The interior color scheme is cool, and the use of black metal frames for the bar chairs and coffee table help to create a light and airy room. Rugs are very useful in home decorating. Not only do they give interest and provide a soft surface to walk on, but they can also 'mark out' areas such as this one.
On a treadmill, you can accurately set your incline by 1%, 2%, etc. When walking outdoors, you need to use a tool such as MapMyWalk.com to map out your walks and see what the incline really is. I can tell you from experience, that a 5% incline is a real huffer-puffer. 1  for every 1% of grade, you increase your calories burned by about 12% or about 10 more calories per mile for a 150 pound person.  By the time you are at 10% grade, you are burning over twice as many calories per mile.
Walking has many benefits, but how much weight you lose depends on how much you weigh, how fast you walk and the nature of the terrain you walk through or the tilt of your treadmill. Ultimately, how much you lose walking an hour daily depends on how well you mind your diet.alking Speed. Any kind of activity, even a leisurely stroll, burns calories, but the faster you walk, the more you burn. A 170-pound person burns 267 calories at 3 mph, 405 calories at 4 mph and 648 calories at the very brisk pace of 5 mph. Walking one hour daily, this translates into 2.3 lbs.