An Easy Way To Run
An Easy Way To Run!
We commonly encounter people at Peak Physique that simply hate the thought of running; they don’t enjoy it, or find it too hard and consequently just tell us “I can’t run!”
If this sounds familiar, read on!
Running or Jogging is a high impact activity (as many have experienced) and consequently your body expends more energy as you do it. Although this is great, from a calorie burning perspective, its’ often too hard to sustain for any significant time.
One of the techniques we employ at Peak Physique is the concept of Interval training. Sometimes also referred to as fartlek training, it involves exercising at a lower intensity for a period in time, then increasing the intensity sporadically or at certain “intervals”.
Try this strategy:
• Start out walking for 10 minutes & build into a steady pace to increase your heart rate & completely warm the body up.
• Break into a run / Jog at a steady pace for 1 minute
• Drop the intensity into a walk for an additional 2 minutes
• Repeat this interval for a total of 6-10 times
• Cool down with a moderate paced walk for 10 minutes
The total duration for this session is between 38 – 50 minutes. Obviously as you become fitter you will be able to 2 things:
1) Increase the duration of the run (e.g. – 1 min to 90 sec’s, 90 sec’s to 2 mins)
2) Decrease the rest in between each Interval (e.g. – 2 min to 90 sec, 90 sec to 1 min)
We commonly encounter people at Peak Physique that simply hate the thought of running; they don’t enjoy it, or find it too hard and consequently just tell us “I can’t run!”
If this sounds familiar, read on!
Running or Jogging is a high impact activity (as many have experienced) and consequently your body expends more energy as you do it. Although this is great, from a calorie burning perspective, its’ often too hard to sustain for any significant time.
One of the techniques we employ at Peak Physique is the concept of Interval training. Sometimes also referred to as fartlek training, it involves exercising at a lower intensity for a period in time, then increasing the intensity sporadically or at certain “intervals”.
Try this strategy:
• Start out walking for 10 minutes & build into a steady pace to increase your heart rate & completely warm the body up.
• Break into a run / Jog at a steady pace for 1 minute
• Drop the intensity into a walk for an additional 2 minutes
• Repeat this interval for a total of 6-10 times
• Cool down with a moderate paced walk for 10 minutes
The total duration for this session is between 38 – 50 minutes. Obviously as you become fitter you will be able to 2 things:
1) Increase the duration of the run (e.g. – 1 min to 90 sec’s, 90 sec’s to 2 mins)
2) Decrease the rest in between each Interval (e.g. – 2 min to 90 sec, 90 sec to 1 min)