k so I'm trying to get my father to go jogging with me, hes 45 and is pretty heavy. He isn't fat but is built heavyer than I am, and has a lot of muscle mass (which apparently he hasn't used for 20 yrs but it still sticks around and makes him stronger than me somehow :l )
Anyway he can't seem to go even half a block, at an extremely slow joggy pace which is only a bit faster than a quick walk, without having to rest for almost 10 minutes, breathing hard. I feel it seems unhealthy to run in such short, strenous 30 sec bursts. He also has slightly flat feet, which I think makes it hard for him to run.
My mother is the same age and has the opposite problem. She is light and her breathing seems fine and she can run about half a block continuously, but her muscles seem very weak and they hurt her for almost the whole day afterwords.
Whats the best way for my father to work up to a steady jog when any running tires him out so fast? And is there any way to prevent muscle pain after the jog for my mother?
Anyway he can't seem to go even half a block, at an extremely slow joggy pace which is only a bit faster than a quick walk, without having to rest for almost 10 minutes, breathing hard. I feel it seems unhealthy to run in such short, strenous 30 sec bursts. He also has slightly flat feet, which I think makes it hard for him to run.
My mother is the same age and has the opposite problem. She is light and her breathing seems fine and she can run about half a block continuously, but her muscles seem very weak and they hurt her for almost the whole day afterwords.
Whats the best way for my father to work up to a steady jog when any running tires him out so fast? And is there any way to prevent muscle pain after the jog for my mother?