By Aidan H.
Jogging and running are aerobic exercises that give the body positive health benefits such as weight loss and decreasing blood pressure levels.
Both exercises are beneficial but require different body techniques. Running needs more speed and power and is more intense. On the other hand, jogging has a slower pace and involves more muscle use. These two exercises differ in several aspects.
Many joggers and runners may not know how to run properly so let’s touch on the fundamental and everything about jogging and see if you have been running correctly all these while.
History of Jogging
Jogging was not discovered at any particular time. One of the first mentions of jogging was when William Shakespeare wrote about it in his book, “The Taming of the Shrew.”
A line in the book mentioned the word jogging, but it was speaking about leaving and not the exercise itself.
The exercise was not recorded until the mid 17th century in England, and it became popular in the United States as a training exercise for athletes.
Jogging has now evolved into an exercise to lose weight and a form of running at a slow or leisurely pace. It’s usually performed over long distances and is a type of aerobic endurance training.
On the other hand, running has long been a common activity even among our earliest ancestors.
It is an activity that naturally occurred as a form of traveling at a fast pace. Ancestors ran for hunting food and protection.
Definition and Intensity of Jogging
Almost anyone can jog. Jogging can be performed at any pace depending on the person’s desired results.
It can also be done at a leisurely pace that is only a little faster than walking.
Running is the more intense version of jogging and sprinting is the more intense version of running.
Running requires more speed and body tolerance as it can tire the person and use up oxygen quickly. It is one of the fastest activities that people can perform with their feet.
How Much Calories Does Jogging Burn?
Jogging can burn more than triple the calories compared with walking. An hour jog can burn almost 584 calories for a 72-kg person jogging at a speed of 8 kph.
A same weight person walking at 3.2 kph burns about 30 calories in 10 minutes.
Jogging Vs Walking
Studies have found that runners have significantly higher injury rates than walkers as more than half of people who run will experience some sort of injury.
A study shows that running produces ground reaction forces that are about 2.5 times of our body weight, while the ground reaction force during walking is in the range of 1.2 times of our body weight.
Walking is less risky than running, but the health benefits of running are larger and come faster, in a shorter period of time. A lot of running can be harmful and risky, while it’s not true for walking and jogging.
What are the Jogging Benefits?
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