Training towards army-help?

[Shortiee_Carrie]

Hello
firstly, I'm Carrie
I'm 16 and goal, and dream is to one day join the Canadian Forces. To do this, i have a long and difficult road ahead of me Cardio wise. I have a plan worked out (See below for details) but does anyone know of some Cardio training i could do besides jogging, walking sprints or dancing, none of these seem to work for me very well.

Cardio improvement plan


I have decided to break down cardio into 3 basic ....topics...needs, not sure how to descirbe them.

1) Speed
2) Distance
3) Strength( Carrying around heavy weights)

I figure for distance, i can pick a route, and see how far i can go before getting tired and keep track of how many times i stop, and record progress over the next 5 months.

I figure to improve speed i can go do sprints in this back field and time myself.

Lastly for Strength, or weight, which ever you want to call it, i can take backpack, put some light weights and time myself for how long i can go before stopping, and record that as well. Then eventually put together speed and distance(time jogging route), distance and weight(how far i can carry the weights) then all three together and go on a nice long jog/sprints with backpack and weights.

Opinions?
Thanks a bunch
~Carrie <3

[scottgaran]

Go to the chat room

[Shortiee_Carrie]

Alright
I'm in the chatroom.

[scottgaran]

I couldn't get into chat, but you need to start with the basics on cardio. Break it up. Do some 1-2 milers for time, and then do some 5 miler runs with the goal being to finish. Don't make it seem so hard. I trained police cadets and the hardest thing was to break down the system into simple goals. To learn to run you need to run. To lift you need to lift. Keep it simple!
Scott

[Boss Man]

It was probably better posted here anyway, so it helps educate more than one person .

Not trying to sound funny, just a polite observation .

I'd also say you could try going for distance first. Build up stamina and energy reserves, as you'll eventually have those reserves to use up for speed.

The speed work when you do it, would then help to potentially develop more strength, by using the Fast Twitch Muscle Fibres, so things like Sprints would work quite well.

Alternatively, why not try mixing it up. So you could jog for 2 minute 50 seconds, then do a 10 second sprint, call that a circuit and do 10 circuits. So you'll be working for 30 minutes, excluding any associated stretching before and after.

It also in some respects can then count as an interval workout, not steady state.

If this is maybe too much, go for 15 minutes, (5 circuits), initially and then go for 5 days a week, using the method of 3 days on, 1 off, 2 on, 1 off, then after each week, add another circuit on, so you'd do 18 minutes next week, then the week after that 21 and so on.

The alternative again, if this is still too much, is to not jog the 2 minutes 50 seconds, but use a quick stride, so walking at around 6-7mph approximately, then add the sprints in.

Perhaps this might work as an option, as you'll utilise both types of muscle fibres in a workout, assuming the speed sections weren't causing you any problems regards completing a workout.

So you've got at least 2 things to consider there Carrie. Scott's got the background in this sort of thing which I don't, so I'm happy to defer to his judgement if needs be, but whatever you feel is best for you, is ultimately what matters here, no matter how much help the individual receives.

Though I will take this opportunity to say thanks to Scott, for his continued input regards helping people. It's really appreciated bud so please do keep it coming .

[scottgaran]

Thanks boss nice to hear!