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I was told to loose weight you have to jog real slow, and
jog fast to gain endurance, is this true, my goal right now
is to loose weight, i jog every other day in a canal (dirt
road) , in the evenings , jog 2 1/2 mi in 35 min, my height
is 5"7/ 168 pounds/ so i want to loose atleast 10 pounds as
you can C lol, thanks for any advice.
On 2004-07-02, Hugo <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I was told to loose weight you have to jog real slow, and
> jog fast to gain endurance, is this true,
No. Just run consistently and you'll lose weight.
Cheers,
--
Donovan Rebbechi http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~elflord/
"Hugo" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I was told to loose weight you have to jog real slow, and
> jog fast to gain endurance, is this true, my goal right
> now is to loose weight, i jog every other day in a canal
> (dirt road) , in the evenings , jog 2 1/2 mi in 35 min, my
> height is 5"7/ 168 pounds/ so i want to loose atleast 10
> pounds as you can C lol, thanks for any advice.
Go to a gym and do some workouts. They do not have to be
real strenuous, just enough to add some muscle. You will
lose weight faster with muscle instead of fat and leg work
will even help you run up hills faster.
I tried for a long time to loose weight and when I hit the
gym, the 5 lbs I was trying to loose came off and I could
run up short hills seconds faster.
You mileage may vary.
"Donovan Rebbechi" <abuse@aol.com> wrote in message
news:slrncebakt.k0o.abuse@panix2.panix.com...
> On 2004-07-02, Hugo <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > I was told to loose weight you have to jog real slow,
> > and jog fast to
gain
> > endurance, is this true,
>
> No. Just run consistently and you'll lose weight.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Donovan Rebbechi http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~elflord/
100% agree. If you are just beginning the key is to develop
the exercise habit, make it a regular part of your week.
Starting slow is a good idea for many reasons mainly
because it reduces your discomfort. Do not worry about
anything more than getting out the door for 20 to 60min per
day, 3 to 5x per week.
"Hugo" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:2klni1F3qssgU1@uni-berlin.de...
> I was told to loose weight you have to jog real slow, and
> jog fast to gain endurance, is this true, my goal right
> now is to loose weight, i jog every other day in a canal
> (dirt road) , in the evenings , jog 2 1/2 mi in 35 min, my
> height is 5"7/ 168 pounds/ so i want to loose atleast 10
> pounds as you can C lol, thanks for any advice.
>
In regards to weight loss and running, the distance of your
jogs is far more important than the speed. If I read
correctly you are running from 7.5 to 10 miles per week.
This level of exercise will burn roughly 750 to a 1000
additional calories per week.
At such a relatively low volume of running (and it may be
all your body can handle at this point) reducing the number
of calories you eat each day is the most important thing you
can do to lose weight. If you reduce your food intake by
about 350 calories per day and continue with your jogging,
you can expect to lose about one pound per week and reach
your goal in about 3 months. At your size and recently
increased activity level, I would not advice reducing
calorie intake much more than 350 per day.
Some options for faster weight lose are: 1)Resistance
training to increase the rate at which you expend calories
throughout the day, and/or
2)Performing a lower impact cardiovascular activity
(walking, cycling, etc.) on the days you do not run.
Best of luck, Matthew
My advice is to start using spell checker.
Running by itself won't take any weight off you unless you
run upwards of 25 miles per week (or so I read in RW).
Running, combined with a low-fat, low-cal diet, will help
you lose weight. I'm running less than 20 miles/week right
now, but I've lost 8 lbs. in the last month, just by being
careful about what, and how much, I eat. BTW, I think you
want to lose weight, not loose it.
"Hugo" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<2klni1F3qssgU1@uni-
berlin.de>...
> I was told to loose weight you have to jog real slow, and
> jog fast to gain endurance, is this true, my goal right
> now is to loose weight, i jog every other day in a canal
> (dirt road) , in the evenings , jog 2 1/2 mi in 35 min, my
> height is 5"7/ 168 pounds/ so i want to loose atleast 10
> pounds as you can C lol, thanks for any advice.
Speed is not important. Walk or run fast enough to start
breathing harder and work up a sweat. But not so hard that
you hate it. Instead at whatever pace it becomes "fun".
Eventually you need to cover 10-20 miles a week for the
exercise to have the best effect. But take as many months as
necesary to get up to that level. Some will reach that in
one month, others in ten months.
On 2004-07-08, John B. <jbrink505@aol.com> wrote:
> Running by itself won't take any weight off you unless you
> run upwards of 25 miles per week (or so I read in RW).
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Well, there's
the problem right there.
Cheers,
--
Donovan Rebbechi http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~elflord/
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