Running

[Tom]

I have gotten lazy after I came down with the flue a few weeks ago and would like to start exercizing again. I was going to the gym 3-4 times a week during the winter but now that spring is here I would like to start jogging and playing basketball.

I have found in the past that jogging works extremely well with atkins.
By jogging I also mean jogging / walking / running.

I have found this ... you set a distance rather than a time. I have found 2 miles to be good. If you can only walk this walk it if you can jog some jog it if you can run the whole thing then by all means do so. The trick is to time yourself and continue to work seconds off of the 2 miles. Try to run as much of it as you can even if you need to start walking after a few minutes and try to walk as fast as you can.

If you are also doing atkins you will notice that weight will start coming off quickly as your weight decreases so will your time that it takes to do the 2 miles ... once you get to a time at around 20 minutes or so once in a while try to push to three miles ...

You will be amazed at the positive cycle here. You run and diet and lose weight -> becuase you are lighter and have been running you will run faster and farther -> because you are running faster and farther you will lose more weight

Also remember that walking or jogging the two miles is very little difference in calories ... yep you are reading that right ... to run 2 miles or to walk two miles is roughly the same # of calories burnt. The difference is the calories / minute or calories / hour that you are buring. So if you are running you will burn off lets say 200 calories per 20 minutes where as if you are walking you may only burn up 50 calories per minute

This is why I like doing the distance rather than the time ...

In any case would someone want to be my running partner?
And start on this lets say tuesday?

Lets get a bunch of us ... and really stick to it ... spring is here

Tom

[Christie]

hey tom , just an idea that you could do is to have a mileage chart with everyone that does do this and say the goal is to hit like 1000 miles walked as a whole??????? think that would be a great idea... not that people set their own goal which sometimes is rough but that everyone work together as a group...... just an idea... dont know if i will join you am thinking I will but have to think about it ... as i hate to have people see me moving just too fast... all them jiggles could scare someone hehe

[Anonymous]

Ohhh I like this idea! I've been slowly progressing up to about 6 miles now. I start out walking, run a quarter mile and walk again. I do this till I hit the 6mile mark. I always feel like a million bucks afterward too!

Definately game for a chart sort of thing!

Kind regards,
Rose Ann

[Tom]

I can write a charting program for it.

[Christie]

hey that would be great .... could you do the same thing for people on WATP????

[Anonymous]

Funny this should come up. One of the goals my kids and I set for this summer is to learn to run a mile.

I thought this was really interesting :

http://pages.ivillage.com/sgsamson/learntorun.html

[Christie]

oooooooooo thank you for that link.... I think I could do that.... and perhaps it will get me to get them cigarettes out of my life also..... only worried that the broken leg i have been dealing with for the last two years is not healed correctly so will get that checked out before i do this but will definately try it .....

just thought about it what you mean by a charting program?????? I would make up some web pages for this...... hey i am actually thinking about running OMG what has Atkins done to me????hehehe

[Anonymous]

HI,
I don't run or jog, I walk with wrist weights. Heavyhand walking, spares my knee joints builds upper body muscle, and pushes my heartbeat up to where it should be for exercise.

The calories burned by exercise is only a minor part of it. Exercise improves insulin sensitivity ! That is more important for most of us, and I think that is the great improvement that Atkins people get from it.

danny

[Anonymous]

hey tom i do 2 miles also on the rebok fusion its easy on the knees and joints a speed of 4.0 for 30 minutes will get ya 2 miles

[Tom]

OK I did 1 mile running and like a half of mile walking plus an hour of shooting the basketball around.

I say we do this.
Lets keep a running total of miles that we run and walk ... no partial miles count only full completed miles ... so here is the first entry

Name Miles Run Miles Walked Miles Total
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Tom 1 0 1
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1 0 1