NOVEMBER 2019 | The HEALTH
OPINION
The art of
slow jogging
down on my wife when he has a fever.
I welcome every bit of protection I can get for him. And I genuinely
despise people who denies protection and treatment for their child in
favour of unscrupulous “medicinal” products.
I mean, the facts about vaccines has been talked about in so many
publication (this one included) that I can’t wrap my head around the fact
that people think its a medical conspiracy (shaking my head).
In light of the recent news about free pneumococcal vaccination
starting next year, I provide you with this public service announcement:
Vaccinate your kids! Have them lead a healthy life, and don’t become the
cause of another black plague.
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Assalamualaikum.
Editor
Norman hussaini
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FTER my last piece on marathon run-
ners, there was much interest among
my 60-something friends about slow
jogging and how they can start running.
Dr Hiroaki Tanaka of Fukuoka Uni-
versity, Japan, President of the Slow
Jog Association (imagine that!) and author of the
best selling book ‘Slow Jogging’ had done research
on this topic together with co-author Magdalena
Jackowska on how you can lose weight, stay healthy
and have fun with science based, natural running.
In an accompanying video he showed how you
do not need to run fast as this would make you tire
easily. Actually jogging at walking speed is the way to
keep your pace right without tiring easily.
Th is way you do not run by landing on your heels
but landing on the ball of your foot somewhere in
the middle. It is important to w ear suitable shoes.
You start by walking on the spot. Practice the
technique by jumping and landing on the middle of
your foot and not on your heels. It’s the natural way.
It minimises landing shock, like a soft landing when
you slow jog.
You must also be conscious by taking small steps.
Keep your back straight, relax your shoulders and
move your arms naturally. Don’t forget to breathe
naturally, and keep a big smile and you will reduce
tiredness.
Keep your chin slightly raised, head up while
looking far ahead of you. Remember not to kick the
ground and be conscious about forefoot landing.
You can even talk to other joggers and if you can’t it
means that you are running too fast.
Keep the pace by tap tapping, just like jumping.
For beginners, he recommends to jog for one minute
and walk for 30 seconds, continuously repeating it.
Do it daily and you will get the hang of it.
Th is technique of slow jogging daily will improve
your stamina and reduce your need to stop to rest
frequently. Like my 62-year old brother, Asri, who
managed to keep his time even shorter every year at
the 10km KL Marathon.
Since now everyone can run, go look for that suit-
able shoes and slow jog to lose weight, stay healthy
and have fun doing it. — Th e Health
ADI SATRIA, a veteran of the marketing communica-
tions industry, was told by his former classmates who
used to be champion runners that nowadays they cannot
even run across the road to catch to catch the bus, and he
felt that this tip may help them.