slow jog

• I was walking with a heart rate monitor and my heart rate didn’t go up versus swinging my arms and stuff.

• After much trial and error, I’ve found that the motion of running without moving forward efficiently raises the heart rate.

  • Support your weight with one foot, keeping both feet off the ground.

• Is it because there is not much load on the muscles when I rotate my arms?

• Is it because of the large leg muscles?

• This motion is called a “slow jog.”

• Slow jog is good.

• My wife and I can walk together and do slow jogs at the same speed as we walk, as appropriate.

• We can load each other at our own pace.

• Moving at the same speed so you can have a conversation and not get bored.

• Can be restrained to a level of load that makes it impossible to have a conversation.

  • My wife’s fitbit says that exercise in this zone burns fewer calories, but a higher percentage of fat is burned.

• They say you should imagine jumping rope.

  • Land on the front of the foot, not the heel.

• They can point out any lapses in form. - Left leg is distorted.

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