Running and Jogging
Running and Jogging is a main element of my health maintenance. I find it helps keep my weight down and my mental health in shape. You may be surprised by the mental health comment but this article entitled Get Some Running Therapy suggests that running gives you exercise-induced happiness, fights anger, sadness, and anxiety. I believe it but running is not possible if you are too over weight or out of shape.
But you could start with brisk walking. I see many people doing this. This way you can exercise for longer with less impact on your body.
Personally, I like to punish my body with hard training so when I run it is hard work and I get soaked in sweat, but I do enjoy the after effects.
The first 10 minutes can be unpleasant as your body warms up and you settle into a pattern of breathing. Then you become warmed up and settle into a comfortable stride.
This is the best time, when you feel good with the air in your lungs and the body muscles being worked and taking in the scenery. I jog alongside a river with views of hills and distant mountains with various birds and fish to see along the way so it is an interesting route to follow.
Towards the end of the run it becomes tiring but sometimes I reward myself with a small beer at the end, enjoyed with my jogging partner by the river. We buy our cans of ice cold beer from a little old lady who runs an old corner shop. By the river side rocks, we wave to other people enjoying their workouts and chat with fellow river-side visitors.
This is a great way to enjoy beer. No feeling of guilt since we earnt the beer after a 30/40/50 minute run that easily exceeds the extra calories from the beer and made us feel healthy and alive.
Running and Jogging is a main element of my health maintenance. I find it helps keep my weight down and my mental health in shape.
When I got sick, quitting my daily regime was the worst thing I could have done for myself. Not only did I feel bad physically, but my mental health was deteriorating to the point where I no longer had motivation to move. That was a dark place in my life.
Consistency is key. If I keep on top of it I feel better and I know I’m doing something good for myself.
This is a great way to enjoy beer. No feeling of guilt since we earnt the beer after a 30/40/50 minute run that easily exceeds the extra calories from the beer and made us feel healthy and alive.
I have read that one beer a day (especially dark) is more healthy for you than drinking no beer at all. When I’m ready to wind down I will have a bottle of beer (some water as well) and head to bed.
I have never heard of drinking beer after exercising. Perhaps I will try this after my next nightly run. I tend to go for runs in the morning as I feel it gives me a long-lasting mental and physical boost for the day. I wish I had scenery like yours. That would make it much more enjoyable. Subdivisions and construction work tend to be uninspiring.
I do prefer the lower impact exercise of walking.
As I have mentioned in the past, Andy, I used walking to overcome back injury, the nature of which I am still unsure, but forcing myself to walk more regularly, and for longer periods of time (depending on the pain), until I was able to walk and enjoy walking without the pain.
With work these days, I get plenty of walking and exercise. I don’t do too much exercise beyond some weight lifting to maintain strength so that the amount of lifting I do at work does not hurt as much at the end of the day; at least that’s my theory and I’m sticking to it.
My knees have taken enough damage over the years, some of which was brought on by an utterly stupid manuever on my part which could have been avoided if I had put safety first.
Walking is something I do enjoy. Exercise has never been on my list of things I enjoy, but after what I went through with the back pain, envying others who could just get out and walk or run, I thoroughly enjoy being able to walk where I want.
Running is uncomfortable with my knees the way they are, but it does not bother me much when walking and I am more than fine with that.