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The Benefits of Jogging

Coach Carvey Explains Why You Should

"Start Jogging"

The benefits of Jogging are many...."With Coach Carvey's motivational tips and humorous ancedotes, I am learning that jogging can be fun!" Maureen Parker~national record holder and coach

The benefits of jogging are many. Do you want more reasons? Ok. There's a million different reasons to start and only one reason not to. The reason not to is not to be underestimated, ever.

This dark and powerful foe is the same dude who tells you to have another potato chip except this time with even more onion dip. He is all about lazy and cozy and wants nothin' more than to give you a case of..."The Fuc#its".

"Hey Bob, I thought you were gonna lift weights and run repeat hill sprints today but your laying on the floor with a six pack and a cupcake! What happened dude?" We all know what happened, don't we readers?

A case of "The Fuc#its!"

There is a couch potatoe in all of us, and we all know what it's like to have a case of the fuc#its! And yes that includes me, Coach Carvey.

And That Is Why I Want To Hear Your Benefits of Jogging Story

Tell the Coach how you benefited from Running or Jogging. Click here. If your story is chosen you will have your own web page and I will send you... A Free Coach Carvey T-Shirt.

"I really love the Cool shirt Keep us fired up and thanks!!!" ~Bill Ehman~

Coach Carvey T shirt

I, Coach Carvey, have run close to 10,000 times and I'm always glad I did and that is what you tell yourself as you lace up your running shoes, "Just do it," is a great saying.

Is it simple? Oh yes. Is it profound? Oh yes.

Remember that song by a guy named Ludwig? Dee Dee Dee Dah.

Simple and brilliant.

One Of The Great Benefits Of Jogging Is

The Runners High. What Could Be better Than That?

Of the many benefits of jogging, the one I am really smitten with are the heavy duty natural opiates. Endorphins are the bodies natural painkiller. Your gonna feel great. Humans crave exercise. We are not just this giant brain stuck in a body made up of a bunch of yucky stuff. Alright some brains are not so giant.

My old friend Corky Schwartz comes to mind. Illustration of Corky to the left (It took me one minute to know him and twenty years to believe it.)

For those of you who can progress from walking to jogging to running successfully, I promise you it's a life changing miracle that will take you back to those days of your youth when you joyfully ran home from the park in the rain splashing every puddle on the way cause dinners ready. And for those who don't make it all the way to the running stage, it's ok, because walking and or jogging are great too. If you can walk than you can improve your physical condition. To read more from the Coach on the subject of Endorphins go to the benefits of running page.

And Now For Some Serious "Benefits of Jogging"

Jogging and Running are "Superb" Cardiorespiratory-Endurance Activities.

Balanced with appropriate muscular strength and flexibilty exercises, here are a few of the many benefits of walking, jogging and running that can be obtained.

Increased maximum oxygen uptake

Improved body composition

Coronary risk reduction

Increased bone strength

Enhanced psychological well being

Reduction in blood pressure

Increased HDL (thats the good cholestrol)

Decrease in total cholestrol

Increased heart function

Prevention of type 2 diabetes

Why wouldn't you want to start a cardiovascular fitness program?

Here is an interesting article on the mental benefits of jogging.

See The Gallery Of Jogging Cartoons

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