15 yr. boy needs a cardio plan

[SUPREME]

Just imagine running to Michele Levesque's house and she's like an hour away.

[Narya]

Originally Posted by SUPREME

Just imagine running to Michele Levesque's house and she's like an hour away.

wow thats really encouraging...




what if i was afraid she wasn't home?
haha

[SUPREME]

LOL..you're missing the point. It's purely motivational. And if she wasn't home, you run back.

[KMKfan]

Originally Posted by Narya

i guess my meal plan was kinda ridiculous, but i live with my grandmother who is a heavy cooker (like BBQ or gumbo every sunday, and sth like spaghetti or stew some weekdays) so its that much harder to eat healthy. Ill try sth like the above meal plan, but im curious why plain instant oatmeal. we have a ton of oatmeal at my house, but its all fruit... ilke peach, strawberry, blueberry, etc is that ok? or is there added sugar in that.
would it be alright to alternate between oatmeal and poptarts? i heard poptarts arent very good but ive been eating them like my whole life.

one last question

what time should i run? it gets VERY hot down here, so ive been going for a run somewheres after 7:30 pm, and i wake up kinda late in the summer to go in the morning before its too hot.

besides that, other cardio i do on an average day are

mowing the grass, takes around 30 to 60 mins depending on the day
moving and burning heaps of fairly small branches, this takes around half an hour aswell
and if i happen to be at a friends house (i live a half hours drive from anyone i know so im home most of the time, and considering ive been homeschooled up until now, my friend circle is relatively small)
then ill do stuff like play baseball, ride 4 wheelers, go to the store, or stay inside and play video games for 3 hours straight

looking at this it seems as if my average cardio time per day is not more then hour and a half, is this alright?

i also lift weights every other day, this takes not more then 20 mins and even though i work myself into a sweat by the times its over, ive been told weight lifting doesnt count towards cardio time.

thx for all the replies, and the ton of help

The flavored oatmeal is probably fine. The diet was just sort of a suggestion. No poptarts, though. On a one cheat day per week...yes. Alternating days is too often.

[Narya]

just lettin yll on my progress

at the moment my max jogging time is 10 mins (without stopping of course) and that covers just over 3/4 of a mile. so not great but im doing better then i used to.

basically wat ive been doing every other day is jogging 10 mins straight, a 30 second break, then 3min jog followed by 30 second break and so forth for about another 15 mins.

then the next day its moderate biking for half an hour.

so yup :|

[A1food4U]

Glad to hear your still at it.
Now it's time to start pushing the intervals a bit. You need to set a goal and work at achieving it. Saying " it's better than I used to do" is o.k. but it's easy to become complacent.
Set the goal for 11min in two weeks. Make the goal concrete, achieve and set another. Before long you'll be showing more progress and proving to yourself that goals are IN your grasp not beyond. Have you tightened down the diet??? eating better will help your endurance as well!!!! Good Luck, Keep Workin