Does jogging ever get easier?

**saszeus** · 07-13-09, 09:43 PM

I was wondering does jogging ever get easier?
I started jogging the other day for the first time in my life

and it sure has not been that easy :8. With this new job that i got I pretty much sit behind the desk all day and I thought before I become the desk that I would start to exercise daily. It has been a little tough but I started with three miles a day and quickly realized that I need to do some stretching before. I am hoping that it gets a little better.
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**ElFuriosoGato** · 07-13-09, 09:47 PM

No...it will always be easier to sit and play BF2.

**Ranger10** · 07-13-09, 09:49 PM

Yes. But your muscles aren't used to being worked that hard, so our recuperation is a little slow. When I used to run alot, I would jog around the track for like 3 miles, then in the last 200m I would sprint as fast as I could. Each time I did it, it was a little easier and my lungs hurt for shorter and shorter periods of time afterward.

Then I moved next to a Chili's, Chik-Fil-A, and a Chipotle, and now the only running I do is across the street.

**saszeus** · 07-13-09, 09:49 PM

Originally Posted by ElFuriosoGato

No...it will always be easier to sit and play BF2.

This is true that game is always calling me just like the MATRIX!

**SapiensErus** · 07-13-09, 09:52 PM

It will get harder before it gets easier (if it truly was the other day).

The standard adaptation curve shows that the first week or two of a new exercise or routine shows rapid improvement, with a decrease in performance for the next week or two after that. The trick is to get past that second part, then you continue to increase in performance for awhile until you adapt to your routine. I like to change my routine up every two to three months (see periodized training program).

It will get easier. My best advice is to take breaks and don't wear yourself out and burn out on it. Run one day, then swim or bike the next. The idea is that you "build up then tear down." When you exercise you make microscopic rips in the muscle fibers (that is why you might be sore for a couple of days afterward if you are not used to it)...some say that pain is just weakness leaving the body

But that bit of rest allows those rips to repair themselves so you can have a more full workout the next time. this tear down and build up process is actually how muscles get stronger over time.

Sorry if I catered to the lowest common denominator when writing...but I never know how much my audience knows.

**saszeus** · 07-13-09, 09:53 PM

Originally Posted by Ranger10

Yes. But your muscles aren't used to being worked that hard, so our recuperation is a little slow. When I used to run alot, I would jog around the track for like 3 miles, then in the last 200m I would sprint as fast as I could. Each time I did it, it was a little easier and my lungs hurt for shorter and shorter periods of time afterward.

Then I moved next to a Chili's, Chik-Fil-A, and a Chipotle, and now the only running I do is across the street.

Ranger, I started doing that run thing the last 3 or 4 minutes but that kicks my ass!

The Chick-fil-a is like my best friend that could be my problem.

**Kelderos** · 07-13-09, 10:13 PM

Once you get used to jogging you get to the point were it no longer elevates your breathing and just turns into how far can I go before my legs are killing me. Just give it about a month and some change and you'll be adapted to jogging.