I hadn't been to the gym for a few days and was not feeling up to a super intense calisthenic workout today. I promised myself I would go to the gym extra long tomorrow (hubby is off of work so I have freedom while he stays home with baby Haley) if I did a quick weight lifting workout tonight. It took about 30 minutes and my arms and legs are pretty sore, so I know I got good exercise even though it didn't tire me out too much. Here is what I did:
Tomorrow my goal is to jog to the gym - which is a mile and a half. I'm going to jog until I'm truly tired, which will hopefully be at least a quarter of a mile. I used to be able to run much longer without getting winded, but hey I just had a baby. Its going to take some time to get back that endurance.
One way that I like to train myself to start running longer distances is to do interval running. I'll walk at a fast pace for 2 minutes, run for one minute, then repeat for a total of 20 minutes. Every week I'll change the intervals so that I am running longer and walking less each week.
Would you like to be able to run longer? Have you already tried interval running? Did it work for you?
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