C-2-5K...how heavy??

lightenup267
lightenup267 Posts: 7
in Fitness and Exercise
i am curious how heavy people were when they started the c25K program?? i've tried it before but i was a lot lighter than I am now!!
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  • Mr_Excitement
    Mr_Excitement Posts: 833 Member
    The first time I did it, I believe I was 185. Dropped maybe five by the time I was running 5k, but I didn't pay attention to my diet at all back then, and I'm sure I ate back pretty much everything I used.

    God, that thing kicked my *kitten* so hard. This was maybe 9 years ago, and I was in truly horrific shape, lol. Was completely out of breath after the very first 30 second jog (!) and I knew it was going to be a rough few months, lmao.
  • Rotten_Apple
    Rotten_Apple Posts: 58 Member
    I am doing C25K and am on week 3...I weigh 150lbs, though I was probably 156 when I started. I am 5'3" and have a lot of fat on my body and am extremely out of shape.

    I say go for it! I had to repeat week 2 (so I am on week 3, but 4th week of doing it if that makes sense). I may have to repeat other weeks, i do what I can and then I push myself to do more so I don't feel bad about having to repeat weeks.
  • mdhughes33
    mdhughes33 Posts: 40
    I started last week at 219.
  • RNWall
    RNWall Posts: 40 Member
    When I started the beginning of the year I was 192lbs.
  • bigphatcat
    bigphatcat Posts: 7,843 Member
    6'1 257
  • Duck_Puddle
    Duck_Puddle Posts: 3,237 Member
    I am 5'4" and started just under 235.
  • Calliope610
    Calliope610 Posts: 3,783 Member
    I started C25K @ 220lbs.
  • kaitlynsmom
    kaitlynsmom Posts: 140 Member
    Started at 210
  • rduhlir
    rduhlir Posts: 3,550 Member
    There is a person now that is in the C25K group that started at 287 lbs. Weight only holds you back if you let it hold you back.
  • Shawshankcan
    Shawshankcan Posts: 900 Member
    270lbs
  • DandelionCupcakes
    DandelionCupcakes Posts: 234 Member
    Started at around 260 :]
  • karenhray7
    karenhray7 Posts: 219 Member
    228, on a 5'4 frame. Still haven't made it through the first workout, but I'm getting close. Shin splints suck.
  • BOOMaggedon
    BOOMaggedon Posts: 244 Member
    The first time I started I was about 320lbs. This time (I have a 5k in 3 weeks) I am around 270lbs.
  • likitisplit
    likitisplit Posts: 9,420 Member
    ^^^Agree with rdulir.

    We all have great excuses not to run. However, I seem to have misplaced mine somewhere around week 7 of the Couch to 5k program. :)

    BTW, I was 220 when I started week one, day one in December. I'm 186 now.
  • elexichoccyeater
    elexichoccyeater Posts: 310 Member
    I have done 3 weeks of week 1 and I have just started week 2! I think I might do C25K in 6months! Oh and I'm 169lb 5 ft 6" xxx good luck... If I can do it anyone can.. I have been a smoker since I was 13yrs!
  • Elzecat
    Elzecat Posts: 2,916 Member
    5'8 and just under 200 lbs, although I didn't follow the C25k exactly, I made up my own variation.
  • montana_girl
    montana_girl Posts: 1,403 Member
    5'2 and was between 180-185 when I started running... and 39 years old. Never ran in my life before that!
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,422 Member
    NVM, I can't read.
  • Akdn
    Akdn Posts: 121 Member
    230lbs when I started and I'm now 221 and I just finished week 6 day 1 this morning =)
  • chrisjathompson
    chrisjathompson Posts: 227 Member
    I am finishing the 5th week of c210k, I weighed in today at 280.0 lbs
  • LondonEliza
    LondonEliza Posts: 456 Member
    I started at 240 but there are people on here 300+ who have started
  • tracymat
    tracymat Posts: 296 Member
    You could always use it as a "walking" program too. Walk at your regular pace when they say "walk" and speed up the pace a few notches on the "runs". Take it easy and ease into it so you don't injure yourself!!
  • Kayla_292to165
    Kayla_292to165 Posts: 249 Member
    I just finished week 1 and I am 5' 8" and 238 lbs.
  • grum84
    grum84 Posts: 428 Member
    About 300 pounds when I started/finished last fall.

    Will be starting again this spring and back up to almost 300.

    I could definitely feel it on my body as I lost weight, but nothing like making it hard on myself.
  • norrisski
    norrisski Posts: 1,217 Member
    There is a person now that is in the C25K group that started at 287 lbs. Weight only holds you back if you let it hold you back.

    Very true statement. I walked in my first 5K at 188 pounds. This year I am still walking only with maybe a sprint thrown in there ocassionally at 135 pounds.
  • teamstanish
    teamstanish Posts: 274 Member
    I didn't do C-2-5k but I started running at 215, now I'm 150 and I've run two 5ks this month!
  • jess_fowler
    jess_fowler Posts: 16 Member
    I started at about 210 and hadn't worked out in 4 years. I am down almost 20 lbs and am on the last week. The last workout kicked my butt (jogging for 20 min straight) but I was so proud of myself when I finished it. Just remember, you don't have to run fast. I jog at 4.5 mph and walk at 3.5mph. Once you get the hang of it, you gradually increase your speed.
  • mjterp
    mjterp Posts: 650 Member
    I started around 260...
  • RobertHendrix
    RobertHendrix Posts: 98 Member
    I started c25k at 430 lbs. I plan on doing my first 5k in October and if the path stays true should be under 300 by then. You can start it at any weight. The point is to get you moving at a faster pace then you typically do working up to kepping that pace for 30 min straight. I plan on doing the complete program a couple times between now and October. I am currently doing it on a treadmill doing a fast walk at around 4-4.2 mph and dropping back to 3.5-3.7 for the walk part.
  • chellebublz
    chellebublz Posts: 568 Member
    I just started week 2 with the zombie 5k app and weighing 228 today.

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