I used to hate jogging. First of all, I don’t like the feeling of suffocation while jogging (because I was overweight and can’t move). Second, overweight people tend not to like to sweat, because sweating will produce more heat and I will feel very uncomfortable with the sweating. Third, I don’t like to wear those sport suits, as it just shows out my fats, so embarrassing.
But, what I found out there are more benefits on jogging.
Jogging, you can do it anywhere, preferably walking streets or parks or gym(if you sign up for any gym which might cost you some money). For jogging, it only require you to have a pair of good quality running shoes (but don’t need to buy too branded running shoes which might cost you few hundred dollars). You can jog solo or with your friends or jogger mates. Jog at your own sweet time. And best thing is, you don’t need to buy expensive exercise equipments for it. How cool is that?
What I suggest here is, go for outdoor jogging. I never tried indoor jogging(which is using the treadmills jogging equipments in the gym). But what I heard from few of my friends saying, outdoor jogging is way much better than indoor jogging. Why so? For outdoor jogging, you can actually feel the freedom while you jog. The freedom I’m saying here is the fresh air and nice scenery, enjoying the nature.
When you start jogging, most important thing is do some warm up exercises, such as body stretching, leg muscle stretching and so on. This is to avoid any muscle strain during your jogging session. Try to search in youtube or library books for some warm up exercise tips, suggest warm up exercise that spend around 10 to15 minutes. For starting, suggest you can try to complete 15 to 20 minutes walking/ jogging. After that, complete your jogging workout by doing a warm down. Warm down is kinda same as warm up, because by doing some warm down exercises, you will relax your muscles. This complete cycle of jogging, which include warm up, jogging, warm down is very important. As if you start or end without the warm up and warm down exercise, your body muscles tend to get strained or pain during the jogging session of after the jogging session. So, protect your body by completely the whole cycle.
While start jogging, start by a gentle or light jog, just to let your body get familiar with the jogging rhythm. It’s is very normal if you feel suffocation or breathless while jogging for the first couple of meters. Try to reduce the speed if you can’t catch your breath. Just take it slow and keep the speed that you feel comfortable with it. Only start adding up your jogging speed after a few consecutive jogs. Try to add jogging as your exercise routine by jogging 3 to 4 times a week. If you are those normal office hours working professionals, you can start by doing 2 times jog a week, perhaps Wednesday night and Saturday/Sunday morning? It’s a lot better than sitting in your comfort sofa, drinking beer, having snacks and watching TV during Wednesday night or lying in the bed until late afternoon during weekends. Come out and have a short jog, enjoy the nature and fresh air.
Finally, actions speak louder than words. I’m going out for my jog now. Hope you guys enjoy too.
