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Hey guys, I suck at running, but have recently started trying.

Whats a good regiment. Should I run all throughout the day, like morning afternoon, and night. Or just one good run.

How long should I run each time? Also, whats some good exercises to supplement running. Basically any tips on running you can throw at me.

The reason for this is I decided not to play football last season and got out of shape, despite playing hockey, and I may not play this season, so I want a good routine to get healthy.
 
You put your right foot in,
You put your right foot out;
You put your right foot in,
And you shake it all about.
You do the Hokey-Pokey,
And you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about!
 
eat a lot of food before doing it. That way while you're running, that food will suply you energy therefore not making you tired :tup:
 
If you're trying to gain muscle, run as hard as you can every other day at first, then later you can move it up to every day. If you're just trying to lose weight, run every day. One run a day should be plenty. I know a lot of people who have ran marathons, I've ran a half marathon, and none of us ran more than once a day to train.

Some good exercises to do... I'd reccoment lunges, with and without weights.

If you're going for distance, run as far as you can, and build up your distance to at least 5k (that's just over 3 miles)... If you're trying to run track/sprint I know nothing about that, I hate sprinting. I started with running like three miles at a time, then pretty quickly built up to slow six mile runs, and from there just increased my speed and occasionally did 8 mile runs or more. Make sure you eat well and drink a LOT of water. Other than all this, idk, I haven't been running for a while because I started smoking again :tdown:... Go to ST sports section.
 
I have found all necessary info needed. kthnxbye

Heh, thanks for real info guys. Forgot about ST:S... I dont like to venture in there...
 
no... drink lots of water, just not all right before you run, water will prevent dehydration and cramps.
 
Ya, I'm trying to get leaner, I have a lot of muscle, at least leg muscle. MY legs are solid muscle from hockey, just trying to burn some fat. Thanks.
 
ohio;46627556']what i usually do when i get back into cross country season is...

go out and run, define a set path to run every day, stop running when i get tired. then the next few days run that again (or until i'm comfortable with the distance). then make the course longer for a few more days. repeat.
 
If you want to know how to start running for longer periods of time without getting tired.

(takes about a month or two, but this should get you running for around 30-60mins without stopping)
4-5 days a week, don't take back to back days off.
1st week
[walk 30 seconds][jog 30 seconds] repeat for 20 minutes
2nd week
[walk 45 seconds][jog 45 seconds] repeat for 20 minutes
3rd week
[walk 30 seconds][jog 90 seconds] repeat for 20 minutes "builds mental strength as well"
4th week
[walk 30 seconds][jog 45 seconds] repeat for 25 minutes
5th week
[walk 25 seconds][jog 50 seconds] repeat for 30 minutes
6th week
[walk 20 seconds][jog 60 seconds] repeat for 35 minutes
7th week
[walk 30 seconds][jog 120 seconds] repeat for 30 minutes
8th week
[walk 30 seconds][jog 240 seconds][take 30 seconds to stretch your legs] repeat for 40 minutes

The reason you stretch on the last 8th week is because by this time your body and mind should be at the point, running is starting to get easier for 10-20 minutes, but the extra stretching does cause that 10-20 time frame turn int 20-30.

Call BS or whatever you want. I grew up playing soccer (goal keeper) but stopped once HS started and I had to start running miles a day. I couldn't handle it and always lagged behind.

The last girlfriend I dated was a marathon runner and got me doing what I did above. It seems dumb to run/walk so much but it's a fact of getting the mind use to working out for 30+mins. Everyone has a wall, my wall is about 25 minutes; but once I pass it my body goes through the motions and it doesn't hurt anymore.

If you want to get more indurance for sprints and so forth, all you have to do is take the same thing above but change..

+10 seconds on the walk
-20 seconds on the walk
+20 seconds sprints
(don't do the long time jogs, replace the long jogs with the week before.

All and all, I could run a mile without be out of gas, and I did the training above and I can now do 3 miles without any problems and still not feel burnt out for the day.
 
run for time not for distance, make sure you walk for a wile to get worrmed up before you start running.

Also if you cant make the time you want to run dont give up walk until you feel like you can run again.

lastly is better to run a siginificant amount every other day then a little ever day.

i'm not the most inshape person there is but i started to do something like that in feb, i would run 3 times a week for alloted amounts of time which would increase every work out. When i initally started i could hardly run for 15 mins, and when i did it was something like a mile and a half. By the end of march i was able to run for 65 mins with out taking a break which was 6 1/2 miles... then i got shin splints lol so dont over do it.
 
thanks for the tips




thanks. I just ran, i went for time, but I suck so bad, I had to walk a couple times, not so much because i dont believe i couldnt run or jog, but because i have shin splints, and my legs were killing me. Shin splints have always plagued me. Also, I need to work on breathing. I have asthma, and being out of shape plus asthma is tough. Im gonna keep working on it though, id say i only ran about a mile and a half maybe, and walked that much the opposite way.
 
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