I must say that this app really helped my reaching my goal by helping me to start slowĪnd not overexert and injure myself. Over time, the overall time of your workouts gets longer and the walking intervals The schedule starts really easy and breaks your exercise routines into intervals of runningĪnd walking. It put me in week 3 of a 14 week schedule which is based on 3 runs per week. In the beginning, the app tries to assess your current fitness form by asking a few question. The app starts with a free 1 week trial and after that the 10K running plan can beīought for 8,49€ - I figured that I had spent more money on crappier stuff in the past - so what the heck 🤷‍♂️. I'm not even saying you should be using these apps, I'm only telling you what Note: I am not affiliated with any of those companies that make the apps that I mention or recommend Good things about these 'couch to 5/10K programs' in the past, so I decided to give 10K seemed like a reasonable goal, given theįact that I was merely able to run 5K at a reasonable pace that time. IOS app a chance for returning to my old form. So, I decided to give the 10K Runner - Couch to 10K I had been too eager getting back to my previous running form and demanded too much from my body. The reasonįor that is that previous back-to-running attempts had resulted in injury for me. I decided to pick up running with a proper training schedule this time. So I had high hopes that this would not have changed too muchįor the most part, exercising means running in my case (mixed with occasional weight-lifting and cycling). Whether it was losing weight (from >90kg to <80kg) or building up muscle (~93kg at ~14% body fat), my body ExerciseĮxercise in combination with a proper diet had worked 'wonders' for me already in the past. No real epiphanies so far - I know - but for each of these changes an app or device helped me, 100 kilograms! That both scared and shamed the hell out of me at that moment. It's still hard for me to admit this here, but for the first time in my life the scale I guess a combination ofĪge, poor food choices, little exercise, injuries, 10-12 hours of sitting in front ofĪ desk nearly every day, paired with mental health issues does not really set you Honestly though, this had gotten out of control earlier. It would be easy to blame the whole COVID, lock-down, working-from-home situation for

There I finally had to admit to myself how out of shape I had become. Was on a hiking tour with friends when I nearly collapsed due to exhaustion. A few months ago, I realized the hard way that I needed to change something in my life.

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