Starting to Condition

[BrioCloud]

Hi. Badminton season is starting at the end of this semester and I'd like to get started on getting some conditioning done. I eat out a lot which I seriously have to stop. I just had Burger King today and on Monday eek:. Badminton seems very easy and not physical, but I play many sports, and its just as hard on your body as basketball or soccer. I just ran for ten minutes today non-stop which was probably a mile. I was in cross country for a week and it was just way too boring and I couldn't run for 30 minutes a day. X_X

Well. Don't know if anybody cares, but I'm just looking for support from Blizzsector to help me wake up in the morning and actually run and not turn off my alarm clock. Which is what I was doing everyday for a week at 6:15 haha. School starts 7:15 for me. Thanks for reading guys.

Edit: Time for me to get off the toilet and laptop, take a shower, and go to sleep. =]

[Blue]

Get a dog, then you can continually walk the dog or run with it. That helped me a lot. Of course I quit track anyway because I could never get use to it.

I was either out of shape when we ran for 3-5miles and it was really hard on me, or we just ****ed off for the whole time while we were running.

[pepereina1]

Well, i play a lot of tennis so I know what you mean. Maybe long distance running isn't the best thing because (I assume its similar in badminton) you need more reaction speed and turns and mainly acceleration. Why not try a series of shuttle runs, it doesn't even have to be for very long, but i'd imagine thats the type of fitness required.

[BrioCloud]

Agility definitely is required. But I find myself not lacking in reaction. Its also hard to go to an open gym and practice with my little brother. Good idea though pepereina1, I almost forgot to do the suicide running, which is almost identical to what you have to do during badminton. I'd still run a lot though, to get my oxygen intake higher and lose weight.

I had a German Shepard. Don't make me retell the story lol.

[Tap]

Wait im confused

You have to be in shape to Play badminton?

[BrioCloud]

Yes you do. I play a lot of sports and have been on various teams, and I can say, badminton is not as weak as I thought it was in freshman year. Its very demanding on your body, and requires many skills, its almost like doing jukes in basketball, but non-stop, during rallies, thats just the leg part of it.

[hit.it]

if you like moving your legs alot you should try tapdancing.smartass2

[BrioCloud]

Its not moving the legs thats tough. Its accelerating at top speed, then stopping and going back. Repeat.

[pepereina1]

Have you tried skipping? Thats one of the best workouts you can do for speed and endurance. Its also quick and easy and you don't need a gym membership.

[A|fzZz]

1 important thing to mention

do NOT run on an empty stomach.

At least have a meal before running (not immediately)

(empty stomach =/= lose fat easier)

[BrioCloud]

Oh thanks Alfzz. Skipping? I think I'd rather run lol.

I've only ran 3 times since this thread started. And just shared half of a sub-sandwich from Winco with my brother, full of salami and cheese. -__- *Sigh*

[A|fzZz]

Wanna start weight lifting / bodybuilding? ^_^

[Z3R0]

Get you a set of body weights for your ankles, wrists, and chest. Practice, run, workout, or just walk around like you do normally. Then, when you take them off, you will be supprised at how quick and agile you will be.

[BrioCloud]

Get you a set of body weights for your ankles, wrists, and chest. Practice, run, workout, or just walk around like you do normally. Then, when you take them off, you will be supprised at how quick and agile you will be.

But I question the mechanics of how that makes you run. When you run with 5-10lbs of weight on the ankles, your knee and joints will now run differently, a swing forward will give a huge momentum forward, this creates a different running pattern with and without them on, I assume less beneficial to you. I heard from somewhere about that.

[Mushroomhead18nc]

Its not moving the legs thats tough. Its accelerating at top speed, then stopping and going back. Repeat.

then set out a target like 200 feet infront of you and give it your all from your start point to the end point but about 20feet away from your end point use all the extra energy you have to boost yourself. Take something and think about it like for ex. if u dont get away quicker then u will die or think about someone special and do it for them. i know that sounds gay and all but when u think about something it becomes alot easier to do it and not think about the fact that you cant do it. but do that to train your body to use your left over energy and another thing thats good to do is just run in a circle about 5feet in diameter because your constintly turning. shorten the diameter of the circle as you get better and it will increase your agility in no time

[BrioCloud]

then set out a target like 200 feet infront of you and give it your all from your start point to the end point but about 20feet away from your end point use all the extra energy you have to boost yourself. Take something and think about it like for ex. if u dont get away quicker then u will die or think about someone special and do it for them. i know that sounds gay and all but when u think about something it becomes alot easier to do it and not think about the fact that you cant do it. but do that to train your body to use your left over energy and another thing thats good to do is just run in a circle about 5feet in diameter because your constintly turning. shorten the diameter of the circle as you get better and it will increase your agility in no time

Haha. Yes I use various ways of pushing out myself in the ends of races. I am a super fast short distance runner with a buff body type, just the long distances I suck at. Running in circles? I'll try that later. Thanks.

[A|fzZz]

The adding of weights to ankle / wrists etc will ONLY help temporary.

Like the next few hours or so.

Next day, it will back to normal.