass or fail test.

The annual tests are different I believe and have different grades.

OP if you're goal is to lose weight then don't fix something that's not broken! I'd keep track of the distance you're going in that time and each week try to improve on it or increase the time spent running to 20 mins and try and keep a steady pace e.g 9 minutes a mile.

Just continue to work a bit harder each week and keep an eye on your diet.

airscotty

2.6K in 15mins is obviously not amazing but its all relivent.... jus keep up the hard work and you'll keep improving. And if your not training 2 be an athleat then its grand. I do triathlons so here's an idea of the times for 5k. Internation standard 5k = 15mins aprox. Best few in a good club in Dublin 5k= 17-18mins. Bare in mind this is after 750m swim and 20k bike so your not exactly fresh.... also im told you get a faster time on thredmill then plain old road r track!! Get your self to your local triathlon club if your lookin 4 a great athmosphere, sum training buddys for motivation... and to be in the best shape of your LIFE (and 4 a lot cheeper then slogging away in your loacal gym):D keep up the good work!

holdfast

The army tests are max effort and are used to predict your VO2 max. So they are done flat out. These are not run every day, but you could run them once a month to see if you are getting fitter.

Found this on an RDF site, it will give you an idea
http://www.62infantry.com/Annual_Fitness_Test.shtml

Hope that helps

Reyman

tribulus wrote: »

It's 11mins 40 secs to do 1.5 miles for the entry fitness test which is a pass or fail test.

The annual tests are different I believe and have different grades.

OP if you're goal is to lose weight then don't fix something that's not broken! I'd keep track of the distance you're going in that time and each week try to improve on it or increase the time spent running to 20 mins and try and keep a steady pace e.g 9 minutes a mile.

Just continue to work a bit harder each week and keep an eye on your diet.

The army have varying times on the 1.5m run for different ages for serving soldiers. I don't know the exact times but I suspect the figure quoted by Hanley of around 10:00 minutes may apply to guys in their early twenties. The figure for the 55-60 year old group is around 11:45

Typhoon.

Reyman wrote: »

10:00 minutes may apply to guys in their early twenties. The figure for the 55-60 year old group is around 11:45

thats age discrimination

tribulus

Reyman wrote: »

The army have varying times on the 1.5m run for different ages for serving soldiers. I don't know the exact times but I suspect the figure quoted by Hanley of around 10:00 minutes may apply to guys in their early twenties. The figure for the 55-60 year old group is around 11:45

No, if you re-read my post you'll see I said the entry fitness test, not the annual one which is 11mins 40secs.

miss no stars

Here's the deal with fitness tests in the army. Bear in mind that a grade 4 is the very minimum you need and you've no hope of getting on any physical/career course without a grade 3 minimum.

There is a different scale of timings and quantities for the annual test dependant on your age. What I have below is for age 17-29. The reason for the age difference is that the press ups and situps test local muscular endurance and the run tests aerobic capacity. The differences for age and gender are there to normalise the test.

ENTRY TEST
Run: 1.5 miles (2.4km)
Time allowed: Male: 11min30sec
Female: 13min

Pressups: Minimum 20
Time allowed: 60 Seconds

Situps: Minimum 20
Time allowed: 60 Seconds

ANNUAL TEST
Run: 2 miles (3.2km)
Graded (add 2 minutes to get female allowed times)
Grade 1: <12:35
Grade 2: 12:36-13:35
Grade 3: 13:36-14:36
Grade 4: 14:37-15:30

Pressups:
60 Seconds
Grade 1: >54
Grade 2: 47-53
Grade 3: 36-46
Grade 4: 28-35

Situps
60 Seconds
Grade 1: >41
Grade 2: 35-40
Grade 3: 30-34
Grade 4: 26-29

10km Loaded March:

1 hour 33 minute maximum time to pass

BossArky

dvdfan wrote: »

Was wondering what a good fitness level is as in how many KM's i should be doing in 15 mins

There is already lots of good info in the posts above. I would recommend aiming for 5mins per km, first at 3km, then 5km, then 10km.

e.g.
3km in 15 mins
5km in 25mins
10km in 50mins.

If on a threadmill set the incline to at least 1 or 1.5 to provide a bit of resistance. Leaving it a 0 makes it far too easy as is like running slightly downhill imo.

tribulus

miss no stars wrote: »

ENTRY TEST
Run: 1.5 miles (2.4km)
Time allowed: Male: 11min30sec
Female: 13min

Pressups: Minimum 20
Time allowed: 60 Seconds

Situps: Minimum 20
Time allowed: 60 Seconds

Sorry to be pedantic but the new run times for entry only came in recently I believe and are now 11mins 40secs for males and 13mins 10secs for females (I know because I recently did the run!)

miss no stars

fair enough, ten extra seconds.....


but good grief if you're relying on those ten seconds you're in dire straits as is!

tribulus

miss no stars wrote: »

fair enough, ten extra seconds.....


but good grief if you're relying on those ten seconds you're in dire straits as is!

Lol that's true, although some needed every bit of it.