Advice for getting in shape to begin training

[dfwtx]

eat breakfast

[KostyaTszyu44]

get down to a gym

[Equilibrium]

Thanks for all the responses so far. I figured that running would probably be my best bet right now. I'm also going to try to watch my diet as well. The gym is not an option right now, because where I live the nearest boxing gym is an hour and a half away.

From where you are starting anything will be good for you. I would suggest doing some push up's, sit up's and squats everyday. Even if its just 20 of each. It might be hard at first but as you get in better shape you will feel much better. Good luck!

[Paardekopski]

for lunch I had a salad of romaine lettuce, tomatoes, croutons and grilled chicken pieces with some orange juice.

you went and got a McSalad?

But yeah, like someone said, defenitely don't skip breakfast, it'll slow your metabolism down if you do..

[Landi]

start off by getting a physical examination & some #'s on a peice of paper so you know what to deal with. get into a boxing gym & get tips on diets so u can choose a suitable one... cardiovascular exercise is the key, just work your way up slowly ( the trainers & assistants at the gym should have no trouble directing u in the right path)...perhaps a weight training regimen would not hurt also, taking into consideration that you will lift light with alot of reps.

[eman-resu]

Run 30 minutes 3 times a week to start with. If you can't run walk it until you can. Don't do any extra because your odds of an injury go up significantly after 30 minutes as a beginner. It doesn't matter when you run or what order just do the 3 runs.

When it seems ****** easy and you're not sore at all speed up your run, but don't add time. Duration is more likely to result in injury than intensity.

Get some decent shoes and synthetic socks. Regular cotton socks can give you injury from chafing on your feet and you can avoid it completely with synthetic ones.

Just be consistent, you could run twice as far every single day and you're not going to get anywhere near twice the gain in endurance.

[Sage84]

Yeah, some good advice on here..

Just try and eat clean foods, grilled chicken, veg, salads, nuts, fruit, tuna is good for protein and dont eat to many carbs late in the day (none after about 3pm), if ur gonna eat bread or any kind of wrap make sure its wholemeal and cut out too much dairy, drink skimmed milk rather than whole or semi skimmed etc

and run run run! as long as ur sweating and feel like u cant push urself anymore then dont worry about running for the full 30mins, endurance will come!

Good luck mate

[Oriachim]

I'd do more than 15 situps, pressups, lunges etc... If you wanna get in shape, just goto a normal gym that has fitness things. Also eat healthier aswell...

[Sadler]

no need
the morning after my first boxing session i could barely lift myself out of bed cause of all the fitness etc
but by the 2nd week i was fine

[Oriachim]

still, 2 weeks fitness... you got a long way to go.