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It's one of those excercises I just can't seem to do for extended periods of time. Within 8 minutes, my heart rate shoots up to 212, and I feel short of breath. How does everyone else manage to run for much longer periods than me ?
It's highly unusual I can lift 110 % of my bodyweight. I have no trouble hiking up a 800 ft mountain at 55 degree grade, but running just 1.5 miles males me so freaking exhausted.
Make sure you are breathing correctly. Take in deep breaths through your mouth, and you know you've got it right when your stomach expands; ie. belly-breathing, not chest-breathing.
Lifting weight weight is a completely different energy system to running. Loads of power lifters put up awesome numbers but get out of breath walking up stairs. Theres little crossover apart from sprinting.
Walking is the other end of the spectrum. Its way lower intensity than running.
Sounds like your hitting your body with more intensity then your used too. I'd start off at a really slow pace and build up otger weeks. By slow I mean hr around 120 and definitely not more then 150.
Adi you've kicked some serious butt in the time you've started posting here. I think that's awesome, even more so because you've done so within the limits you place on yourself do to faith based restrictions. Pat yourself on the back for that.
I love running and used to do it a lot more than I do today. If you want to build up your running ability I recommend taking small steps. Go to a track and lightly jog quarter miles (1 lap). Walk a lap then repeat until you've run a mile. Like anything progress forward in a manner consistent with your skill and endurance. Try to go a little faster. Try to go two laps at a time. Work your way up to one mile without stopping.
It can be done. It may never be a strength, but if you are improving on something that does not come easy to you, then you can say willpower itself is a strength.
What are you talking about? You CAN freaking run. From your OP, it seems you can run for 8 minutes straight. That's nothing to sneeze at, and a good base to build from. There are people that can't maintain a running or jogging pace for 1 minute. If you are starting at 8 minutes, you are already ahead of all the people that start out being able to maintain a run for 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 minutes.
I'm not a runner, but nobody really starts running for 30 minutes at a time right off the bat. So you run for 8 minutes and you feel winded, then you walk for a few minutes until you catch your breath. Then you run again until you feel like you're going to die, and walk until you feel better. Eventually you'll be able to run for longer and need to walk less. Until then it's built-in interval training.
Well, with the weather getting cooler I think I'll be able to pull off better runs in October.
I only started running this July, at 5 minutes as a warmup before lifting. Now I'm up to like 8. On some days I do 10, but that's the highest I've hit.
But then again, Atlanta in July is quite hot. In july, its usually around 80 at 7 AM with dewpoint at 72. Nowadays, its around 65 at 7 AM with dewpoint at 52. So I'm also not sure if its the nicer weather leading to more effective running.
I'm trying to hit the 2 mile mark by Halloween.
Last edited by Adi from the Brunswicks; 09-20-2015 at 12:20 PM..
It's one of those excercises I just can't seem to do for extended periods of time. Within 8 minutes, my heart rate shoots up to 212, and I feel short of breath. How does everyone else manage to run for much longer periods than me ?
It's highly unusual I can lift 110 % of my bodyweight. I have no trouble hiking up a 800 ft mountain at 55 degree grade, but running just 1.5 miles males me so freaking exhausted.
Can't help you much since I don't do endurance work, but this might be a worthwhile read for you.
It's one of those excercises I just can't seem to do for extended periods of time. Within 8 minutes, my heart rate shoots up to 212, and I feel short of breath. How does everyone else manage to run for much longer periods than me ?
It's highly unusual I can lift 110 % of my bodyweight. I have no trouble hiking up a 800 ft mountain at 55 degree grade, but running just 1.5 miles males me so freaking exhausted.
You're running too "freaking" fast. If you want an extended period of running, like for cardio or weight loss, start at 2.8 to 3.2 mph + or, - and go from there. It's a brisk trot, nothing more. Almost nobody can run 5 or even 4 mph right off the couch for more than a minute or two.
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