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MiSo · 10-12-2010, 03:04 AM

best advice is to buy the correct shoes. prevention of injuries will save you a lot of heart ache. i had shin splints that would not go away for about a year. YES, it took that long to fully heal. being in the military prevented me from taking time off from being active so i just had to tough it out. if you do happen to get shin splints, ICY HOT patches are your friend. it'll keep the inflamation down and make running bearable.

some important things to consider when starting out is to not do to much to soon. you've got to build up your time/distance slowly. you might injure yourself.
60-120's is a good exercise or you can do 20-60's.(sprint 20 seconds/walk for 60 seconds) sprinting will help out when you're running. personally.. i'm a horrible sprinter and i'd rather just jog at a comfortable pace but the results speak for themselves. i tried some sprinting exercises for two weeks and it's help to lower my run time.

my brother just started running. he's overweight and hasn't ran in a long time. the advice i always give him is to just run and don't stop. it doesn't matter how slow you run, just don't quit. run a 12 minute mile pace if you have to.. just keep your body moving. it's more important to build your endurance when you start off. don't worry about distance, just practice running w/o stopping and the distance will come.

i saw someone mention to breathe through your nose. yeah, that doesn't work for me. your body needs air. breath through your nose, mouth, and ears if you can. LoL
give your body what it needs. i usually inhale/exhale in a 2 step rhythm. breath in for two steps, breath out in two steps. every once in a while i might take a big 3 step breath. just run and find what works for you.

10-12-2010, 03:04 AM	#16 (permalink)
MiSo Psycho	best advice is to buy the correct shoes. prevention of injuries will save you a lot of heart ache. i had shin splints that would not go away for about a year. YES, it took that long to fully heal. being in the military prevented me from taking time off from being active so i just had to tough it out. if you do happen to get shin splints, ICY HOT patches are your friend. it'll keep the inflamation down and make running bearable. some important things to consider when starting out is to not do to much to soon. you've got to build up your time/distance slowly. you might injure yourself. 60-120's is a good exercise or you can do 20-60's.(sprint 20 seconds/walk for 60 seconds) sprinting will help out when you're running. personally.. i'm a horrible sprinter and i'd rather just jog at a comfortable pace but the results speak for themselves. i tried some sprinting exercises for two weeks and it's help to lower my run time. my brother just started running. he's overweight and hasn't ran in a long time. the advice i always give him is to just run and don't stop. it doesn't matter how slow you run, just don't quit. run a 12 minute mile pace if you have to.. just keep your body moving. it's more important to build your endurance when you start off. don't worry about distance, just practice running w/o stopping and the distance will come. i saw someone mention to breathe through your nose. yeah, that doesn't work for me. your body needs air. breath through your nose, mouth, and ears if you can. LoL give your body what it needs. i usually inhale/exhale in a 2 step rhythm. breath in for two steps, breath out in two steps. every once in a while i might take a big 3 step breath. just run and find what works for you. __________________ - this space for rent - Last edited by MiSo; 10-12-2010 at 03:11 AM..