How To Start Jogging

So are you ready? Then go! What do you need at first? Just comfortable footwear. Sneakers are the best. Original look and brand have no value. The main thing for them is to be comfortable. Pay attention to the socks. Firstly, they necessarily should be of natural fibers, to absorb moisture well. And secondly, choose a pair without seams and darns. At run such parts can cause chafing, which will put you of jogging for a long time.

A jogging suit is certainly wanted, or at least its bottoms. But if desired you can start jogging in any sweats, which do not hinder movements. If you live next to a park or a public garden - lucky you are. There you will certainly meet other joggers. It is much more pleasant to jog in a company. Besides you should better start running on grass, but not on asphalt. It will help you to prepare ligaments better, and kicks will be lighter.

If you live in a residential district, you'll have to jog around houses. There is a certain charm in it, and it is easier to jog on asphalt. Furthermore, it is harder to stumble here. In course of time, when you'll become an experienced runner, a way to the nearest park will be over-passed easily.

What is the best daytime for jogging? It depends on your own rhythm of life. There are people who jog in the morning and then feel fine all day long. There are such ones, who prefer jogging at evenings. The environmentalists consider that morning runs along motorways are undesirable, because the concentration of harmful matters in the lower atmosphere exactly in these hours is at its maximum. The cardiologists consider that jogs half asleep are a too large load for the cardiovascular system and even professional sportsmen are not recommended to jog right after waking up.

Alternate jogging with walking

Do not set unreal aims, like to make a ten times run all over the soccer field. For the first trainings distance in one hundred meters is completely adequate. After a jog walk the same distance rapidly for several times. It will bring your organism up to hand. Control breathing. At some moment it can seem that it is already impossible to breathe, and it is so hard to jog. But do not give up. You must provide the organism with the oxygen. Otherwise, why are you jogging at all? Do not over-strain and do not try to run faster than it is pleasant for you. Enjoy the process itself. Experienced joggers are able to abstract fully from different obstacles, even without feeling fatigue.

Doctors consider that even a twenty-minutes daily run considerably improves work of heart and vessels. Remember that just regular daily exercises strengthen your body. An exhausting run for ten kilometers once a week can only harm you. Therefore a slow increase of the distance and alternation of jogging with the rapid walking is the best recipe of health.