| | Running / (actually i jog but call it running) tipsPage 1 of 2 (1, 2) | On a running machine I can run for at least an hour after a 12 hour shift, but outside I only last 30 odd minutes before I'm buggered even if im well rested!
Essentialy I'm trying to improve my stamina, doe anyone have any tips that may help me please?
Thank you in advance,
Steve | |
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| Running / (actually i jog but call it running) tips
Posted: 8/1/2012 4:28:09 PM |
Essentialy I'm trying to improve my stamina, doe anyone have any tips that may help me please?
Step 1: Try Harder
Step 2: Repeat Step 1.*
*take a brake every few months to let your body heal. | |
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| Running / (actually i jog but call it running) tips
Posted: 8/1/2012 8:17:51 PM | What AA said.
Also, consider your technique/stride. Running correctly and making sure you stretch (especially your hammies) every time you work out will help your longevity and reduce your injury rate.
If it hurts to run, you're doing something wrong. | |
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| Running / (actually i jog but call it running) tips
Posted: 8/3/2012 1:35:12 PM |
On a running machine I can run for at least an hour after a 12 hour shift, but outside I only last 30 odd minutes
Allergies?
Pollution?
Not a flat surface?
Can't help much on running tips except as ST said streeeeeeetch, but with speed walking if I walked when certain plants were blooming I would tire more easily.
Lord help if a Dodge Dually Diesel passed by. | |
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Posted: 8/3/2012 3:55:26 PM | 'Only' 30 minutes.? I've run consistently for over 40 years and run about 25 minutes most days.
My experience is that there in no substitute for running. You can get a good cardio-vascular workout doing other activities ( cycling, etc.)) but they don't make you a good endurance runner. Also, I doubt if running 45 minutes rather thant 30 minutes is any better for your health.
Terrain, even in a city, can make a difference. I'll drive my car and measure 5 km routes (so many blocks, etc.) so I have a variety of runs...but even seemingly similar terrain can be a difference in time running... and on a track I'm at least 10% faster than running on sidewalks, etc.
Anyways. Don't sweat it. Mix it up. Put on good music...I like to listen to book tapes...run your 30 minutes and try to enjoy it. The fact you CAN run 30 minutes, even if you feel dead, means your in better shape than 98% of the population. | |
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Posted: 8/4/2012 4:33:18 AM |
The fact you CAN run 30 minutes, even if you feel dead, means your in better shape than 98% of the population.
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AMEN, but if he is only going a mile thats not terrific.
How quick can you "jog"2-3 miles for example?
30 minutes at a jog outside ( not run) if you do 3 or more miles thats not bad.
Do you just go by time or do you know how far you are getting?
Do you see if you go further each week? | |
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Posted: 8/5/2012 2:50:24 AM | Hi Steve,
on the treadmill you have a constant speed and you can't really feel how fast you are running.
Outside you have the uneven surface, you tend to run faster even if you don't feel so and for those reason you fatigue yourself quicker.
Try to run at interval training on the treadmill (1 minute running, 1 minute fast walking for example) or buy a cardio watch to check your heart rate and keep it constants.
Hope this help. | |
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| Running / (actually i jog but call it running) tips
Posted: 8/5/2012 11:12:11 AM | | Take some time to plan an awesome playlist for your run. Run slower. Make sure you enjoy it. Don't make it a chore. People who love to run run more (more often, longer, etc.). | |
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Posted: 8/7/2012 4:33:50 AM | | Running on a machine is less impact meaning easier ..I feel its better for your body but who knows ? To me squats give me the same amount or more of cardio in much less time ..But I do run walk jog out side ..I live in a college town and the hum scenery is rocks ! | |
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Posted: 8/7/2012 6:06:06 PM | FireMon
Take some time to plan an awesome playlist for your run. Run slower. Make sure you enjoy it. Don't make it a chore. People who love to run run more (more often, longer, etc.).
I'll second that. | |
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Posted: 8/8/2012 9:59:32 AM | Yes, get good running shoes.
No, they are not necessarily more expensive. I've run for 40 years and have never paid more than $35 for a pair and they last a long time.
A designer label, weird tread, gimmicky heel etc, add nothing to it being s good running shoe. Wear what feels comfortable on your feet. There's as many opinions on what's a good running shoe as there are on what's the best movie ever. There is a hundred million dollar industry spent on hyping the best and latest in athletic shoes. . Opinions very from no shoes to heavily padded shoes...loose...snug...gel, no gel, rubber vs plastics, leather vs whatever..solid vs mesh, etc. blah, blah, blah....... | |
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| Running / (actually i jog but call it running) tips
Posted: 8/8/2012 11:06:39 AM |
On a running machine I can run for at least an hour after a 12 hour shift, but outside I only last 30 odd minutes before I'm buggered even if im well rested!
Essentialy I'm trying to improve my stamina, doe anyone have any tips that may help me please?
On the treadmill, the belt does a lot of the work for you. Outside is a whole different story, you actually have to do all the work. Your stamina will only improve with more running. Plain and simple. Run more but run intelligently. Decrease the speed, gradually increase the time/distance. Cross train is also good. I use spinning as my cross training to maintain my legs/cardio between training (I'm currently training for a marathon). Good shoes will help, get fitted at a running store, you don't need to get the top of the line very expensive shoe.
Go to an online running forum and read what people do every day. Nutrition, hydration, stretching, gait, etc... all these help. | |
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Posted: 8/9/2012 11:03:10 AM | Thank you so much for the advice, I'm so sorry about the delay in response, i assumed i would get an email saying people had responded.
I have got better in the last few weeks, I found getting a running partner has helped a great deal as we push each other but without being nasty about it!
Thanks again guys! :) | |
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| Running / (actually i jog but call it running) tips
Posted: 8/15/2012 5:07:44 PM | | Make sure you set the treadmill to 1 to 2 % slope. The pull of the belt helps you a bit and when totally flat is the equivalent of running slightly downhill. That's why you might be lasting longer on the treadmill. | |
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Posted: 10/25/2012 11:10:10 PM | | Get off the treadmill and run hills. When youre done the hills find a field and do some windsprints when your legs are gassed. Then do some jumps onto a pinic table. Go for a quick run again. Stamina problem solved. | |
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| Running / (actually i jog but call it running) tips
Posted: 10/29/2012 2:20:58 AM | For one, the running bio mechanics are different on a treadmill to running outside. Treadmill you have the ground moving away from you and outside you are pushing off the ground.
Also with running outside is harder and you have a different terrain and surfaces, might have to step past someone, or even hop over something, therefore you're expending more energy. A treadmill is just a long run in the one direction and you're able to settle into a nice rhythm.
My tip; Keep practicing the running outside and make sure your technique in pretty decent. (no washing machine movements up top etc) | |
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Posted: 10/29/2012 7:44:37 AM | what are you trying to achieve,
1) long distance
or
2) quicker times,
If you just looking for improving your distance, then nothing beats it more than just carry on with your jogs more regularly, eventually your build up your distance as you become more consistent
If you want to be quicker, High-Intensity Interval Training & Fartlek are you best type of training | |
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Posted: 10/29/2012 10:20:38 AM | hopenight...true.
Just get out and run...and try running a bit further until you max out at a performance level you're happy with. The goal need ot be to win a 50 meter dash or carry a sack of coal up to the 10th floor.
Re running techniques (posture, etc.)...not that they can't be valid but we can overdo the analysis. It's like telling someone the best way to walk or to breath. Instead, just do it. Usually after folks gain som endurance, lose some weight and so on, they naturally run better. 99% of people aren't trying to be competive racers so the goal isn't to gain 10 seconds by positioning the fingers a certain way. | |
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Posted: 10/29/2012 8:37:30 PM | This is a very common complaint I hear from people. The best thing to do is to ditch the treadmill and run your 30 minutes outside. If you want to build stamina, what specifically is your goal? Just more time or to run further? Find your pace and maybe slow it down a little initially. Run nice and easy outside. After a week of two of running 3-4 days of a specific distance - whatever 30 minutes gives you - increase your run by 10% for one run that week.
What I find really helps is to run (for example) 3 miles and then walk a half mile to cool down. The next week, run 3.3 miles and still walk a half mile after.
I really good reference is to get Amby Burfoot's book for Beginner Runners. Also, you could look at the couch to 5K program.. C25K. I have had many people have some great results with that.
Good luck!! | |
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Posted: 10/30/2012 3:52:06 PM | | Running on a machine is not the same as running on the street so the results should be different. Are you trying to run farther or is it just the time that is bothering you? What is your goal? Are you trying to lose weight, gain power, speed, etc? | |
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| Running / (actually i jog but call it running) tips
Posted: 10/30/2012 9:10:15 PM | The couch to 5k is a pretty good program. I'll throw my 2 cents in here also as somebody who runs both on the treadmill and outside.
1. Get a good pair of shoes. Go to a sporting goods store and invest in something that fits you nicely. A good pair of shoes will help your stride and not slide around while you're running. Insoles can so help with impact. This makes a lot of difference.
2. Train for running by increasing your leg strength. To use a martial arts analogy, you don't train for fighting just by fighting. Increasing your leg strength and core strength with cycling or some kind of resistance training will make you a better runner.
3. If you're going for a certain distance, you have to get your body used to running that far. Once a week, take yourself outside and run your goal distance, but at a slower pace than usual. Each week your body will adjust and eventually you'll build it up. | |
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| Running / (actually i jog but call it running) tips
Posted: 10/31/2012 3:12:09 PM | Hey :)
Well done for beginning your running adventure. :)
Tips i would give:
1) Buy running shoes that are correct for your running style and the surface your going to run on. You dont want to get an injury so early in the game.
2) Make sure your warming up stretches are moving ones not static ones, save them till the end.
3)Ditch the headphones, they distract you from the dangers of other people, traffic and from thinking about your technique.
4)Mix it up, intervals, hill sessions, cross training(cycling), it helps to avoid injury and to increase your fitness, running straight at the same speed everytime, will get boring and you may reach a plateau.
5)Look up, look about 10 metres ahead of you to allow your lungs their full capacity of air.
6)Use your arms, arms are key, the faster they go the faster your legs will go, keep your shoulders and hands relaxed and drive them forward, not across your body.
7)Increase your stride down hills, you cover a larger surface area, just go with gravity, dont fight it.
8)Lift your legs up higher up hills, the same principle as going down hills.
Have fun x | |
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