Does it get better?

I'm still trying to like it!! But it's getting better every day. I've been going to the gym 3-4 times a week for about 3 months, and I AM starting to look forward to seeing how sweaty I can get my t-shirt, how far I can go in the 30 minutes on the treadmill, if I can try to run for longer than a minute at a time.

Just push yourself a little bit more each time, and you WILL get better.

Yes it gets better!! I promise if you push yourself it will get better! I used to smoke and I have asthma I have never been a runner! I ran for 1hour straight! Did not believe I could ever do it but you can! Your legs will hurt but eventually that will stop and your chest will burn and that will stop! If you want to do it just push yourself longer and harder each day and before you know it you will run too!

Yes it gets better. I couldn't run much either when I started and now I run and race on a regular basis. Just keep working on your endurance and research proper form. You would be surprised how much better it get with even the smallest form changes.

Its the old addage of learn to walk before you can run. The more you exercise the easier it gets but you increase the level gradually. Before you know it you'll be walking for longer and faster before you're gasping for breath. One day, you'll find that walking isn't doing it for you any more and will want to run. You may never get to like it (I haven't) but it does get easier. When I started at the gym, I could just barely get through 5 minutes on level 3 on the elliptical. I'm on level 8 now. My fitness level increased gradually but faster than I thought it would.
Hope this helps
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Yes it does get better...

I started by walking and the first walks I've done it was around 3.3mph for about 30 minutes and I kid you not, I'd be home completely out of breath and sweating like I had just come out of a Sauna.
I walked for a while without even trying to jog and slowly built my speed and distance.

Today during my week 6 Day 3 of C25K I've done just over 6k at almost 6mph and although I gave it all out there, my recovery from the out of breath state is so much faster now.

Keep working hard and consistently and you will see results very soon.

Good luck.

Hi,

Yes it does get better and easier, I first started running in 2007 was training for the Manchester 10K everyone laughed around me as I had never run before but they soon shut up when they saw me training, started running a mile used to almost kill me then after about 10 days I pushed myself that bit further, ended up having routes I ran of 1 mile 1.5 mile 2.5 mile and 4.5 which is what I got upto in 4 months which was just before the race, I completed the 10K to everyones astonishment and my greatest acheivement in 64 minutes I now run regular...... and love the feeling you get after completeing a un, I set myself targets and usually wont settle for less than running 5K on my machine, i still get days that I really struggle to run but my determination keeps me going so keep at it and you will definately get there of that im sure.

I have Burcitus had treatment and didnt work had to stop running for a year was so gutted as knew would affect my fitness, specailist said I can run but the pain will stop me and at times it does but think I have grown to accomadate it as i am now back running and probably at my best of running around 5 times a week sometimes more, running minimum of 5K max 10K, would suggest getting a heart rate monitor the FT7 is great can log all your runs on there site tells you how many calories you burn when your in your ftness or fat burn its really good.

Fwel free to add for motivation and good luck

It absolutely gets easier, trust me, stick with it and months down the line you will be astounded at how much you can do and how much easier it feels!

Take it slowly, find a pace that suits you and once a week increase the time, another day a week go a shorter distance but try to go a bit faster.

When you're ready to add a bit of running, try C25K, it will take you from running just a minute to half an hour. If you find it tough, repeat a week:
http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml

Here are my beginner's running tips:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/BerryH/view/20-things-i-wish-i-d-known-about-running-when-i-started-103936

Good luck!

The more you exercise, the more you want to exercise!! I have trouble going one day without exercising...

In the past, when I go through a phase of less exercise, I become less motivated.

Newton's law goes something like this: An object at rest stays at rest... an object in motion stays in motion...

Make yourself exercise everyday, and soon you will become an addict:-)

Hi, I dont run, but I do walk now, which I used to hate before. I used to resent visiting my mum, because she lives miles from anywhere & we would have to walk to get into or back from town. Now I find myself planning places to go at the weekend so that I can get a good walk in. I will walk to the next town to go to a shop, rather than go to the one that is nearest to me. I have got to the point where I do actually enjoy my walks now, rather than doing them out of duty.

I also use an exercise bike. When I started in January, I could barely manage 10 minutes. Now I regularly do 30-40 minutes, and can manage up to an hour. I wouldnt say I actively enjoy it, but I do find it a lot easier than I did and do feel a sense of achievement when I have finished on it.

So in short, yes it does get easier.

How can you not like it? think about the meal or extra piece of chocolate (or fruit) you can eat while you're doing it. Or how that top, that's a bit tight will look better in 4 weeks time :happy:

Otherwise, I always congratulate myself for the little achievements, being able to walk that bit further or faster, or doing a workout dvd with less (or no) breaks.
depending on what exercises you do, chose something that builds you up gradually and from a very easy level.

Good luck

i read posts from people talking about how much they love running and exercise.i can barely make it through a brisk walk without running out of breath.my question is.
Does it get better, i see people running and im like "how the heck do they do it!!!!!" i cant even run a block.
How long did it take for you to get better and how did you do it?
I hear some people find it enjoyable, to me its like torture! Is it possible for me to one day run and be like' hey this is awesome,'
What do you think?

With time you'll get stronger, leaner, your endurance will increase, and it will get easier, but it takes time and patients and motivation to keep wanting more. You may learn that freeing feeling of putting miles and miles of road on a single pair of shoes as you leave the person you were and the troubles you had two steps behind. You may find the clarity in throught that running brings people, I have a friend who solves all of life's issues on the trail. You may be a dancie, dance person who (like me) finds the perfect songs to get in tune with motivating you along the way (blackeyed peas when I'm crusing without issue, a little "I need a hero" 80's throw back when my strength is seeping). You may be the type of person that gets sheer and childlike joy out of the sense of accomplishment from finally defeating that monster hill, and now you're ready for the next challenge because you're tired of the last one being too easy. You may be the type of person who just needs to buy a bike instead.