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Minnie
I'm a 5ft 4in 28 year old female. I started at about 172lbs, I've always been heavy my entire life. My physician wants me to weigh 145lbs maximum. I've been teaching myself to run as a form of exercise and I am currently running about 1 mile a day & 1 mile walking. Working to build up to running one mile at this time. Last Monday I could barely run .25 miles when I started this. Focusing on distance not speed right now. My app says I'm running about an 11 minute mile.
I started running a week ago today in interval runs. Starting at .25 miles, then .5, now 1 mile. As a side note I've cleaned up my diet (no more soda, drink more water, aware of what carbs/fats, etc that I'm eating) I've already lost 7lbs which is a lot in a short period. Also, I've incorporated swimming a few times a week. How much weight could I realistically lose by running 1 mile per day? Will continuing to run a mile eventually cause a plateau in my weight loss if don't increase the amount of running?
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I'm your height, and I used to weigh at 160# am have been struggling to finally get to 145 (I also have a wonky thyroid).
Weight loss begins and ends in the kitchen. Technically, and realistically, you can lose weight simply by watching what you eat, exercise helps tone the muscles and boosts the metabolism.
Ballpark, you probably need to make sure your daily caloric intake would be under 2000 calories (there are tons (no pun intended) of apps, websites, sites like fitnesspro, etc., that can help you determine your daily intake.
As a rule of thumb, you should take the basic amount of calories you need, then deduct 500 calories, either from cutting the calories from your diet, or exercise, or a combo of both.
And here's where running/jogging can help, and a big SAD thing about running/jogging...
Running a mile uses on AVERAGE, 100 calories. 100. Sometimes less. So your daily mile run uses up about 600-700 calories per week.
I'm not sure what you mean when you mentioned interval runs - is this when you run a certain distance, then walk, or are you increasing your speed for a certain distance?
I'm assuming you mean the run/walk. When I started running 2 years ago, I used a free online plan called C25K, Couch to 5K, which helps those of us who never even liked to run (points to self), follow a plan where you start out walking more than running 3 miles, leading up to being able to run 3 miles without walking. Rest days are as important as running days, and as a beginner, you don't want or need to either get hurt running, get bored or overtrain (yes, you can overtrain even as a beginner). No, you don't need to enter a race to follow this program, sometimes it helps having a plan in place to help you learn consistency.
Good luck!!
I'm your height, and I used to weigh at 160# am have been struggling to finally get to 145 (I also have a wonky thyroid).
Weight loss begins and ends in the kitchen. Technically, and realistically, you can lose weight simply by watching what you eat, exercise helps tone the muscles and boosts the metabolism.
Ballpark, you probably need to make sure your daily caloric intake would be under 2000 calories (there are tons (no pun intended) of apps, websites, sites like fitnesspro, etc., that can help you determine your daily intake.
As a rule of thumb, you should take the basic amount of calories you need, then deduct 500 calories, either from cutting the calories from your diet, or exercise, or a combo of both.
And here's where running/jogging can help, and a big SAD thing about running/jogging...
Running a mile uses on AVERAGE, 100 calories. 100. Sometimes less. So your daily mile run uses up about 600-700 calories per week.
I'm not sure what you mean when you mentioned interval runs - is this when you run a certain distance, then walk, or are you increasing your speed for a certain distance?
I'm assuming you mean the run/walk. When I started running 2 years ago, I used a free online plan called C25K, Couch to 5K, which helps those of us who never even liked to run (points to self), follow a plan where you start out walking more than running 3 miles, leading up to being able to run 3 miles without walking. Rest days are as important as running days, and as a beginner, you don't want or need to either get hurt running, get bored or overtrain (yes, you can overtrain even as a beginner). No, you don't need to enter a race to follow this program, sometimes it helps having a plan in place to help you learn consistency.
Good luck!!
What are some good beginner moves needed for parkour?
Marc
I've watched a bunch of videos, read a ton of stuff on websites, and I'm really interested in the sport, and want to try it for a while to see if I like it. What kind of stuff should I start out with?
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If you can get someone else who knows this stuff to teach you in person, that would be great. I now know there's san fransisco parkour, which probably covers for the california area or maybe less. There's also NY Parkour, Overflux (parkour in the south east), and New England Parkour. If you can't find communities in there, American Parkour is parkour nation-wide.
As for actual stuff you can start with, climbing trees is a great idea, but jumping off anything higher than yourself is a good way to end your parkour career early.
The one movement that is considered the most basic is Quadrupedal Movement. You pretty much crawl around on all fours, but you always keep a balance. Move upper limb from one side and you gotta move lower limb from the other side. Start by moving two at a time, and in sync. Keep your back straight. Everyone teaches this, or at least Parkour Generations does. If you've been e-surfing parkour this whole time, you probably know who they are.
Practicing balance is also important. You need it every time you leap or are in the air, when vaulting, when landing, when running, and even when walking. Just see how long you can stand on a railing or something and keep trying to stay longer.
Precision jumps get your leg power up to speed and also teach you control. It's a leap from one specific spot to another, usually with a gap in between. You have to stick the landing, and you start the jump from a stand-still, legs together if you feel like you can. Look them up on youtube to see what they are like. Practice these at what you could consider a formidable distance.
Cat grabs and traverses (traverse is aka hang shimmy) will get your upper body strength up and will toughen up your hands. You hang from the side of a wall with your legs pressing up against the side. These go more or less with climbing, but see if you can find a spot to train these on. A window sill, long as possible, is a good place.
Vaults are too numerous to explain, so just look up a video titled "Parkour Vaults". It will call itself "parkour vaults 102" in the actual video. Check out all the common practical vaults and look them up individually.
All of these, 'cept maybe for QM, you've seen in parkour videos. Youtube is your source for learning techniques, but conditioning is mainly up to you. Stay with stuff on ground level. Jumping from roof to roof looks cool, but it's all running and jumping. Not as cool as this video with parkour generations
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkHPQPozDRs
If you can get someone else who knows this stuff to teach you in person, that would be great. I now know there's san fransisco parkour, which probably covers for the california area or maybe less. There's also NY Parkour, Overflux (parkour in the south east), and New England Parkour. If you can't find communities in there, American Parkour is parkour nation-wide.
As for actual stuff you can start with, climbing trees is a great idea, but jumping off anything higher than yourself is a good way to end your parkour career early.
The one movement that is considered the most basic is Quadrupedal Movement. You pretty much crawl around on all fours, but you always keep a balance. Move upper limb from one side and you gotta move lower limb from the other side. Start by moving two at a time, and in sync. Keep your back straight. Everyone teaches this, or at least Parkour Generations does. If you've been e-surfing parkour this whole time, you probably know who they are.
Practicing balance is also important. You need it every time you leap or are in the air, when vaulting, when landing, when running, and even when walking. Just see how long you can stand on a railing or something and keep trying to stay longer.
Precision jumps get your leg power up to speed and also teach you control. It's a leap from one specific spot to another, usually with a gap in between. You have to stick the landing, and you start the jump from a stand-still, legs together if you feel like you can. Look them up on youtube to see what they are like. Practice these at what you could consider a formidable distance.
Cat grabs and traverses (traverse is aka hang shimmy) will get your upper body strength up and will toughen up your hands. You hang from the side of a wall with your legs pressing up against the side. These go more or less with climbing, but see if you can find a spot to train these on. A window sill, long as possible, is a good place.
Vaults are too numerous to explain, so just look up a video titled "Parkour Vaults". It will call itself "parkour vaults 102" in the actual video. Check out all the common practical vaults and look them up individually.
All of these, 'cept maybe for QM, you've seen in parkour videos. Youtube is your source for learning techniques, but conditioning is mainly up to you. Stay with stuff on ground level. Jumping from roof to roof looks cool, but it's all running and jumping. Not as cool as this video with parkour generations
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkHPQPozDRs
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