Interval training should help with improved fitness and weight loss?
Interval training for runners - Live Well - NHS Choices
If you're just doing the same old 5km run every time, your body soon becomes comfortable. You need to "shock it" with something new.
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Originally posted by mudskipper View PostAny hints on how I can get fitter? Would love to get to < 30mins for my 5K which doesn't seem an overly ambitious target, but not getting any closer to it.
Also, have you seen a doctor? If you've been doing 5k regularly for a few months without any time improvements, and your HR is still up at 99% of theoretical max, you might have an underlying condition.
OR - did you set up the HR monitor correctly? I think theoretical max is 220-your age so if it thinks you're 50 and you're only 40...
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Well there is that but since my weight was only increasing ever so slowly with a 100% sedentary life - WFH and no sport - I kind of figured doing a sensible amount of exercise would have a marked effect.
Even taking a few days off all booze a week doesn't seem to do much, and I'm sure that's where all the extra calories are coming from... I don't have a snacking habit or takeaways 3 times a week I can easily cut down on - just a liking for fine whisky
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostI seem to be getting fitter but no less fat. I'd really hoped the opposite would happen!
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I seem to be getting fitter but no less fat. I'd really hoped the opposite would happen!
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostIn a similar boat; bought a cycling machine purely to lose weight. Despite the fact my weight was only climbing veeeeeery slowly before that, and that I use it 3-4 times a week for 30-45 minutes each time, it has made no difference at all to the tummy. Although it has made my legs visibly more shapely, that's not really helpful when I generally have a good figure with a belly stuck on!
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Originally posted by mudskipper View PostIt's a bit depressing - I've been doing the running for over a year now with very little real improvement. Over the last few months I've been running 3x a week, cycling a couple of times and chucking in the odd swim for good measure, yet don't seem to be getting any fitter.
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Originally posted by Spacecadet View PostSprints and strength training with weights
The sprints will increase your lung capacity and general cardio strength
The strength training i.e. weighted squats will just make the running easier
If you are a member of a gym then have a couple of sessions with a trainer to make sure you're doing it right
It took me less than 6 months to go from barely able to run 1k without stopping to running 5k in under 25 minutes (according to endomondo and parkrun)
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Originally posted by mudskipper View PostAny hints on how I can get fitter? Would love to get to < 30mins for my 5K which doesn't seem an overly ambitious target, but not getting any closer to it.
The sprints will increase your lung capacity and general cardio strength
The strength training i.e. weighted squats will just make the running easier
If you are a member of a gym then have a couple of sessions with a trainer to make sure you're doing it right
It took me less than 6 months to go from barely able to run 1k without stopping to running 5k in under 25 minutes (according to endomondo and parkrun)Last edited by Spacecadet; 15 July 2013, 19:28.
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My shiny new HR monitor arrived this morning - haven't used one before. Did my normal plod round the pond (about 40 minutes), and according to my gadget my average HR is 94% of my max (and if you take out the first .5k, it's around 99% for the rest)
So reading stuff, I should be aiming for a lower intensity, but any slower and I'd be walking. It's a bit depressing - I've been doing the running for over a year now with very little real improvement. Over the last few months I've been running 3x a week, cycling a couple of times and chucking in the odd swim for good measure, yet don't seem to be getting any fitter.
Any hints on how I can get fitter? Would love to get to < 30mins for my 5K which doesn't seem an overly ambitious target, but not getting any closer to it.
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That kind of thing - very small weights tactically placed to target individual muscles - sounds like it should be fine. As opposed to the "sling a couple of bricks in a rucksack" approach
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Not done it for a while but I have in the past used 1kg arm weights over a few weeks in my run training, keeping them moving takes a good bit of oxygenated blood away from the lower half and it makes for a tougher run on the legs. It also gets the arms more involved in the stride which can add speed.
Would never do it on the legs.
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Originally posted by MyUserName View Postrun faster or up a hill.
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Originally posted by Paddy View PostRunning is good for your body apart from the joints which have a limited life span. The more you run, the earlier in life you will get disease of the joints. Cycling is ok apart from cauing retile dysfunction. Walking is OK, especially to the Pub
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