Day 4

4th day of the beginner's walk to run program.
Today I did the 5min walk, 1 min run for 17 minutes, and 5min cool down. To beat boredom I did include punches while running. It was quite good actually. At first I'm afraid that I would fall on the treadmill by extending some jabs but I didn't. I actually like it. In the beginning, I tried punching slowly, but when I increased my punching speed things got easier. I believe I was breathing more but I didn't noticed the time. Time went buy faster.

To avoid boredom, try incorporating other activities such as punching something or do the weight training exercise like dumbell curl. You can try this even without the dumbell. Just exert pressure when you contract those muscles. It's like having a make believe dumbell. Specially for newbies like me using a treadmill because you may not be able to immediately control slow down the speed if your holding a dumbell.