I recommend my patients take up walking instead of running.
1. More apt to stick with this routine.
2. Just as effective for weight loss if they perform this at a 3:1 ratio timewise of their running.......eg- 20 minutes of running/60 minutes walking.
3. It has been proven almost as good for cardiovascular/heart health as is running(perhaps throw a few yards of jogging in with the walk to rise heart rate).
4. Much less stress on the joints.........knees, ankles, and back.
5. Walking can be much miore relaxing and good for the mind.
1. More apt to stick with this routine.
2. Just as effective for weight loss if they perform this at a 3:1 ratio timewise of their running.......eg- 20 minutes of running/60 minutes walking.
3. It has been proven almost as good for cardiovascular/heart health as is running(perhaps throw a few yards of jogging in with the walk to rise heart rate).
4. Much less stress on the joints.........knees, ankles, and back.
5. Walking can be much miore relaxing and good for the mind.
Keep a log of your running on an excel spreadsheet so that you can compare times from the previous day, week or month. As you improve your time, you will become more motivated.
Run a variety of courses so that you are not bored.
Running with other runners helps take out the boredom.
Enter into a race every so often so that you become goal oriented to the race.
Stay off sidewalks as much as possible because that surface is too hard on the joints. Be sure you have a good pair of running shoes.
Totally disagree with the FISH. Running and walking are not the same for weight loss or cardiovascular health. But walking is better than doing nothing.
The only thing that may be the same or better would be walking up steps (a lot of steps!).
Don't worry about speed. The more you run the faster you will become.
Run a variety of courses so that you are not bored.
Running with other runners helps take out the boredom.
Enter into a race every so often so that you become goal oriented to the race.
Stay off sidewalks as much as possible because that surface is too hard on the joints. Be sure you have a good pair of running shoes.
Totally disagree with the FISH. Running and walking are not the same for weight loss or cardiovascular health. But walking is better than doing nothing.
The only thing that may be the same or better would be walking up steps (a lot of steps!).
Don't worry about speed. The more you run the faster you will become.
Dante said:
If that shit was easy, everyone would be doing it. Running, for me, is the most challenging cardio exercise both physically and mentally. How do I keep motivated? Like anything in life, sometimes you have to dig deep to find that morsel of inspiration. Many times I'll be running along feeling like I can't go on and then start a dialogue in my mind something like this---why am I doing this?, can't stop now, damn can't breathe, concentrate on breathing, maybe I'll stop up there this time, stop now? no freakin way, what games are on tonight?, am I getting fat?, need to weigh in, ate all those chips yesterday, mmm chips are good, must eat less chips, remember that chick from 12th grade bet she is married to some fat shmuck now, must keep running, I paid too much for these shoes to be idle, why am I doing this?, never take the easy way out, blah blah blah etc.
Running outside is so much easier, but not always possible. At least you have some scenery for distraction. When running at the gym, I can find other distractions including the tv.
Right now I am nursing a mild case of shin splints, and I don't even run much. Like you, I run 2-3 times a week for 3 miles. BTW, it also takes me 30 minutes.
that is exactly what goes thru my mind to...well perhaps I can be motived that You are able to do it so I can also thanks man for sharingPresto said:
yes the NOT wanting to be fat is a motivator by the way I got the minor shin splints to...if it gets really bad just walk for about 1/4 mile then resume runnung
Walking does nothing for you cardiocascularly and nothing for your metabolism - I think it is virtually worthless other than then you burn off calories - running can be tough and hard to stay motivated - if you could run with some other people it is 100x easier - running can be tough on your joints but if you aren't experiencing any problems running is the way to go.
