Leave 25% of your food on the plate at every meal, says weight-loss expert James O. Hill, PhD, author of The Step Diet. Save what's remaining as leftovers for a yummy lunch the next day. If you normally eat 2,000 calories or more each day, youâll cut 500 calories.
Your hamstrings are located on the back of your thigh and work along with the muscles of your hip to power you along the ground. Your quadriceps, at the front of your thigh, extends your knee to take the next step and absorb the impact of your landing and get a good workout as you run.
For example going for a run on the treadmill for 20 minutes requires the following: 1  Nervous system â memory of running movement patterns, action potentials to skeletal, cardiac and smooth muscle. 2  Muscular system â contraction and force production of leg muscles to run. 3  Respiratory system â inhalation of O2 and exhalation of CO2.