Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 382, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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Jogging- does it help?

marlaugh.
marlaugh.
Posts: 2
Joined: 2008/03/22
Canada
2008/04/09, 06:58 PM
I'm on my third week of my workout right now, and I am seeing GREAT results in my arms and some in my legs- but I would love to get a nice tight stomach, and firm thighs (and I would KILL to get rid of the love handles). Now, currently I'm working out once every two days, about 1-3 hours a day (depending on if I go to rugby). Now, if I integrate a morning jog of about 30 minutes to an hour with that, will it help reduce my stomach fat/love handles?
bb1fit
bb1fit
Posts: 11,105
Joined: 2001/06/30
United States
2008/04/09, 08:42 PM
It will certainly add to your caloric deficit, if you don't increase caloric consumption. However, is it worth the effort? Probably not. Jogging, is really no more than a bit faster walking than normal. Have you ever noticed a jogger out there? They rarely are moving any faster than someone walking at a decent pace, and adding impact to the knees at the same time.

What will do better is look at your diet and improve that.

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