Running for 10 mins a day?????!!!!!?

Question

i started running for 10 mins a day is that good? and how much should a 15 year old run a day? to increase his stamina?

Answer 1

I hope you are doing other things besides running 10 min. @0 min of cardio, and 20 min of anaerobic should be done besides your running. Personally I hate running but it is good for you. I ran cross country at 16 I hated it but my girlfriend wanted a sweater with a letter on it.LOL

Answer 2

I would go for 30 if you want to increase stamina, sprint out the "home stretch" further and further each time. When I was your age I ran around 2.5 miles and did some curls (daily); I was also very active in Tae Kwon Do, never had any stamina problems.

Answer 3

It's a good start, but you should try to improve on it by adding say a minute a day until you reach thirty minutes, then increase your pace.

Answer 4

if u r trying to get in shape then i guess that is ok

but if u r in decent shape then u need at least 30 mins to increase stamina

Answer 5

At least 15 minutes a day.

Answer 6

10 min can be suffecient but you have to push hard.  If you are using a treadmill start at a comfortable speed lets say 5 mph or a 12 min mile just for argument.  Increase your speed 0.1 every minute so your last minute will a full mile per hour faster than the 1st minute.  If you only have 10 minutes to run you can increase your stamina by running faster (increasing your start speed) as you improve.

Answer 7

While 10 minutes a day is better than 0 minutes a day, it will do little to build stamina and strength. You need to run probably twice that to even start to build a minimum base for stamina.

Answer 8

Running for any length of time is a good way to increase stamina. A good thing to do, as opposed to run a certain amount of time each day, is to run a certain distance. The reason behind this being that if you are only running 10 minutes, you may often find yourself slacking toward the end because you're tired and you know your 10 minutes is almost up (This is not the case all the time, but you can do it without thinking sometimes, and there is no reason to cheat yourself).

I've heard various claims on the "best" way to improve stamina through running. What I've found works the best for myself personally is to not rush. Run as much as you can, but if you need a break, take a short one, and continue. As you continue running, your body will learn to recover quickly if you take short breaks, which is very useful in martial arts. As you progress, try running faster before you take breaks, to the point that you are almost sprinting. Then, you can extend these sprinting periods so that eventually, you can sprint for a long distance, and then only take a short break and continue sprinting.

However, for the sake of reference, I've also heard that it's better to simply run as far as you can without breaks at a moderate speed, and then increase speed over time. I suppose this method builds stamina faster (No source, you'd just have to experiment or find some people who can attest to it), but theoretically you would also sacrifice the bonus of having your body conditioned to recover in a shorter period of time.

On a side note, 10 minutes is a pretty short run. You might shoot for around 2 miles, which is around 20-25 minutes at a pretty slow pace. Just try some things out and see how you're feeling after 3 or 4 weeks. However, I believe most would agree that you shouldn't overdo it. It will set you back a large amount if you get hurt, and it's not worth losing weeks to an injury where it could have been avoided by simply not pushing so hard.