Jogging to Lose Weight

There are many people who believe that jogging is the best and most effective way to drop weight. Without a doubt jogging is a good or may be best exercise that helps to burn ample calories, boost energy levels and increase fitness.

A 30-40 minute of jogging is an efficient exercise to drop pounds and burn those extra calories. While jogging, a 150-pound person can burn almost 100 calories/mile.

Jogging is a cardiovascular exercise, which incorporate the lungs and the heart. Cardiovascular exercise is associated with physical activity that raises heart and respiration rates. It is very important to consult a doctor before undertaking any cardiovascular exercises.

A few jogging guidelines and rules

Motivation: Many people believe that Jogging is all about physical strength and stamina, but it also includes mental strength and determination. However, there are many ways to reduce the mental blocks and stresses of jogging. These are, loading your mp3 or i pod with your favorite songs, using a calorie counter device that indicates your weight loss calories, shopping for a new jogging gear.

Warm Up: Like any other form of exercise, it is very important to warm up before going for a jog.  Warm up for minimum of eight to ten minutes. Make sure that warm up has to be moderate so that it doesn’t hurt your muscles, whilst it must increase your heart rate to some extent.

Steady Start: Make sure that you start your jogging at a slow and easy pace and then steadily build-up the intensity.

Maintain Record: Try to maintain a log of your jogging sessions, include factors such as time and distance you have covered. This log book can be used as a motivating agent as you can see that the jog time and distance is increase by each passing day.

Early to bed and early to rise: It is very important to have a good tight sleep, as this will help decrease your stress hormones and you can feel fresh and active every morning. Experts recommend that jogging should be done in the morning and avoid doing the same during evening.

Diet: Before going for a jog in morning, have a banana or a bowl of porridge an hour before jogging. It is also important that you stay hydrated while jogging. A sports drink may help you to jog further. Your diet should contain ample amount of carbohydrate.

Lessen the impact: Jogging may put pressures on knees, so safe guard your knees, it is important to get a right running/jogging shoes. Do not compromise on cheaper brands. If possible, avoid jogging on concrete or hard ground as well.