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Running in a tight figure 8 pattern on a runner or on carpet indoors is better than tearing and pounding your knee joints on pavement, all the while risking German Shepherds chasing you, idiot drivers on their cell phones cutting it close or tripping hard on some uneven pavement far from home.
Figure 8 jogging works out your lower abs, your buttocks, thighs and calves, and doing so while having your forearms perpendicular adds a nice calisthenic effect. The tighter your pattern, say no more than 7 or 8 ft, the tighter it is on the muscles.
Regular jogging can't do that. And you've got to be motivated to throw on shorts and shoes. In fact, I don't know why people pound their kneecaps like that. It really isn't all that necessary.
And indoors, you head straight to the shower when you're done...all the conveniences of home are there, and the ginger movements plus carpet (you can use a long runner if you don't have carpet) are easy on your knees and ankles.
I've been doing Figure 8 for four years now, with only a 3 month hiatus in late 2007. It's kept me feeling and looking great. It offers comparable exercise as all that EXPENSIVE infomercial exercise equipment. And Figure 8 is free, absolutely.
3 to 4 times a week for 30 non-stop minutes each session really brought down my blood pressure to a respectable 118/78 baseline. It was getting high in 2004 when I didn't exercise and ate poorly. I didn't want to take medication either.
Figure 8 jogging works out your lower abs, your buttocks, thighs and calves, and doing so while having your forearms perpendicular adds a nice calisthenic effect. The tighter your pattern, say no more than 7 or 8 ft, the tighter it is on the muscles.
Regular jogging can't do that. And you've got to be motivated to throw on shorts and shoes. In fact, I don't know why people pound their kneecaps like that. It really isn't all that necessary.
And indoors, you head straight to the shower when you're done...all the conveniences of home are there, and the ginger movements plus carpet (you can use a long runner if you don't have carpet) are easy on your knees and ankles.
I've been doing Figure 8 for four years now, with only a 3 month hiatus in late 2007. It's kept me feeling and looking great. It offers comparable exercise as all that EXPENSIVE infomercial exercise equipment. And Figure 8 is free, absolutely.
3 to 4 times a week for 30 non-stop minutes each session really brought down my blood pressure to a respectable 118/78 baseline. It was getting high in 2004 when I didn't exercise and ate poorly. I didn't want to take medication either.
