Learning to tolerate jogging?

[rubytue]

Me again! Everyone was so helpful as I build up endurance on biking. Back for more 😁

So the full story is I’m going to start back up with a sport I did in college, loved, but never really kept up (fencing). And I need a way to get moving and warm up before hand. When I’m in my little home gym, I spin for 5-10 minutes, then do a strength workout. But, I need to replicate that after I arrive at the gym. Jogging makes the most sense, but I hate running with such passion. To me, it hurts, my boobs bounce, it’s sweating for no purpose. (I realize some love it). 

So, I was debating things I could do to learn to tolerate it. Bonus if they can happen in my home gym. I’ve included a photo of the basic set up. Note that the basement in general is quite empty, so I could move in a treadmill or elliptical. I’d prefer elliptical, if that would help. I have a TV mounted on a swing arm (visible in the mirror) which has a Roku for peloton app stuff. 

Or, maybe I should just couch to 5k it on the roads and trails around me?

edit (this picture was meant to showcase the tennis ball target, but it was handy)

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[Wines Not Whines]

Hi! I can’t tell if you actually want to start running, or if you just want to find a way to warm up for fencing, and you think light running or jogging would be a good way to do that. If you actually want to start running, I would try a Couch to 5k program outdoors. Make sure you have a good, supportive sports bra and good running shoes that fit you.

If you just want to warm up for fencing, and you hate running, I’d do other stuff. You mentioned Peloton, so one option would be to do their pre-strength or pre-run warmup classes. Or you can just put together your own warmup: jogging in place, butt kicks, skaters, jumping jacks, grapevines, leg and arm circles, leg swings, etc.

[rubytue]

Wines Not Whines, sorry. I’m all over the place today. Seriously the second time someone has told me something I said was all over the place and unclear. Also, the same subject.

I guess I want to be able to jog for 5-10 minutes in loops around a basketball court type area. Not because I want to, but I know I need to. It hadn’t occurred to me to do a peloton warm up when I wasn’t home. But hey, it’s on my phone 😂😂

But yet, I feel I should learn to run/jog. For practical reasons, like it’s easy to do anywhere.

[Wines Not Whines]

Got it. I’d try Couch to 5k or just generally try a run/walk program that starts with shorter jogging intervals and gradually increases them. Make sure the jogging intervals are slow. You shouldn’t be running as fast as you can. A slow jog is good. Running up and down the street or on a path will be easier than a basketball court, because you won’t have so many tight turns.

[wawa]

my recommendations:
step one - pop into feet first and ask for sports bra recs. Strap 'em down.
Step two - while you're there....do you need running shoes? though if you're just planning on 10-15 minutes it's not a big deal...

And then yeah, C25k is a great way to ease into it, because it starts off with short intervals, and then you can just get to the point where it has you at a 10 minute run block and just cruise from there (unless you've decided you like running and want to run a straight 5k...). You should be able to carry on a conversation (or talk or sing to yourself if you're solo) in terms of effort level.

There's specific C25k apps, but you can also just get a standard interval timer app and set it for something like 30 run/90 walk to start and then work toward flipping that, and then extending the run intervals keeping 30 second walk. OR...peloton has run workouts doesn't it? I assume some of them are gentle warmups rather than crazy sprint intervals? (I've never used it)

Jeff Galloway training plans would be another thing to google for an interval approach. Obviously I generally recommend intervals - it's always easier to run for just a minute or 30 seconds at a time knowing you get to walk after rather than just running till you can't anymore, and it's still a really effective warmup/workout.

[mccallister84]

Peloton has run/walk classes, a you can run program and also running interval classes. If you picked a beginner interval class they may coach you to walk the recoveries or you could just chose to do that on your own as your building up stamina. I have enjoyed them all.

[jinkies]

Things that have worked for me in the past:

Training on the elliptical. I find it much less jarring and easier on my knees and boobs. I used to do it very regularly, and I remember the first time I tried to run instead (because I was in a time crunch at the gym and a treadmill was the only available piece of equipment), and I was shocked that I could run like 20 minutes straight since it was pretty much the same activity. If you know you don't like running but want to simulate the same motion, you could maybe try to do elliptical workouts when available, and only run when there aren't other options. You really don't have to love it.

Many years later, I did C25K, but it really only worked because I was starting from a place where I was already regularly working out. I personally am not a natural runner, and find it extremely difficult to build up endurance solely through running. It was much easier when I was already doing 30-60 minutes of cardio, then added running as an alternative.

I do agree with the comment above that making sure you have the right bra and shoes for running will make a huge difference. When I was fitted for running shoes, they actually put me in a pair that was a size and half bigger than what I would have bought on my own.

[rubytue]

wawa, will do! And I can’t even make an excuse that it’s inconvenient 😂 I kind of like to ride there, and I kind of hate it because there is a killer (to me) hill.

Years ago (and I mean like 20), I tried C25K, and bough an Enell bra. I wonder if I still have it. My sports bras are good for something like biking and spinning. Mostly. I did yell at Denis Morton when he made a comment about no bouncing chest, if I get over 100 cadence, it gets bouncy.

[rubytue]

And while I’m thinking about it, OMG the WFH thing has been so good for me. Pre pandemic, I commuted 2 hours a day, on top of a 9-10 hour day. So yeah, there was no time to do healthy stuff.