Country girl starting out

[Salcarts]

Hi all, I live too far from town to go to a gym so I have finally purchased a treadmill!!! I will run out side sometimes but NO EXCUSES!! Wondering can I play another app for music eg a radio and have the voice over alerts come over from C25K? Day 1 done and dusted

[Guest TrishE]

Yes ma'am. Just start your Pandora or spotify app first and the c25k app second. You can skip rest days but I dont recommend it if youre first starting out. Your body will tire out more quickly because youre not used to the exercise and it may cause you to get discouraged if you have to stop more often. Discouragement is the killer of all work out programs unfortunately.

If you do skip you must must take at least one day off for your muscles to rest and rebuild. Even the most advanced runners do this.

Good luck!!

[Anne Lang]

i agree with TrishE

[DeanV86]

I agree with what's above. You really don't want to skip your rest days when you're first starting out, because that makes it REALLY easy to get injured. Shin splints are caused a lot of times by over working your muscles. If you're really gung ho about working out every day, strength train on your off days. You really should be any way, because too much running and not enough strength can actually end up making you lose progress. A good mix of both will keep your metabolism on track, and give you a good balanced workout. Make sure you're getting plenty of protein and BCAAs (branched chain amino acids) afterward though, to help your muscles recover better, and fight fatigue! Also complex carbs are your friend!