Is it attitude?!

Holidaying2014
Holidaying2014 Posts: 5
in Fitness and Exercise
So I know I'm unfit, I know I'm overweight. I also know I need to do something about it.

I'm 5"8
175lbs and I work in an office so I'm extremely inactive!

I did couch to 5k a few years ago and I managed to get near the end until I broke a wrist and just gave up.

Last Monday I ran/walked 6.34km in an hour, this Monday I did the same in 50 minutes.

I decided to give the Shaun T's P25 a go as it would be perfect timewise.. I read all these reviews saying absolute beginner manage it etc etc

I got 8 minutes into it and had to stop, I was ****ed.

Am I giving up easily or do I just accept that this week I can do 8 but tomorrow I might do 10 etc?

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  • TheDarkestStar87
    TheDarkestStar87 Posts: 246 Member
    Stick with it, it'll get easier. I struggled to run a minute when I first started running. Remember when the plan says to run it doesn't mean all out Sprint (which was my mistake thus not being able to stick to it for a minute). Go at a pace where you can still talk without gasping after every other word. Every week it'll get easier and easier and before you'll know it you'll want to run more than the programme tells you to :-)
  • No_Finish_Line
    No_Finish_Line Posts: 3,661 Member
    So I know I'm unfit, I know I'm overweight. I also know I need to do something about it.

    I'm 5"8
    175lbs and I work in an office so I'm extremely inactive!

    I did couch to 5k a few years ago and I managed to get near the end until I broke a wrist and just gave up.

    Last Monday I ran/walked 6.34km in an hour, this Monday I did the same in 50 minutes.

    I decided to give the Shaun T's P25 a go as it would be perfect timewise.. I read all these reviews saying absolute beginner manage it etc etc

    I got 8 minutes into it and had to stop, I was ****ed.

    Am I giving up easily or do I just accept that this week I can do 8 but tomorrow I might do 10 etc?

    by the numbers you are over weight but i dont think your that far gone as i am also 5'8'' and look reasonably fit at 175

    i would encourage you to try to complete the videos, just take more breaks. idk about T25, but the cast of insanity was constently taking breaks, its normal and encouraged.

    however, doing 8 min, then the next 10, and the next week 15... i think thats also an extreamly good approach to take
  • nycoleyrides
    nycoleyrides Posts: 29 Member
    promise your self something less intimidating. do 20 min of anything. you can do it!!
  • CitizenXVIII
    CitizenXVIII Posts: 117 Member
    Not completing a new workout that is above your fitness level is not failure, dropping exercise because of such an event is. About every program I've used like C25K or hundredpushups will tell you that if you can't complete the full set, you just need to repeat the week. Don't stop until you master it.
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    stick with it-

    Honestly - it's a big program to bite off for someone completely out of shape. BUT

    much like many programs- b/c there is a time element to it- you just do what YOU can do in your range of fitness- so if they go for a minute and you only get 2 reps- do 2 reps.,

    Next time shoot for 3.

    I would set a minimum time limit for yourself to not give up- so if you made it 8 minutes today- try for 15 tomorrow- and then maybe take a break and do one or 2 reps (even modified reps) of whatever they are working on.

    If you can't do the jumping- do a single leg lift (so right leg then left leg) or jump- and pause.
    or squat instead of jump.

    Try modifying what you need to make it more accessible to you.

    Also- at 5'8" and 175- you aren't extremely over weigh- so do not think you are a hopeless case. :)

    I've been about 170/175 for the last 5 years- I started getting aggressive with diet and the lowest I got was 155- and it was noticeable- but at 170- I don't really look fat.

    <
    that picture- I'm about 168.

    You can do it- success comes from doing the thing over and over again- not from how hard you can do it on the first day.

    It can be done- I promise- this first two weeks are the hardest. But don't give up!!
  • Holidaying2014
    Holidaying2014 Posts: 5
    Cheers for the replies.

    I'm going to give it another go. If I stick with it the times will increase as I get fitter. The way I see it 8 minutes today is better than 0 minutes the previous day!

    I just find it really disheartening when you have every possible review I can find of people that are supposedly unfit/overweight saying how they find it hard but they manage it and then I have a go and I can't get past 8 minutes without dying.

    The running every Monday will continue as I love running. 6.34km in 50 minutes for second run in years isn't what I would call bad anyway.
  • shor0814
    shor0814 Posts: 559 Member
    Cheers for the replies.

    I'm going to give it another go. If I stick with it the times will increase as I get fitter. The way I see it 8 minutes today is better than 0 minutes the previous day!

    I just find it really disheartening when you have every possible review I can find of people that are supposedly unfit/overweight saying how they find it hard but they manage it and then I have a go and I can't get past 8 minutes without dying.

    The running every Monday will continue as I love running. 6.34km in 50 minutes for second run in years isn't what I would call bad anyway.

    You now have a short term goal (more than 8 minutes) and a long term goal (the entire program) that you can push yourself to achieve. Without a goal we have a hard time measuring progress.

    There is a lot about exercise that will humble you. You can make a choice when you have a setback or missed goals, you can accept it and move to something else (quit), or you can accept the challenge and plow past it by working harder. The second one is harder to manage but much more rewarding. Aiming for 10 minutes is accepting the challenge, hitting 12 minutes is blowing that challenge out of the water.
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    Cheers for the replies.

    I'm going to give it another go. If I stick with it the times will increase as I get fitter. The way I see it 8 minutes today is better than 0 minutes the previous day!

    I just find it really disheartening when you have every possible review I can find of people that are supposedly unfit/overweight saying how they find it hard but they manage it and then I have a go and I can't get past 8 minutes without dying.

    The running every Monday will continue as I love running. 6.34km in 50 minutes for second run in years isn't what I would call bad anyway.

    You now have a short term goal (more than 8 minutes) and a long term goal (the entire program) that you can push yourself to achieve. Without a goal we have a hard time measuring progress.

    There is a lot about exercise that will humble you. You can make a choice when you have a setback or missed goals, you can accept it and move to something else (quit), or you can accept the challenge and plow past it by working harder. The second one is harder to manage but much more rewarding. Aiming for 10 minutes is accepting the challenge, hitting 12 minutes is blowing that challenge out of the water.

    trooth.

    I say shoot for 15. screw that 8 minutes!!!

    YOU GOT THIS!!!!
  • stealthq
    stealthq Posts: 4,298 Member
    Funny thing about exercise, you have to train your brain to push you as much as you train your body to move you. So, do what you can today, and do your best to do more next time. Even if it's just an extra rep, or 30 more seconds. Keep doing that and you will git 'er done :)

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