Jogging is a form of trotting or running at a slow or leisurely pace. Running is a means for an animal to move on Foot. It is defined in Sporting terms as a Gait in which at some point all feet are off the ground The main intention is to increase fitness with less stress than actually running, instead of competition.
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Definition
The definition of jogging as compared with running is not standard. Dr. George Sheehan, a running expert, is quoted to have said "the difference between a jogger and a runner is an entry blank". Dr George A Sheehan ( November 5, 1918 - November 1, 1993) was born in Brooklyn New York. [1] Others are usually more specific, defining jogging as running slower than 6mph (10 minute per mile pace, 10 km/h, 6 min/km). [2]
History
The term to jog/jogging as a form of exercise originated in England in the mid seventeenth century. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland As a means of recording the passage of Time, the 17th Century was that Century which lasted from 1601 - 1700 in the Gregorian calendar This usage became common throughout the empire and in his 1884 novel My Run Home the Australian author Rolf Boldrewood wrote "your bedroom curtains were still drawn as I passed on my morning jog". Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Thomas Alexander Browne ( 6 August 1826 &ndash 11 March 1915) was an Australian writer who sometimes published under the pseudonym
In the United States jogging was also called "roadwork" when athletes in training such as boxers, customarily ran several miles each day as part of their conditioning. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Boxing (sometimes also known as English boxing or pugilism) is a Combat sport in which two participants generally of similar weight, In New Zealand during the 1960s or 1970s the word "roadwork" was mostly supplanted by the word "jogging", promoted by the coach Arthur Lydiard, and this form of running became quite popular among many people at that time. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island Arthur Leslie Lydiard, ONZ, OBE, (July 6 1917 &ndash December 11 2004 was a New Zealand runner and athletics coach. University of Oregon track coach Bill Bowerman, after jogging with Lydiard in New Zealand, brought the concept of jogging as exercise to the United States in 1962. The University of Oregon (UO is a public, Coeducational Research university in Eugene Oregon, United States. William J "Bill" Bowerman ( February 19, 1911 – December 24, 1999) was an American Track and field coach Bowerman published the book Jogging in 1966, and later updated the book for a 1967 republication. Bowerman established jogging programs for men and women of all ages. The popularity of these programs helped to spread the concept of jogging as an exercise for everyone throughout the United States. [3]
Exercise
Jogging is a "high-impact" exercise that places strain on the body, notably the joints of the knee. The knee is the lower extremity Joint connecting the Femur, Patella, and the Tibia. As a result, some people choose to take up "lower-impact" exercises such as stair climbing, swimming, cycling or walking instead of jogging. Stair climbing is the Climbing of a Flight of stairs. It is often described as a "low-impact" Exercise, often for People who have recently Swimming is the movement by humans or animals through Water, usually without artificial assistance Cycling is the use of Bicycles or - less commonly - Unicycles Tricycles Quadricycles and other similar wheeled Human powered vehicles Walking (also called ambulation) is the main form of Animal Locomotion on land, distinguished from Running and crawling Jogging is often used by serious runners as a means of active recovery during interval training. Interval training is broadly defined as repetitions of high-speed/intensity work followed by periods of rest or low activity The runner who may just have completed a fast 400 metre repetition at a sub-5-minute mile pace, may drop to an 8-minute mile pace for a recovery lap.
Like other types of aerobic exercise, jogging is an excellent means of improving cardiovascular health, bone density and physical fitness. Aerobic exercise refers to Exercise that involves or improves oxygen consumption by the body This is an article about the rock music band "Circulatory System" Bone density (or bone mineral density) is a medical term referring to the amount of matter per cubic centimeter of Bones It is measured by a procedure called Physical fitness is used in two close meanings general fitness (a state of Health and well-being and specific fitness (a task-oriented definition based on the ability
Books
- The Complete Book of Running (Hardcover) by James Fixx, Random House; 1st edition (September 12, 1977) ISBN 0-394-41159-5
- Jim Fixx's Second Book of Running (Hardcover) by James Fixx, Random House; 1st edition (March 12, 1980) ISBN 0-394-50898-X
- Jogging by William J. Bowerman and W. E. Harris, with James M. Shea; New York, Grosset & Dunlap [1967]LCCN 67016154
References
- ^ Running Quotes, Sayings about Runners, Jogging Quotations
- ^ BBC SPORT | Health & Fitness | Are you running properly?
- ^ Bowerman, William J. , W. E. Harris, and James M. Shea, Jogging. Grosset & Dunlap; New York, New York, 1967.
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Dictionary
jogging
-verb
- Present participle of jog.
-noun
- The action of the verb to jog.
- The practice of running at the pace of a slow run for exercise.
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