Jogging For Beginners
Jogging is considered to be one of the best ways to lose weight and burn fat. Best of all, it can be done any time and any where. In this jogging for beginners article you will get introduced to the jogging sport and find out how you can start jogging your self.
Schedule to do your jogging first thing in the morning, that way the rest of the day’s worries and things-to-do, will not get in your way. If you goal is to lose weight you have to also set your mind to avoid eating anything prior to your exercise, just drink a glass of water. To avoid muscle cramps, add salt to your water or drink a Gatorade or a similar electrolyte drink. Not eating prior to your jogging will force your body to use the energy stored in the existing fat reserves. Stretch for a couple of minutes but be careful not to overstretch your muscles as your body is not warmed up yet. Follow the stretching with about 5 minutes of walking.
You can follow a jogging regiment described in the Jogging Training article or continue to the one that follows here.
In the initial phase, start with jogging for about 1 minute followed by about a minute and a half of walking. Try to keep your breathing consistent. It is very important when you are just starting out, not to push the body too hard. Your main goal should be to build or regain stamina in the first two month. Do this about 10 times or about a total of 25 minutes and your first jog is over. Follow this regiment about 3 times the first week.
For the second week you will increase your jogging time a little. Start with the same stretching and a 5 minute warm up walk. This time you will do one and a half minutes of jogging followed by 2 minutes of walking, repeating this about 7 times for a total of about 25 minutes. Again, do this 3 times this second week.
Third week of jogging is a bit different, you will be alternating between different lengths of jogging and walking. Remember to stretch and warm up for about five minutes before starting your exercise. Begin this session with about one and a half minutes of jogging followed by a minute and a half of walking, then jog for about 3 minutes. This will probably not be easy but give it all you have and then follow it by a 3 minute walk. Repeat this one more time and you are done. Do this 3 times this third week.
Your fourth week is where it will get a bit harder yet, try this and if you are not ready for it yet, do another week of last week’s regiment.
I’ll just jump right into week four. You will begin just like any other week, with stretching and 5 minutes of warm up. Begin with 3 minutes of jogging followed by a minute and a half of walking and then jogging for another 5 minutes followed by two and a half minutes of walking. Repeat this one more time and you’re done. Again, do this 3 times this fourth week.
On week five your jogging times will change increasing each time, each of the three days this week. Just like before, if you find out that your body is not ready for it yet, do another week of the previous regiment.
The first day of this week’s exercise you will do 5 minutes of jogging followed by 3 minutes of walking. Repeat this 3 times.