Sunday, December 18, 2011

Jogging essentials

Everybody will tell you about the appropriate clothing and running shoes. Hear me out I have something else to say-

Good Music
Good Music 
Good Music

Good music keeps you occupied and you don't worry about the feet till you get back home to realize you will have to crawl to your bed. Create a playlist.

The regular stuff:

Prepare yourself- Get everything that is needed. Don't buy the normal tracks, spend some and get a reebok/ adidas with an inner lining- it is an investment. It will prevent the tracks from clinging to your body as you sweat and keep you less cautious about looking odd. Buy a nice pair of running shoes. You don't want to damage those knees. Some bright coloured t-shirts so that nobody runs over you by mistake. :P

Find a spot- Yes. Find one area where you can run uninterruptedly. Chose a low traffic area or a jogger's park or something preferably with a mud ground. Gym is fine but I personally find nothing motivating about running in the same spot looking at a mirror or a wall. Get out- feel the air, breath the morning.See the sun shine and jog to glory! :)

Measure- All the smart phones we carry around, turn on the GPS get a Map my run or similar app. This will record the distance, avg. speed, show a graph of speed variations, highest speed. Yeah! It is awesome. At the end of a week do the basic trend analysis and you get to know your body better.


Get a jacket/sweatshirt- You need it. Just when you finish the jog wrap yourself in the jacket/sweatshirt. Keep your body warm. Why is this needed. Google it lot of material on it.

Have faith- The most important of all- have faith. Everything is difficult in the beginning. Enjoy it. Relish the initial pain. See the brighter side of it- it can only turn gold in the long run.


I have finished a week of jogging. Did it do good? I don't care. It is fun. It feels good. :D


P.S: I am just an individual who is sick of all the advice on fitness. I am doing it my way. The way I would like it to be. Feel free to join the club if you believe this works for you!


2 comments:

  1. And your way can be someone else's way as well. Congrats on another blog to your name. Looks like you are bent on adding more space to your name in the world of the internet.

    Joy always,
    Susan

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  2. Ha ha.. Susan. :) I love you fellow bloggers reaching out to all of you different ways!:)

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