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How to jogg

Jogging Tips and Guidelines

The recommendations developed in these pages do not need to be strictly followed. There are certain basic principles which must be learned, but you and you alone must learn to make intelligent decisions regarding your training.
1. The fact is, jogging takes work, and — especially at first — hard work. But not all that hard.
2. "Sure, but I've tried jogging, and it's just boring. It's the boredom that defeats me, I just don't like it, no matter how much I'd like to be in better shape." Boredom isn't the real culprit. The real enemies are those things always associated with boredom: fatigue and anxiety . Fatigue from insisting on pushing too hard and watching the clock, anxiety created from the fear of being defeated by this new undertaking . The only way to beat fatigue is by learning to take it easy. This, in turn, will reduce anxiety.

3. How much time are you going to need? Including a quick shower, at least a full hour four times a week. That is the minimum.

4. Always have enough breath to be able to converse with a jogging companion. Jogging is not racing. If a slow jog is too fast for conversation you should be walking instead.

5. From day one, keep a fitness-training diary. This can be your most important coach, as it can force you to go slowly enough to be able to adapt successfully to new stress.

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