That was what I assumed too but it is incorrect. raising it 60 inches is 90 degrees but in fact it is rise over 1. Thus a rise of one over a run of 1 = 1. this is 45 degrees. Raising it all 60 inches gives you a rise over run of 60 over 0. The mathematicians can tell you what that would be expressed in percentages but my mathematics does not extend to that level of sophistication.
Dan is correct. Actually to be absolutely correct on something as short as a treadmill of say 60 inches you cannot really use the length of the treadmill as your run. As Dan pointed out the length of the treadmill is the hypotenuse so, as you raise one end you are actually shortening the run. For practical purposes this is negligible at 14%. Something like the slope on a mile of highway where the hypotenuse is so close to the run you can, for all practical purposes take both measures to be the same. ----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Hodges To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2008 10:07 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] tread mill incline The simple way to figure out a 14% grade is to take the length of your treadmill track (i.e. 60 inches). If you raise one end of it 60 inches, you're raising it 100%. So calculate 14% as follows: 60 inches divided 100 = .60 times 14 (degrees) = 8.4 inches -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lenny McHugh Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 5:39 PM To: handyman-blind Subject: [BlindHandyMan] tread mill incline How do I figure out what angle a 14% grade is on a tread mill? I just had a stress test and was walking 3.5 mph at 14% incline. My treadmill goes no where near that. I think I would like to put some blocks under the front to take it to at least 10%. I did a lot of internet searches and found nothing that helps. Please visit my home page; it is motivational, inspirational and humorous with many resources. http://www.geocities.com/lenny_mchugh/ Lenny ------------------------------------ Send any questions regarding list management to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_p age&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 Or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
