ElizabethDarrell
Joined: 14 Jun 2014
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 Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 10:20 am Post subject: Easy Fitness - Running |
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Many people have tried running, and many people have hated it. The roots of this displeasure can be traced to the running boom of the 1970's, when running proponents, caught up in a near Pure Fitness Singapore, loudly pronounced that the best approach to running was longer, faster, and harder, and they did exactly that - until succumbed to debilitating injuries.
But if you do it correctly - meaning, with moderation - running doesn't have to mean pain and discomfort. More important, its potential for weight loss and fitness gains is impressive. For example, running at a sedate 12-minute-mile pace burns roughly 10 calories a minute. Kick that up to an 8-minute-mile, and you'll burn 15 calories a minute. That's 600 calories burned in a 40-minute run.
The most important concept is to stay below the threshold of fatigue and soreness. Running is great exercise, it's a great fat burner, and it's convenient . But you have to be smart about it.
Running in Moderation
Smart running means ignoring people who say that you won't get any benefits unless you're spitting your lungs up. Even the best runners intersperse hard training with plenty of slow running and outright time off to allow for recovery.
Running puts a lot of stress on your body. Each time your foot strikes the ground, it hits with a force equal to three to four times your body weight. Runners who ignore this fact and consistently push themselves to fatigue do so at their own peril.
Begin With Caution - If you're out of shape, you'll need to start slower than if you're already active but not running. The really important thing is to monitor your soreness.
If you're sore, you're doing too much, and you need to back off.
Out of shape runners start with 30 minutes of walking, three times a week. When this starts feeling comfortable, kick up the pace, but still limit the walk to 30 minutes. Then add some jogs to that 30 minutes. |
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