GO… SLOW – The Perks of Jogging Slowly

Remember the famous fable about a tortoise and hare competing in a race? Well, the tortoise winning the race has science behind it!

A lot of health aficionados along with experts offering personal training sessions aim to change people's perception about the 'need for speed.'

They state clearly that 'Jogging slowly allows you to get fit, burn fat, not lose stamina and have fun along the way.' Plus they also sum up their theory advocating that one should only run as quickly as their body allows them to smile.

Ideally, the right jogging pace for maximum benefit should be somewhere around 2-4 mph. And this post below will try to explain this concept in details.

Slow Jogging Offers These Following Health Benefits -

• It allows joggers to achieve a better form
• It helps benefit a person's cardio, respiratory and muscular systems
• It helps beef up those muscles without over-exerting
• It allows easy handling of bodily discomfort and also enhances physical self-control
• It keeps those ligaments, bones and tendons safe from the stress of sprinting
• It (surprisingly) helps burn more flab and calories in comparison to those intense sprints
• It helps increase the mitochondria size and number and resultantly enhances glycogen storage and your use of O2
• It also assists your body to expel toxins which is a common cause for fatigue in your muscles

In Addition To These Perks; SLOW JOGGING Also Results In the Following -

• Helps You Avoid Workout Progress Plateaus

Indulging in steady-state cardio not only helps improve endurance but also keeps your heart-rate moderate. Despite burning fewer calories and fat cells every minute; the fact that you run for a longer duration allows you to burn more caloric in each exercising session.

This moderate pace jogging helps reduce chances of joint discomforts, reduces their recovery time and allows you to avoid any workout progress plateaus.

• Slow Jogging Also Enhances Your Aerobic Energy System

In words of a respected personal trainer operating across New Farm- indulging in periodic slow jogging also helps enhance your overall body's aerobic energy system. Whenever you run at max-tilt; your body reaches its aerobic energy limits quickly. And you struggle to catch your breath; your body immediately gets into the anaerobic state to compensate for the loss of energy. That eventually forces you to come to a state of rest!

But if you jog at a moderate rate, your body will not exhaust itself of oxygen and allow it to improve its aerobic energy more.

LASTLY- Periodic Slow Jogging Results In High Endocannabinoids

Some legitimate research and studies prove that our body exudes Endocannabinoids- which improves our senses of pleasure and even helps inhibit discomfort.

What's more surprising is that those studies revealed that running at max-tilt did not result in any Endocannabinoids at all. And neither did walking cause any uptick in the production of this natural high body serum.

The highest product of Endocannabinoids was seen produced when the body was running at a slow-to-moderate pace.

Final Lines -

After going through these facts, it is fair to surmise that slow jogging proves much more beneficial in comparison to sprinting. So, next time you plan your morning (or even jog), GO SLOW…!

And for more health tips and guidance, always consult your personal training expert in New Farm (or any other suburb you reside).

Health Is Wealth. And So You Look After It In Every Way You Can.