Not all exercises are the same when it comes to burning the most calories. There are some important factors that determine how effective a weight loss exercise is:
It can be difficult to stay motivated to run if you feel that you are not losing weight, or perhaps you get in in the evening and just can’t be bothered.
Motivation is fickle. You can look in the mirror and see that you need to something to lose weight, and then after a week of hard work you feel that it is too much work to carry on.
Does this sound like you? If so carry on reading because I am going to share one of the most powerful ways to stay motivated to lose weight running.
One thing I would like you to take from what follows is that you don’t have to just do your core work on the floor.
When we think about increasing core strength, we think about lying on a mat doing plank exercises and crunches, but I can assure you weight training is even more effective.
To some people core work means strengthening your lower abdominals, and the rest of the body will be stable as a result but as stated earlier you can still develop muscle imbalances around your hips, knees and ankles that can lead to injuries.
If you want to burn fat to lose weight fast and ensure that you keep the weight off for life, you need to start off with a fitness regime that is sustainable.
Any plan you do needs to be progressive. This means that week to week the plan gets harder as your fitness levels improve.
Also, as you get fitter from week to week you will see the changes in your body. Therefore, as a beginner or even advanced exerciser you need to start slowly.
This allows your body time to get use to rigours of training and establish a solid “fitness foundation” to build on.
You wouldn’t just decide to run a marathon tomorrow, if you have had no time to train physically and mentally prepare yourself for the challenge.
Give it just a little bit of respect, but not too much!
To achieve a sub 2-hour marathon you need to run an average 9.09 min/miles over the entire half marathon distance for you to achieve your goal.
The problem that you may be experiencing is that you are probably starting your half marathon at a slow pace and then you try to speed up towards the end.
Pacing yourself is one of the key strategies. You must have confidence in your own stamina and go out at a good pace.
Marathon beginners often make the mistake of thinking that more is better when practicing. Well, this is not always the case.
So you hate your love handles. You want to get rid of them fast, but you’re not finding it easy. Do you want to know what to do about them?
Love handles are that zone located just above the hips. They probably should be called “stubborn handles” or “mission impossible handles” because they feel so difficult to get rid of.
They are also known as muffin tops because of the overhang. I don’t know who gave it these names, but they are pretty catchy and they have seemed to have stuck.
Before I knew how to get rid of love handles it seemed that the fat would always remain there no matter what I did.
It’s a horrible feeling when your fat hangs over your clothes, am I right? Read on to find out what to do about it.
One thing I would like you to take from what follows is that you don’t have to do your core work on the floor.
When we think about increasing core strength, we think about lying on a mat doing plank exercises and crunches, but I can assure you weight training is even more effective.
To some people core work means strengthening your lower abdominals, and the rest of the body will be stable as a result.
However, as stated earlier you can still develop muscle imbalances around your hips, knees and ankles which can lead to injuries.
Also, when you have muscle imbalances the body compensates in other areas of your body which could include your:
Your long distance running workout doesn’t have to be boring. Threshold training also known as tempo training should be included in every runners training plan regardless of the distance you run. It’s a great way to build up your endurance levels, and improve your running speed as it is a great way to reduce your tolerance to lactic acid. However, don’t do threshold training more then once a week as it is extremely fatiguing.
Whether you’re a runner, swimmer, or a gym fanatic at some point in your life you may experience an injury.
Lengthy layoffs can be frustrating as they can interrupt your training schedule and they can be the catalyst for you to get repeated injuries if you don’t use good recovery techniques.
For example, if you break one leg on a chair and continued sitting on it, it would only be a matter of time before the other three legs were damaged.
Your body is the same and will only compensate for a weak joint for so long.
The quicker you can get back to full fitness the better, and with proper rehabilitation you can reduce the risk of altering your body’s mechanics and picking up other injuries further down the line.
In order to help you back on the road to recovery we have looked at some ways that will help you recover quicker and we will advise you on how to use these techniques to recover from some of the most common injuries.