I’ve been lifting weights consistently for a couple years and consider myself to be in good shape. It’s time to come off the winter bulk and I figured that starting up jogging would be an easy way to improve my conditioning and start dropping some weight, so I went out for my first jog yesterday after work.
The experience was humbling, it was shocking. In my youth I was an avid runner but have been out of it for a long time, I could not believe how difficult it was running while carrying this extra weight! For anyone else going through the same thing, hang in there
I can’t jog/run anymore with out my knees really hurting and I’m relatively light. Just getting older ig. Have to take up biking instead.
Don’t rule out running still! Cycling and swimming are both great but - especially as we age - our bone density tends to decrease and minor falls (or from a bike) can cause bigger issues.