Showing posts with label How to start jogging. Show all posts
Showing posts with label How to start jogging. Show all posts

Monday, October 17, 2011

How to Start Jogging

By putting one foot in front of the other and doing this type of movement for at least 30 minutes. 
  1. You first need to get a check up to get the clear for your health and jogging.
  2. Many of you may do better walking for a couple of weeks and then beginning a run/walk schedule.
Run/Walk Schedule
Walk for 10 minutes for a warm up.
  • Walk for 1 minute 
  • Jog for 2 minutes
  • Walk for 1 minute
  • Jog for 2 minutes
  • Walk for 1 minute
  • Jog for 2 minutes
Keep doing this from 4 to 6 times within the half hour.
End how to start jogging with a cool down walk for 10 minutes... all the way to your front door.
Make sure that you stretch and then hop into the shower to relax.

This is your time to relax, jog and enjoy your time.
Take in your surroundings and enjoy the trees and all the wonderful colors. Listen for nature and it's amazing beauty, you will feel closer to something, refreshed and invigorated.
Closer to yourself...Give yourself credit and write your first jog down in a book just for jogging and logging.

Jogging is one of the easiest sports that you can do. It doesn't require you to have a lot of money, only time. Make time tomorrow and walk, then run.

If you find jogging is difficult for you, make sure you walk instead for a half hour 3 or 4 times a week. Feel the walk and add a few jogging steps. Give it 2 weeks if you have to. Walk, jog and the run when your ready.

Take a look at this women...

She is almost 80 years old and jogs all the time, running in marathons!
She first started her first steps at 50 years of age. Not bad!
I'll tell you more about her and how this wonderful inspiration starting jogging late in her life, next weeks.

Leave me a comment...I'd love to hear what you have to say.
From one want ta be to another...No matter what JOG!
Next week
I'll will ask my great coaching friends for a program, so stay tuned and Jog with a program.

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Start Jogging at 40

Many of us want to know how to start jogging... A big bulk of us would like to start jogging at 40!

If you want to jog at 40 it's time to focus and find the information you need to getting started.
It's also good to ask yourself a few questions...
  1. Why do you want to start jogging?
  2. Do you want to start with a group?
  3. Are you going to try an online schedule?
  4. How are you going to motivate yourself?
These are questions to get you to a goal and then a plan.

  • If you answered you wanted to start jogging to lose weight, then it would be nice to have a how to start jogging plan that is centered specifically for someone who is started to run at 40.
  • If you decided to run with a group, their are many running groups in your community that will help you.
  • New Balance, Running Room to name just are few are choices you can try.
  • If you decided on trying an online learn to run plan, make sure it is for beginner joggers.
  • The part on motivating yourself is finding a program that you are happy with.


If you are interested in starting jogging check out the blue links for information.

I love that you are starting jogging and I'll talk to you next week discussing a jogging program and weight loss.