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Couch to 5K good for weight loss?

  • 09-02-2011 5:06pm
    #1
    encore1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 202 ✭✭


    Just a quick question, is the couch to 5k programme any good for losing weight?

    I assume that you would naturally get progressively fitter throughout it (seeing as though that's the general idea, lol) but I have just over a stone that I want to shift and am thinking of starting it (I want to up my fitness in general too though...)

    However, I've often seen people running, not a bother on them, they seem to even be enjoying it, but they're still overweight...so is it possible to be aerobically fit but still overweight or are they just putting on a brave face and secretly dying on the inside?!

    thanks


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  • #2
    Frogdog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 983 ✭✭✭Frogdog


    In my opinion and experience, fitness and weight haven't much in common. But this could be different for other people.

    I've been fit as a fiddle (or as fit as I ever was), able to run 5k in 19 minutes (which was good for me!) and had a good bit of bodyfat on me. And I've had very little bodyfat on me and not being able to run a mile.

    To answer your first question, is the program good for weightloss - it's ok. A more important factor in weight loss is getting your diet right. And I'd put a good weights program ahead of a running program as a better tool for weight loss also.


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