Beginner

Congrats on your dedication and weight loss. I've (relatively) recently dropped from ~ 250 to ~185,
and found that doing "twice-a-day" aeorobic workouts every day a great help - BUT I really mixed up
the exercises (run, cycle, elliptical and Stairmaster) and did 30-45 minutes only each workout - and
was very serious about stretching. Adding weights a few days/week will help with weight loss as well
(muscle burns more kcal).

As I read the literature (I'm a surgeon and not a cardiologist), there seems to be progressive gain
in cardiac wellness as you increase beyound the 3x/week level, at least up to 60 minutes/day 5-7
days/week.

JW

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I've just started running as part of my long term diet. I used to be 377 pounds and now I'm 235
pounds. 23yo male. I've been walking for the past year and after doing 3 hours a day walking 7
days a week I was so fed up I decided to start running, which I always hated at school (since I
was [censored] and couldn't even do 400 metres without walking). Surprisingly I've found

I

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quite enjoy it now, and I've been doing 2.7 miles each day for past 3

weeks.

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My time is under 30 minutes.

Is 30 minutes a day enough to build up my fitness? I have no interest at this moment in time in
doing marathons, or what have you, just in getting

to

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a 'normal' persons fitness.

bobby slash said:

I've just started running as part of my long term diet. I used to be 377 pounds and now I'm 235
pounds. 23yo male. I've been walking for the past year and after doing 3 hours a day walking 7
days a week I was so fed up I decided to start running, which I always hated at school (since I
was [censored] and couldn't even do 400 metres without walking). Surprisingly I've found I quite enjoy
it now, and I've been doing 2.7 miles each day for past 3 weeks. My time is under 30 minutes.

Is 30 minutes a day enough to build up my fitness? I have no interest at this moment in time in
doing marathons, or what have you, just in getting to a 'normal' persons fitness.

Thirty minutes three days a week is the general guideline for basic fitness. You are doing well by
concentrating on going by time. The only suggestion might be to be sure to incorporate "easy" days.
Instead of running 7days a week, maybe alternate running one day and walking the next.

Lastly, consider post run strecthing.

Welcome to rec.running! Enjoy! ed

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"Two roads diverged in a wood and I
I took the one less travelled by
and that has made all the difference."
robert frost

Your first mistake is perceiving joggers as "normal". Would a normal person dress like Spiderman,
run in place at stop lights, and constantly look at his/her watch rather than the bus they're about
to be flattened by? I'm not saying don't jog..........I'm saying don't be a jogger. Sincerely, Anne
- the angel of truth.