Slow Jogging: Lose Weight, Stay Healthy, and Have Fun with Science-Based, Natural Running

by Hiroaki Tanaka, Magdalena Jackowska

Overview

Running is America’s most popular participatory sport, yet more than half of those who identify as runners get injured every year. Falling prey to injuries from overtraining, faulty form, poor eating, and improper footwear, many runners eventually, and reluctantly, abandon the sport for a less strenuous pastime. But for the first time in the United States, Hiroaki Tanaka’s Slow Jogging demonstrates that there is an efficient, healthier, and pain-free approach to running for all ages and lifestyles.

Tanaka’s method of easy running, or “slow jogging,” is an injury-free approach to running that helps participants burn calories, lose weight, and even reverse the effects of Type 2 diabetes. With easy-to-follow steps and colorful charts, Slow Jogging teaches runners to enjoy injury-free activity by:

• Maintaining a smiling, or niko niko in Japanese, pace that is both easy and enjoyable
• Landing on mid-foot, instead of on the heel
• Choosing shoes with thin, flexible soles and no oversized heel
• Aiming for a pace of 180 steps per minute
• And trying to find time for activity every day

Accessible to runners of all fitness levels and ages, Slow Jogging will inspire thousands more Americans to take up running and will change the way that avid runners hit the pavement.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781510753624
Publisher:	Skyhorse
Publication date:	01/07/2020
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	176
Sales rank:	634,130
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Hiroaki Tanaka, PhD, was a professor at Fukuoka University, Japan, and the founder and director of the Fukuoka University Institute for Physical Activity. He was the director of the Japanese Academic Running Society and an adviser to the Asashi running shoe company. Tanaka lived in Fukuoka, Japan. He passed away in 2018.

Magdalena Jackowska, a professional linguist, translator, and interpreter from Poland, is a research assistant at the Fukuoka University Institute for Physical Activity and a slow jogging instructor. She has completed more than twenty marathons and ultra-marathons all over the world, all in slow jogging style. Jackowska lives in Fukuoka, Japan.

Table of Contents

Foreword: Jog Slow to Keep Running Healthy (and Fast too!) vii

Chapter 1 Introduction 1

Chapter 2 Why Slow Jogging? 13

Chapter 3 Slow Jogging Basics 23

Chapter 4 All About Niko Niko Pace 37

Chapter 5 How Slow Jogging Improves Your Health and Well-being 45

Chapter 6 Weight Loss with Slow Jogging 59

Chapter 7 Self-Care and Injury Prevention 73

Chapter 8 Slow Jogging and Your First Marathon 83

Chapter 9 Slow Jogging for Experienced Runners 97

Chapter 10 Slow Jogging Success Stories 111

Chapter 11 Slow Jogging FAQs 123

Chapter 12 Final Thoughts for a Lifetime of Successful Slow Jogging 139

Slow Jogging: References 143

For More Information About the Slow Jogging Movement 151

Acknowledgments 153

Editorial Reviews

"Slow Jogging will change your life and, through sharing, the life of others who wish to live the vigorous life through the ages." —Mark Cucuzzella, MD

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