Running : getting started / Jeff Galloway.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Galloway, Jeff, 1945- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Running--Training.

Running.

Running--Training--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 p.)

Edition:

5th ed.

Place of Publication:

Auckland, [New Zealand] : Meyer & Meyer Sport, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Running - Getting Started will take anyone, at any level of fitness, into the running lifestyle. Jeff Galloway, a US Olympian in 1972, has helped hundreds of thousands of people make this journey while reducing or eliminating aches, pains, and injuries suffered during most training programs. Jeff developed the Run-Walk-Run method of training, in which running is repeatedly interrupted by walk breaks, and offers a step by step program that is easy to use and easy to understand. Included are also lots of tips on nutrition, staying motivated, building endurance, shoes, stretching and streng

Contents:

Cover; Title; Table of Contents; Foreword: You Can Be a Runner; Why Run?; What You Need to Get Started; A Trip to the Running Store; Setting Yourself Up for Running Success; Your First Week: How to Begin and Continue; Your Three-Week Schedule; Your Next 24 Weeks; GS Newcomer 12-Week Program; GS Advanced Program-The Next 12 Weeks; GS Fat-Burning Program; The Galloway Run-Walk-Run Method; Getting Physical: What Happens When We Get in Shape; Using a Journal Will Inspire You; Why Does Your Body Want to Hold Onto Fat?; Why Some People Burn a Lot More Fat

Fat-Burning Training for the Rest of Your LifeThe Income Side of the Equation; Good Blood Sugar = Motivation; An Exerciser's Diet; Running Form; Your First Race; Running Injury Free; Stretching; Strengthening; Staying Motivated; Cross Training: Exercise You Can Do on the Non-Running Days; Dealing With the Weather; Destroying Excuses; What About Kids?; What If You're Not Enjoying Your Running?; Troubleshooting; Troubleshooting Aches and Pains; Running After 40, 50, 60, 70; Being a Good Coach; Credits; Footnotes & Endnotes; Imprint

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 3, 2016).

ISBN:

1-78255-384-3

1-78255-718-0