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toliver775
toliver775 Posts: 23 Member
edited November 2024 in Getting Started
Hi all I'm Tracey new to this any one got any tips on the best way to start running please

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  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    Get someone to chase you...

    :D

    I think there are some running programs - couch to 5k, is suitable for beginners perhaps? I don't really know, you couldn't pay me to run!
  • toliver775
    toliver775 Posts: 23 Member
    Thanks just need to try something to get rid of this weight
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    toliver775 wrote: »
    Thanks just need to try something to get rid of this weight

    Losing weight is all down to having a calorie deficit.... So, focusing on food will be your biggest contributing factor. Exercise is great for health, and expending some energy which allows you to eat a little more, but isn't necessary. Do something you enjoy!
  • toliver775
    toliver775 Posts: 23 Member
    Thanks I'm just getting into this so that a great help
  • toliver775
    toliver775 Posts: 23 Member
    I am happy I got to 12,618 steps today
  • o2691944
    o2691944 Posts: 41 Member
    Thats not bad going at all! I would consider anything about 10K per day to be pretty good!
  • stationlouisa
    stationlouisa Posts: 150 Member
    Yep good to start with walking build up your distance and pace then if you still feel you need to be a runner ( I walk and have dropped 20kg) slowly add periods of running into your walks ( walk 100 paces run 50 etc.) and then gradually make the running bits longer until you are only running. There are articles on this on MFP I think its what they refer to as interval training. Good luck. Any movement is an improvement.
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