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  • 06-09-2015 9:40pm
    #1
    downwesht
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 526 ✭✭✭


    I am a 45 man....not overweight but would like to be fitter.6'5 and 92kgs...don't want to sit on the couch every evening ,so have bought a treadmill.
    Am looking for advice on how best to use it to increase my fitness level and my overall health.
    I have never been one for the gym,Any suggestions appreciated.Thanks


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  • #2
    Darrenon91
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 369 ✭✭Darrenon91


    downwesht wrote: »
    I am a 45 man....not overweight but would like to be fitter.6'5 and 92kgs...don't want to sit on the couch every evening ,so have bought a treadmill.
    Am looking for advice on how best to use it to increase my fitness level and my overall health.
    I have never been one for the gym,Any suggestions appreciated.Thanks

    My advice would be to download an app for example C25K (free) and follow that plan. Maybe some days take your run outdoors. There will be a thread on it here somewhere. Follow that and this will help your overall fitness. With regards your overall health, a healthy diet to go with this will help you significantly.

    Best of luck. :)


  • #3
    colossus-x
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,202 ✭✭✭colossus-x


    There are 2 things you need to keep track off. The length of time you run for and the other is the intensity or speed that you run at.

    As a beginner you should only focus on the length of time you can run for and don't worry at all about the intensity. That will come later.

    Start the treadmill on a slow speed , say just a but faster than a brisk walk and see how long you can keep it up for. If it's only 10 mins it's only 10 mins. It's its 20 mins even better. Whatever you manage try to match it next time but preferably longer. Aim to do so but don't' worry if you can't. You won't surpass your last attempt every session !

    Once you've worked up to forty minutes then instead of increasing the time, next time see if you can do the 40 mins at a higher speed. Maybe drop down to 30 mins. You can play around with those to variables then all you please. All this will take weeks and months, just stick with it. If you get bored of it try running outdoors to mix it up.


  • #4
    Clearlier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,454 ✭✭✭Clearlier


    downwesht wrote: »
    I am a 45 man....not overweight but would like to be fitter.6'5 and 92kgs...don't want to sit on the couch every evening ,so have bought a treadmill.
    Am looking for advice on how best to use it to increase my fitness level and my overall health.
    I have never been one for the gym,Any suggestions appreciated.Thanks

    Pick out any kind of a plan from the internet. Couch to 5k if you're not very fit or something a bit more challenging if you're already able to run 5k.

    Longer term I'd suggest that you pick up a sport that you're interested or a challenge that you want to complete - it could be anything from doing a parkrun to climbing Everest or doing an ironman. Remember to enjoy the process and let your increased fitness levels and overall health improve as a byproduct of doing something you enjoy.


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