What will 20 minutes of running on the spot at home do for me

I have a normal looking body but due to being completely sedentary and overeating my stomach looks like a balloon, fortunately the rest of me looks ok.

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Reply 1

Drunk Punx

Wear a hole in the floor.

Reply 2

GregoryPeck

If you are going to run on the spot you may as well get a skipping rope or something!

Reply 3

Freak Out

Maybe, but I'm asking what the mentioned exercise will do for me!

Reply 4

jLou711

Improve your cardio, guess weight loss comes with that (if that's what you want)

Reply 5

Freak Out

So nobody can tell me what that specific exercise will do for me?

Reply 6

TheInformer

Original post by Freak Out

So nobody can tell me what that specific exercise will do for me?

It will burn MINIMAL calories and that's about it, wasting your time to be honest.

Reply 7

Powerlifter

Original post by Freak Out

So nobody can tell me what that specific exercise will do for me?

Not a great deal

Reply 8

xoxAngel_Kxox

It depends what intensity you run at. When I first started losing weight, all I did was running on the spot using the Wii Fit, and I have managed to lose a fair amount of weight without really doing all that much more than that. Anything that gets your heart rate up is good for fat burning, so get a bit breathless and push yourself :-). I like to listen to music as it takes your mind off the exercise a bit.

If you're mostly sedentary at the moment, ANY exercise is better than NO exercise.

Reply 9

londonboy199

It will give you a sweat bath!

It will also give you severe boredom

:P!!!!

Reply 10

concubine

Just.... Run outside?

Reply 11

Isometrix

Original post by Freak Out

I have a normal looking body but due to being completely sedentary and overeating my stomach looks like a balloon, fortunately the rest of me looks ok.

Daily running*

It won't burn as much energy as actually running. When you jog on the spot, all you're doing is lifting your legs up and down again, and this mainly works your calf muscles. This is because you're lifting off on your forefoot and then landing again on your forefoot. When you run normally, you lift off on your forefoot and land on your heel. And since you're moving your entire body forwards, you're utilising more muscles in your body which results in more energy expenditure.

Reply 12

username321708

Original post by concubine

Just.... Run outside?

The gif in your signature literally had me laughing out loud. Well done. :biggrin:

Reply 13

concubine

Original post by 21stcenturyphantom

The gif in your signature literally had me laughing out loud. Well done. :biggrin:

The OP should probably try copying the dog, would likely be better exercise than just standing there jogging.

Reply 14

k9markiii

Original post by Freak Out

I have a normal looking body but due to being completely sedentary and overeating my stomach looks like a balloon, fortunately the rest of me looks ok.

Daily running*

I wouldn't suggest running on the spot. Why not find a 20 minute round trip outside. You will feel a lot more benefit with the same timings.

Reply 15

Jake22

Why would you run on the spot rather than run outside? That would just bore my brains out.

Reply 16

boba

its pretty much like the game on the wii fit where you run around the island so doing that for 20 minutes will according to my fitness pal burn 83 calories

Reply 17

Besakt

Original post by concubine

Just.... Run outside?

This.
Get some trainers and run outside.

Reply 18

zKlown

Original post by Freak Out

I have a normal looking body but due to being completely sedentary and overeating my stomach looks like a balloon, fortunately the rest of me looks ok.

Daily running*

It will make you very bored

Go for a jog outside