Jogging in place

animatorswearbras

When I jog in place I mix it up so sometimes I'll do some high knees, sometimes some heel flicks and sometimes some star jumps. Squats and lunges are also great whilst watching telly, and the situp/pressups during ads is a great idea. Remember to stretch afterwards though Good luck x

rybo

I would first address the reasons why you lack the confidence to jog outside. Solving that issue would help you along in everything you do, not just exercise

TimothyFish

MeanderingMammal wrote: »

TimothyFish wrote: »

MeanderingMammal wrote: »

TimothyFish wrote: »

The calorie burn for jogging in place should be close to what you would experience by jogging outside on flat land. The difference is that you won't have inclines to deal with or wind pushing against you.

The MET value for jogging in place is significantly lower than running. Largely because you're not moving your body mass forward.

In terms of CV effect, it's about the same as going for a walk.

That is probably because the person who selected the MET number didn't expect someone to jog in place vigorously. Moving your body mass forward is a very small part of the calorie burn experienced during jogging. It is about what you would burn if you were on a bicycle pushing yourself forward at jogging speed. The majority of calorie burn from jogging is because you are leaping with one leg and landing on the other. If one were to do this in place at the same cadence as a jogger, their burn would be similar to the jogger.

You do appreciate that the METs are from research at Stanford?

You do realize that that means most of those numbers were probably dreamed up by graduate students?

Fit4evrGRL

I used to like walking outside. But I could not really challenge myself. I now walk on a treadmill in my apartment fitness center. The temperature is controlled. I can also challenge myself with adjusting the incline and mph. I love it. When I get a little stronger, I'm going to take on that elliptical trainer. It stares at me saying " Come on girl..you know you want to"...lol.

Msjournie

Leslie Sansone Walk away the pounds! I do the 5 mile to help me before I go start running

carolineb81

How about Nell McAndrew DVDs (peak energy recharged is great) Its essentially running on the spot with lunges, squats, high knees etc thrown in. Its the class she does to train for marathon running so builds up a great base for running and a bit more interesting than just jogging on the spot.

aliciamariaq

If you just start by walking outside, this will definitely give you a boost in confidence and in any case you are doing some kind of exercise. Also I just find it just helps my mood to be outside, especially in the springtime. If you bring your phone and headphones you can listen to music, a podcast, an audible book.

There are tons of stories on the MFP forums of people that lost weight just by walking and maintaining a calorie deficit.

As @rybo said, I think you need to address why you lack confidence to run outside and how it affects other things you do.

craigo3154

sazzle1983 wrote: »

Morning all, I'm wanting to start running but too self conscious to run outside. Thinking of jogging on the spot inside. I notice that MFP has an option to log exercise for this but wondered if anyone else does it instead of running inside and how they get on with it? I would like to progress with running outside eventually but right now i just don't have the confidence. I'll use my Fitbit to log the calories but presume they wouldn't be as high as physically running outside? Also, do you think I would gain weight when I start due to my body holding onto water? Thanks x

Firstly. Don't exercise to burn calories. Exercise to get stronger and improve fitness. 30mins jogging on the spot may burn around 150 kCal. Just being alive (sitting on the couch and sleeping) you will burn around 1500 kCal per day. You cannot out exercise a bad diet.

Second. Most people do not care what you look like (or even give you a second look). Most of those who do recognise that you are doing some form of exercise will think "Good on you. Maybe I should do some more".

Doing something, anything is beneficial. Jog on spot, walk, jog, run, exercise video, anything that gets you moving.

Use diet to control the calories. Use exercise to keep you healthy enough to enjoy life.

(I do not count exercise calories in my daily budget. Today's 30 min walk in hills of 258 kCal recorded by MapMyWalk I do not count as coming off my daily budget).

76Crane76

This is inspiring me...I too want to run so bad but so self-conscious to do it outside!! It makes me feel better that I'm not the only one!