the essential
Bruno Ausset was a physical education and sports teacher at the Clément-Marot high school in Cahors. Now retired, the inveterate sportsman explains everything you need to know about getting back into sport. History of succeeding in keeping your good resolutions.
It's an essential resolution at the start of the year: resuming physical activity. “First of all, I advise you to consult your general practitioner depending on your age and level. Before resuming sport, you may need to carry out a stress test,” Bruno immediately announces. Ausset, a now retired PE teacher who worked at the Clément-Marot high school in Cahors. The sixty-year-old knows what he is talking about: he practices cycling, rowing, weight training and dancing several times a week.
Sport only to lose weight, a bad idea
“I always told my students: if you want to lose weight, it’s first at the table. Food and sport don’t go without one,” warns Bruno Ausset. Sport, yes, but for the right reasons. And above all, you have to find what you need to avoid giving up. “What we see is that often, the reason that pushes us to resume physical activity is not enough. Particularly when we want to lose weight. Because, if that is the only motivation, we quickly give up. “The notion of pleasure is essential: if you don't enjoy your physical activity, you give up,” the athlete explains. “I have seen hundreds of them, in my career, who invest their all at the beginning and do not last over time. If you cannot find pleasure it is better to change discipline: when the race is insurmountable, you try cycling or swimming And if you don't like swimming, it doesn't matter: Divonéo offers aquabike lessons.
Small goals, step by step
Be careful of objectives that are too high from the outset. It is better to prefer achievable objectives even if it means increasing the stakes step by step. “It is important to set goals but not to imagine that you are going to run for half an hour when you have never run in your life. In the same way, it is useless to convince yourself that we can do a marathon after a month or run at 15 km/h We can start by running for two minutes then walking. It's a matter of gradually increasing the running time by reducing the breaks. also essential to be able to measure your progress from a. month, we can start to compare with the start of the practice. To do this, we can use an application or keep a logbook where we note the frequency of training, the date, the duration, the nature of the activity and, at the end, the feeling does it feel good, very good, bad or very bad? still recommends the sports teacher. Finally, as for motivation: “We set ourselves a goal that is specific to us and we don't let ourselves be influenced by the friend who runs faster. On the other hand, I recommend practicing with several people, of the same level if possible , to have the feeling of belonging to a small group. This is the guarantee of maintaining the activity over time.
What sport and for whom?
Walking for those who haven't exercised for a while, ok. But then active walking, that is to say at least 10,000 steps continuously. “It’s not a walk on the boulevard but rather a short route around Cahors,” notes Bruno Ausset. For athletes who have just interrupted activity during the holidays or for several weeks, be aware that performance only returns to its maximum after 7 weeks of practice. Another tip and not the least, to avoid injuries. ” Warm up and listen to your body. Never sprint cold and you stop when you don't feel good. Besides, for me, for example, it takes me 13 minutes to start sweating. That's my indicator, this means that my body is ready for the effort and that I can increase the intensity,” concludes the athlete. Now all that's left to do is!
