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Gym Confessions: Treadmill Racing Sad but true. If you’re doing an easy run and you want to avoid the intrusion of wandering eyes—or you just don’t want to check the display compulsively—set the treadmill for the amount of time you want to run, then put a towel over the display. You’ll be surprised at how nice it feels to run when you’re not watching the ‘mill tick off every hundredth of a mile, and when no one else can see your pace. Tell us: Do you race other people on the treadmill? What are your other gym confessions? (Tweet @WomensHealthMag with hashtag #GymConfessions!) More from WH:Treadmill WorkoutsRunning For Weight LossBest Running Tips Photo: iStockphoto/Thinkstock

Gym Confessions: Treadmill Racing

Sad but true.

If you’re doing an easy run and you want to avoid the intrusion of wandering eyes—or you just don’t want to check the display compulsively—set the treadmill for the amount of time you want to run, then put a towel over the display.

You’ll be surprised at how nice it feels to run when you’re not watching the ‘mill tick off every hundredth of a mile, and when no one else can see your pace.

Tell us: Do you race other people on the treadmill? What are your other gym confessions? (Tweet @WomensHealthMag with hashtag #GymConfessions!)

More from WH:
Treadmill Workouts
Running For Weight Loss
Best Running Tips

Photo: iStockphoto/Thinkstock

Workout Music: New Year, New Playlist! While it’s true that listening to music can improve workout performance, it’s also very easy to get tired of your workout playlist and lose motivation. Freshen up your music library with these 15 pop, dance, and hip-hop tracks! We put slower or more mellow songs in the beginning and left super-high energy tunes for the second half—it’s like a musical warmup. We dare you to play these tunes and NOT get pumped up. 1. Pumped Up Kicks, Foster the People 2. Tongue Tied, Grouplove (You might recognize this one from a recent iPod commercial) 3. The Dog Days Are Over, Florence + The Machine 4. Doo Wop (That Thing), Lauryn Hill 5. This Is The Remix, Girl Talk 6. We Found Love, Rihanna 7. Good Feeling, Flo Rida 8. Without You, David Guetta featuring Usher 9. Moves Like Jagger, Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera 10. Forget You, Cee Lo Green 11. You Make Me Feel, Cobra Starship featuring Sabi 12. Where Them Girls At, David Guetta featuring Flo Rida and Nicki Minaj 13. Give Me Everything, Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer 14. B.O.B., Outkast 15. Are You Gonna Be My Girl, Jet Tell us: What are your favorite workout songs? RELATED: See all of our workout playlists! The Case Against Headphones: Surprising Dangers of Earbuds Photo: Digital Vision/Thinkstock

Workout Music: New Year, New Playlist!

While it’s true that listening to music can improve workout performance, it’s also very easy to get tired of your workout playlist and lose motivation.

Freshen up your music library with these 15 pop, dance, and hip-hop tracks! We put slower or more mellow songs in the beginning and left super-high energy tunes for the second half—it’s like a musical warmup.

We dare you to play these tunes and NOT get pumped up.

1. Pumped Up Kicks, Foster the People
2. Tongue Tied, Grouplove (You might recognize this one from a recent iPod commercial)
3. The Dog Days Are Over, Florence + The Machine
4. Doo Wop (That Thing), Lauryn Hill
5. This Is The Remix, Girl Talk
6. We Found Love, Rihanna
7. Good Feeling, Flo Rida
8. Without You, David Guetta featuring Usher
9. Moves Like Jagger, Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera
10. Forget You, Cee Lo Green
11. You Make Me Feel, Cobra Starship featuring Sabi
12. Where Them Girls At, David Guetta featuring Flo Rida and Nicki Minaj
13. Give Me Everything, Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer
14. B.O.B., Outkast
15. Are You Gonna Be My Girl, Jet

Tell us: What are your favorite workout songs?

RELATED:
See all of our workout playlists!
The Case Against Headphones: Surprising Dangers of Earbuds

Photo: Digital Vision/Thinkstock

Want to start running? Try our beginner running plan! This running program, designed by coach Jenny Hadfield, co-author of Running for Mortals, will take you from running newbie to 30 minutes of running in four weeks. Whether your goal is to run a 5-K or to drop some extra pounds, in one month you’ll be well on your way, with the transformed bod to show for it. Print the beginner running plan and your 4-week training schedule! (You can get this handy PDF by scrolling to the bottom and following the directions to print.)

Want to start running? Try our beginner running plan!

This running program, designed by coach Jenny Hadfield, co-author of Running for Mortals, will take you from running newbie to 30 minutes of running in four weeks.

Whether your goal is to run a 5-K or to drop some extra pounds, in one month you’ll be well on your way, with the transformed bod to show for it.

Print the beginner running plan and your 4-week training schedule! (You can get this handy PDF by scrolling to the bottom and following the directions to print.)

Last-Minute Holiday Gifts for Runners

From the WH running blog, Gotta Run!

If you’re like me, you’re a master procrastinator who’s still shopping for holiday presents. If you have runners on your list, here are my top picks for what to get them this year—or what to buy yourself with those Visa gift cards. Note: The more experienced the runner, the likelier it is that they have at least a few of these items.

Nathan Sprint Handheld Bottle
I’ve come to love carrying my own water on runs—especially in the winter, when public fountains are turned off. This is the best water bottle I’ve ever run with, period. (Props to my colleague Meghan Loftus at Runner’s World who recommended it.) This 10-ounce capacity bottle scores points for its breathable, adjustable mesh hand strap, velcro pocket, reflective details, and attached ID/medical emergency card. Plus, the one-way drinking valve is totally genius. You can turn this baby upside down and it won’t drip.
$15, nathansports.com

Brooks Adapt Gloves
It’s easy to overdress for winter runs because you forget how much you warm up once you get started. These convertible gloves offer on-the-go temperature control by virtue of what Brooks calls a “stowable windshield”—an attached mitten covering that you can pull over your gloved fingers for extra warmth or tuck away in the built-in pocket. This “glitten” also offers reflective details and a flip-back thumb so you can change the song on your iPod.
$30, brooksrunning.com

Saucony DryLete Ponytail Headband
This sweat-wicking headband does a nice job of keeping your ears warm without causing your entire head to overheat. The cute pattern and slit for your ponytail are bonuses. Saucony also has this headband in black, minus the ponytail port.
$15, saucony.com

Adidas Supernova Convertible Jacket
An ingenious design: A jacket with sleeves that zip off to reveal a vest. This multitasking jacket is a go-to item when packing for trips. And if you get to warm mid-run, you can zip off the sleeves and tie them around your waist.
$80, shopadidas.com (But it’s currently on sale for $64!)

Road ID Shoe Pouch
This water-resistant pouch attaches to shoelaces with a reflective velcro strap and can carry a house key, credit card, hotel key, and cash. The best part: A metal ID plate can be engraved with emergency contact information. If you’re shopping for someone else, it might be best to give them a Road ID gift card so they can personalize the ID plate themselves. Or you can get just the shoe pouch for $5.
$20, roadid.com

The Stick Self-Massage Tool
Runners get tight muscles—and it feels really good to release those knots. Roll the stick along your quads, hamstrings, and calves and the spindles do the work.
$35, Amazon.com

REALLY last-minute: Gift certificates
If your don’t have time to search for these items (or wait for them to ship from online retailers), the best gift certificates you could get for runners are for their local specialty running store—that is, not sporting goods stores—or for a massage therapy practice. For the latter, it’s best to know who or where your runner gets massages, if they get them at all.

Free and meaningful: Offer to cheer for them in a race
Get creative and make your runner a “certificate” in which you promise to be their #1 spectator at their next race. Suggestions: Make a sign, shake a cowbell, and YELL!

RELATED: Women’s Health 2011 Gift Guide

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