This a good work out?

[blink187]

I'm 16 years old and in pretty good shape. i'm 5'6" and weigh 150 lbs. I eat a healty diet, but theres a little bit of fat i want to lose around my chest and stomach area. I was thinking about starting to run laps at the park. Me and my friend did last week, and i thought it would be a good workout. 10 laps = 1 1/2 miles. I jog this in about 20 minutes, add that to the time it takes to walk there and back, and thats a good 30 minutes of cardio. So im wondering, should I do this every day, or every other day?

My daughter is 16 and is doing 30 minutes of cardio every day (6 days per week) on a treadmill and has changed the look of her body over the past year. She has trimmed off excess fat and added some strong muscles to her legs. Her hard work is paying off.

Make sure to start out slowly, maybe three runs per week. After a few weeks, add another run. Then a few weeks after that, add another. This gives your body time to adapt and get stronger. One thing you would like to avoid is doing too much too fast. That is just begging for an injury. Good luck!

[blink187]

Thanks!!! I'll post back in a few weeks to tell you how its been.

[Lee J B]

im also 16 , 17 this year , i do an hours swim first night , 3 mile jog and 4 mile bike the other , then the next night i do the swim again and so on for 6 night cycle , when i get back from doing these i do weights , but only on the swimming nights do i do the weights as to be sure not to over do it , dont know if thats any help thought id give it a mention