ways to NOT to get bored when you're on the treadmill.

FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTH, I HAVE BEEN EXTENSIVELY WORKING OUT. WHEN I STARTED ON THE TREADMILL, I BEGAN RUNNING 4 MILES MAX, BECAUSE 4 MILES IS SUPER LONG TOO ME. AS TIME WENT ON SOME TIMES I WOULD HAVE THE MOTIVATION TO RUN JUST ONE MORE MILE. THROUGH THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS I'VE BEEN CONSISTENTLY RUNNING AROUND 6-7 MILES. NOW, I'M NOT WRITING THIS TO BOAST ABOUT THE MILES I CAN RUN, BUT INSTEAD TO ENCOURAGE ANYBODY WHO THINKS THAT THEY CAN'T BUILD UP ENDURANCE AND MILAGE THAT INFACT IT IS ATTAINABLE AND ACHIEVABLE. HERE ARE SOME TIPS TO FOCUS ON:

1) BE AWARE OF APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY MILES YOU WANT TO RUN. BE SURE TO SET A GOAL. (DON'T IF YOU'RE JUST GETTING BACK TO THE GYM SAY GO FOR 9 MILES; CHOOSE A DUABLE DISTANCE..TRUST ME IT WILL MAKE YOU FEEL A LOT BETTER.)

2) ALWAYS ALWAYS (CAN'T EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS ENOUGH) STRETCH. STRETCH OUT ALL LIGAMENTS OF YOUR BODY, ARMS, THIGHS, CALVES, STOMACH muscles, ANKLES, AND ANYTHING ELSE YOU CAN THINK OF. THIS IS OF UTTERMOST A KEY COMPONENT TO SURVIVING MORE THAN AN HOUR ON THE TREADMILL.

3) AFTER STRETCHING, PROCEED (OBVIOUSLY) ON THE TREADMILL. NOW, I FOUND THAT IS YOU START OFF WALKING, YOU ARE BOUND TO EITHER 1 KEEP WALKING AND TAKE A LONG TIME TO GET MOTIVATED TO START RUNNING, OR 2 YOU ARE GOING START OFF WALKING, GO INTO A RUN, AND GET TIRED QUICKLY AND GIVE UP ON RUNNING AFETR 1OMINS AND GO BACK DOWN TO A STEADY COMFORTABLE WALKING PACE WHICH YOU WILL CONTINUE YOU TO DO THROUGH OUT YOUR WORK OUT AND IT WON'T FEEL TO GOOD. IT IS ALSO BAD FOR YOUR HEART, BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT KEEPING YOUR HEART-RATE AT A CONSISTENT PACE. SO THEREFORE, INSTEAD OF DOING THIS AND WASTING YOUR TIME AT THE GYM YOU SO DREAD TO BEGIN WITH, GET UP ON THE TREADMILL, WALK 5 PACES, THEN GO INTO A JOG FOR APPROXIMATELY, AND THEN GO INTO A STRONG CONSISTENT RUN. I WOULD SAY (6.5 STARTING OFF FOR YOUR FIRST COUPLE TIMES AT THE GYM AND THEN BUMP IT UP TO 6.8-7.0 AS YOU CONTINUE YOUR PERSISTENT PHYSICAL ACTIVENESS.)

4) WHEN STARTING OUT GOING TO THE GYM AND RUNNING OF THE TREADMILL, TIME YOURSELF AND FIGURE OUT APPROXIMATELY HOW LONG IT TAKES YOU TO RUN EACH MILE. (THE TREADMILL NUMBERS SHOULD TELL YOU A AVERAGE MILES TIME).

5) AFTER YOU HAVE MADE RUNNING A MAIN COMPONENT IN YOUR LIFE, I WOULD SUGGEST YOU TAKE YOUR TOWEL YOU HAVE AND PLACE IT OVER THE CLOCK, MILE TIME, MILAGE, CALORIES ETC. SO YOU DON'T GET IMPATIENT WAITING FOR YOUR RUN TO BE OVER. BY PLACING THE TOWEL OVER THE TREADMILL, YOU ARE NOW AT THE POINT WHERE YOU CAN ESTIMATE APPROXIMATELY HOW LONG YOU HAVE BEEN RUNNING FOR AS WELL AS HOW FAR.

6) THIS IS WHERE I'M AT NOW. STEP 5. I HAVE JUST BEEN CONSISTENTLY RUNNING 7-8 MILES 3-5 TIMES A WEEK. SO KEEP IT UP AND YOU ARE GUARANTEED TO BE IN SUCH GREAT SHAPE.