Jog on Journal: A Practical Guide to Getting Up and Running

The essential companion to the Sunday Times bestselling Jog On – a funny, practical guide to managing your mental health through exercise.

Bella Mackie isn’t your average coach – she’s much swearier, and she’s never going to give you a nutrition plan or join you on a marathon. But through her inspiring personal story and realistic approach she’s already inspired thousands of men and women to manage their mental health through exercise. In this journal, Bella takes you on a journey from the sofa to the open road, helping you to:

  • Gain a new awareness of mental health problems such as anxiety and depression
  • Cope with side effects such as panic attacks and intrusive thoughts
  • Learn and memorise calming strategies such as breathing exercises
  • Build a checklist of everything you need to start running
  • Develop a regular running schedule, with realistic targets
  • Use exercise to gain confidence and manage mental health problems

Packed with insights from athletes and psychologists and step-by-step achievable goals, The Jog On Journal has everything you need to get you up and running.

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Jog on Journal: A Practical Guide to Getting Up and Running

The essential companion to the Sunday Times bestselling Jog On – a funny, practical guide to managing your mental health through exercise.

Bella Mackie isn’t your average coach – she’s much swearier, and she’s never going to give you a nutrition plan or join you on a marathon. But through her inspiring personal story and realistic approach she’s already inspired thousands of men and women to manage their mental health through exercise. In this journal, Bella takes you on a journey from the sofa to the open road, helping you to:

  • Gain a new awareness of mental health problems such as anxiety and depression
  • Cope with side effects such as panic attacks and intrusive thoughts
  • Learn and memorise calming strategies such as breathing exercises
  • Build a checklist of everything you need to start running
  • Develop a regular running schedule, with realistic targets
  • Use exercise to gain confidence and manage mental health problems

Packed with insights from athletes and psychologists and step-by-step achievable goals, The Jog On Journal has everything you need to get you up and running.

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Jog on Journal: A Practical Guide to Getting Up and Running

Jog on Journal: A Practical Guide to Getting Up and Running

by Bella Mackie
Jog on Journal: A Practical Guide to Getting Up and Running

Jog on Journal: A Practical Guide to Getting Up and Running

by Bella Mackie

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Overview

The essential companion to the Sunday Times bestselling Jog On – a funny, practical guide to managing your mental health through exercise.

Bella Mackie isn’t your average coach – she’s much swearier, and she’s never going to give you a nutrition plan or join you on a marathon. But through her inspiring personal story and realistic approach she’s already inspired thousands of men and women to manage their mental health through exercise. In this journal, Bella takes you on a journey from the sofa to the open road, helping you to:

  • Gain a new awareness of mental health problems such as anxiety and depression
  • Cope with side effects such as panic attacks and intrusive thoughts
  • Learn and memorise calming strategies such as breathing exercises
  • Build a checklist of everything you need to start running
  • Develop a regular running schedule, with realistic targets
  • Use exercise to gain confidence and manage mental health problems

Packed with insights from athletes and psychologists and step-by-step achievable goals, The Jog On Journal has everything you need to get you up and running.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780008370046
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 11/14/2019
Sold by: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: eBook
Pages: 256
File size: 6 MB

About the Author

Bella Mackie, Sunday Times bestselling author of Jog On, has written for the Guardian, Vogue and Vice.


Bella Mackie’s debut novel How to Kill Your Family was a #1 Sunday Times bestseller and spent 47 weeks in the top 10 in paperback. She is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling nonfiction Jog On, and has written for the Guardian, Vogue and Vice. In 2023 she judged the Women’s Prize for Fiction and her work has been shortlisted for the British Book Awards.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Section 1 Mental Health 7

1 Getting Help 9

2 The Anxiety Umbrella 15

3 Fight-or-Flight 23

4 Panic Attacks 31

5 Physical Symptoms 42

6 Intrusive Thoughts 53

7 Bad Coping Skills 65

8 Good Coping Skills 71

Section 2 Runnnnnninnggggg! 99

1 Getting Started 101

2 Goals 107

3 Confidence 112

4 Anxiety and Exertion 120

5 Prepping 124

6 Let's go Running 136

7 You Did It! 141

8 Panic vs. Puff 143

9 Getting to Know Your Body 150

10 Habit 153

11 Now What? 156

12 The Difficult Second Week 164

13 Different Ways of Running 176

14 What to Listen to 180

15 On the Way to 5K 186

16 Boredom 196

17 Longer-Term Motivation 202

18 What Comes Next 211

19 Scaring Yourself on Purpose 218

20 Pitfalls 222

21 Being Proud 228

End Notes 233

Resources 237

Acknowledgements 241

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