How to jogg

How to Start Jogging

The natural tendency, now that you are ready to begin, is to demand it all now! You will need to return, again and again, to the reminder that real accomplishment cannot be gained overnight . Your task is not to complete the job of being a jogger, but to begin.
So begin by putting aside your watch, climbing into some comfortable shoes and loose clothing, and taking a number of regular walks over the next few days. Begin by going out 15 to 60 minutes every other day. As you begin to train and accommodate to this new stress , you'll slowly begin to understand the basic instructions: Take it easy, have fun doing what you're doing, and don't hurt yourself.

What is Fitness?

There is cosmetic fitness. The fitness of looking good in the mirror, liking what you see when you take off your clothes.
A second part of fitness is flexibility. Flexibility is associated with youth; stiffness and immobility with old age. The ability to maintain a full range of motion into old age is important because it allows a freedom of movement associated with resiliency , self-reliance, independence, beauty and grace .
A third part of fitness is balance , which leads to coordination. Balance is being able to revolve your motion around your center of gravity so that gravity doesn't work against you.
Still another part of fitness is strength : the ability to maintain the muscle quality necessary to perform daily tasks with something left over for the unexpected.
A fifth component is speed. Not the speed of an Olympic gymnast, but the speed that allows for a consistent and personally acceptable pace throughout life, rather than the crippling slowness and poor coordination accepted as an unavoidable by-product of a passing youth.
The last part of fitness is endurance , especially cardiovascular endurance: the ability of the heart and circulatory system to carry out their functions well and long without fatigue and disease.
Jogging is a particularly good sport with which to achieve a "base-level" of fitness.

 

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