Long Jogs Producing Minimal Gains?

Are you one who binge eats/drinks and then likes to go on a nice 3-5 mile “calorie justification” jog?  

Let’s get one thing straight: Unless you find that jogging relieves your stress, don’t expect any big fitness gains from it. Jogging is the opposite of intensity. If you want to improve your overall conditioning, you need to challenge yourself with intense workouts. Start a simple interval training program. Stay off indoor cardio machines because they produce minimal results for someone wanting to get you in“real” shape. I have trouble believing that bouncing up and down on a treadmill is doing much to help you reach your goals. However, when you run outside, you have to actually propel yourself forward— this increases your workout intensity causing your body to work harder, which in return BURNS MORE CALORIES.

Yes, I know. Jogging is certainly better than nothing, but just barely. Jogging is to exercise as eating sugar packets is to nutrition. Yes, if you were starving,you could get calories from sugar packets. That doesn’t mean it’s good nutrition. You will never get in great shape and produce real gains by going on your long jogs or using indoor cardio equipment. Try out a variation of any intense interval training and see how quickly you produce gains.