It’s the clinical version of, just being fit instead.
go running, do cardio, ride a bike, do some heavy labor, you’ll be equally as fit, with less muscle mass, and better equipped to do most things throughout life, plus you aren’t doing test or some shit, because you don’t care about the looks.
Also, as far as running goes, it really sucks when you’re out of shape, but if you keep doing it, eventually you’ll get in shape, and while it’s still tiring and makes you sweaty, and generally hard on your body, you will eventually start to run without feeling like utter shit. (also you should do it daily, just don’t overdo it on a daily basis and you’ll be fine) i’m not subscribed to the idea of work hard, recover, and then do it all over again, i’m more a fan of constant
If you’re essentially sedentary you should probably start with walking first, to build up some physical endurance in your legs. That’s one of the nice things about running, you can do it for whatever, however you want, whenever you want. You can’t run for 3 miles straight? Guess what, you don’t have to. You can just walk half of it if you want.
granted i’m a bit of a masochist and enjoy uncomfortable shit like this, i think it’s something you have to learn to enjoy. You just start to tune everything out and focus only on the running, it’s a nice experience. Personally, once i got past being physically fucking tired, i started to be able to focus on breathing and movement, and once you have a good stride, it’s generally very pleasant. Cycling is also good cardio, but it’s a lot easier on the body, you can take it pretty casually as well.
When I first started running, I jogged, which was actually barely more than my walking speed, for 10m, than walked 10m. Eventually you start jogging longer and walking less. If you find a good distance for you, for me it was 5k, I just started trying to go faster. Speed up for 20m, back to jogging, speed up, etc, etc until you can sustain that new speed throughout the run. Went from dying after 50m to running 5k in sub 20 min and 10k in sub 50 in like 8 months and losing 20 kg in the process.
I always hated the first 10 to 15 minutes of my runs, but once I got passed that I got into a flow state of sorts and it was meditative.
because exercise is the wrong way to do it IMO.
It’s the clinical version of, just being fit instead.
go running, do cardio, ride a bike, do some heavy labor, you’ll be equally as fit, with less muscle mass, and better equipped to do most things throughout life, plus you aren’t doing test or some shit, because you don’t care about the looks.
Also, as far as running goes, it really sucks when you’re out of shape, but if you keep doing it, eventually you’ll get in shape, and while it’s still tiring and makes you sweaty, and generally hard on your body, you will eventually start to run without feeling like utter shit. (also you should do it daily, just don’t overdo it on a daily basis and you’ll be fine) i’m not subscribed to the idea of work hard, recover, and then do it all over again, i’m more a fan of constant
If you’re essentially sedentary you should probably start with walking first, to build up some physical endurance in your legs. That’s one of the nice things about running, you can do it for whatever, however you want, whenever you want. You can’t run for 3 miles straight? Guess what, you don’t have to. You can just walk half of it if you want.
granted i’m a bit of a masochist and enjoy uncomfortable shit like this, i think it’s something you have to learn to enjoy. You just start to tune everything out and focus only on the running, it’s a nice experience. Personally, once i got past being physically fucking tired, i started to be able to focus on breathing and movement, and once you have a good stride, it’s generally very pleasant. Cycling is also good cardio, but it’s a lot easier on the body, you can take it pretty casually as well.
i meant gym workouts lol
fuck that shit, it’s too clinical for me. I’ll stick to cardio and labor.
When I first started running, I jogged, which was actually barely more than my walking speed, for 10m, than walked 10m. Eventually you start jogging longer and walking less. If you find a good distance for you, for me it was 5k, I just started trying to go faster. Speed up for 20m, back to jogging, speed up, etc, etc until you can sustain that new speed throughout the run. Went from dying after 50m to running 5k in sub 20 min and 10k in sub 50 in like 8 months and losing 20 kg in the process.
I always hated the first 10 to 15 minutes of my runs, but once I got passed that I got into a flow state of sorts and it was meditative.
yeah this is a great TL;DR of half of my comment lmao.