How to Evolve From a Walker to a Runner

Expert demonstrates how you can loose weight fast with some, simple yet powerful nutrition strategies!

If you have wished you could be a runner but have gotten overwhelmed everytime you tried to take it up, you will benefit from these painless methods of building up to running. Most wanna-be runners give up because they push too hard on the first few workouts, frustrating themselves. The least painful way to go from walking to running is to walk, then run, and then walk, and then run, slowly increasing how much you run versus walk. You won't become a runner overnight, but you'll work your way into running instead of giving up because it's too tough.

Build up to being a runner by using your stopwatch to guide you. This is the most cost effective way to ease your way into running. Always begin a running workout by walking so your muscles warm up. Once you feel limber, ease into a slow run and time yourself until you feel yourself breathing hard and feeling like it’s getting to be too much to enjoy. Note how long you were able to run before it became uncomfortable. Thirty seconds? Just slow to a walk, and using your timewatch, walk for twice the amount of time you ran comfortably. Keep timing yourself as you walk and run, making sure you walk double the time you spend running. Over time you'll want to reduce your walking time to equal your running time, then half of your running time, until you feel you can run and enjoy it without walking at all.

Use a heart rate monitor to become a runner. A heart rate monitor is one of the best tools for easing your way into running. Determine what your fat burning heart rate zone is, and then start out walking. Once you are warm, run until you are well into your fat burning zone. When your heart rate monitor reports that you have hit the top of your fat burning zone, change your pace to a walk until your heart rate drops to the lower end of your fat burning zone. Run again until your heart peaks near the top of your fat burning zone, at which point you should walk again. After several workouts like this, you'll discover you can run the entire time, but still be in your fat burning zone.

These two methods take time, but they work.