First time on a treadmill

Thank you 🙏

Well done for making a start. I use the treadmill at the gym to warm up, it's best to push yourself but you shouldn't become too breathless to be unable to carry on talking. As I get fitter I don't increased the time but I either increase the pace or the incline. Good luck and keep going, consistency is key, why not track your progress, it can be quite motivating.

Well done Marketkat. It’s not easy to revive fitness once we’re older and this will only do you good. Just a word of warning about overdoing it. Like you I have been trying to improve my fitness. I did a lot of walking and bought a step machine. The outcome of that, just as I felt I was getting somewhere, was a strained Achilles tendon. That was six weeks ago and although it has improved slightly I still cannot walk far without it starting to hurt badly.
So, be wiser than me and resist the temptation to overdo it.
I am also using an app called LazyFit which is helping me to do some alternative exercises. I think there are similar apps.

Thanks everyone for your comments, all very helpful. 🤗

Yes. It would be so nice to just magically have more stamina - please send some to me if you have plenty!

I'm trying to walk more and build up mine. Not a gym fan but am putting more energy into doing things generally (walking more, going upstairs quicker, swimming a bit faster etc) and believe it is improving.

Try the Active in 10 app, NHS approved.
It encourages you to walk, at a brisk pace, but breaks it down into smaller more manageable chunks.
It’s worked for me.
Maybe give it a try

Keep going, your stamina will increase. I used to use a treadmill at the gym and I was very tired at first but I got better over time.

Do you go for walks? It might be an idea to try and build your stamina by going for short walks in conjunction with short sessions on the treadmill.

I think 15 minutes is a long time to exercise on a treadmill if you are not used to it. It would be better to do several very short bursts with breaks in between rather than one long one.

You can increase your stamina gradually and increase your time. As NotSpaghetti says repeat, repeat, repeat.

Repeat repeat repeat!
Sadly!

....me too.