She joked that some fans assumed she’d bought them purely because they looked good.<\/p>\n
‘I think there’s a general consensus…from some of the women that I just bought them because they’re fluorescent. People are like, “Joanne, you shouldn’t be wearing them on a walk. They’re running shoes. They’ll be bad for your feet,”‘ she said.<\/p>\n
However, she insisted she’d put them to good use.<\/p>\n
‘I ran to [fellow podcast host] Vogue. Let the record show I ran at speed in my Flyaways. That’s why I do a bit of running now.’<\/p>\n
It’s not the first time Joanne has spoken about making running part of her fitness routine.<\/p>\n
‘I sprint, but I don’t actually go anywhere. It’s interval training<\/a>. I turn the treadmill on high and leg it as fast as I can for 60 seconds, then hop off for 60 seconds, back on for 60, off for 60. I do this for 20 minutes,’ she previously told The Irish Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n ‘A trainer told me it turns your body into a fat-burning incinerator for the entire day,’ she quipped. ‘It will just cremate whatever you put into it, like a piggish steam engine.’<\/p>\n She was equally tongue-in-cheek about the workout’s long-lasting benefits.<\/p>\n ‘Naturally, I will do my sprints on a Monday and assume that this means my body will continue to burn fat at this supersonic speed for the rest of my life.’<\/p>\n She also prefers running indoors.<\/p>\n ‘I have tried to do it outdoors but all the stopping and starting looks strange. I look like I’ve just heard a family member is gravely ill, but I keep changing my mind about how much I care.’<\/p>\n Over the years, Joanne has experimented with a range of different workouts, including tracking her steps on a Fitbit during lockdown while walking around Dalkey \u2013 according to the Irish Examiner<\/a> \u2013 and more recently trying reformer Pilates.<\/p>\n ‘After one 60-minute class, I have entered my Pilates era. I’ve caught the wellness bug. If I start journalling, please call my mum,’ she wrote on Instagram<\/a> in 2024.<\/p>\n Want to train like Liz Earle<\/a>? Get the plan<\/a><\/p>\n Simple interval running workouts<\/p>\n ‘If you’re entirely new to running, keep sprinting to just one or two sessions a week with at least a day’s rest in between until you become more accustomed to it,’ says Rebecca Bossick, co-founder and clinical director at One Body LDN<\/a>.<\/p>\n Workout 1<\/p>\n Hill sprints are a great place to start because the incline naturally shortens your stride and limits your top speed.<\/p>\n ‘This takes a lot of strain off your hamstrings, which are the muscles most commonly injured when sprinting,’ Bossick says.<\/p>\n ‘Find a hill with a steady, moderate incline where you can run around 40 to 60 metres.’<\/p>\n Warm-up: Start with five minutes of easy jogging, followed by five minutes of leg swings, high knees, heel flicks<\/a> and three gentle run-throughs at the bottom of the hill.<\/p>\n Main session: Complete six rounds of 10-15 second hill sprints at around 85-90% effort, then walk slowly back down to recover, taking 90 seconds to two minutes.<\/p>\n Add one or two extra sprints each week until you reach 10 rounds.<\/p>\n ‘Lean slightly forwards from your ankles, pump your arms and take short, quick steps, landing with your feet underneath your hips rather than reaching out in front,’ Bossick advises.<\/p>\n Cool-down: Finish with five minutes of walking followed by stretches for your calves, hamstrings and hip flexors.<\/p>\n Workout 2<\/p>\n This treadmill interval session is ideal if you’d rather stay indoors.<\/p>\n Warm-up: Walk for five minutes, gradually building to a light jog and increasing the treadmill to a 1% incline.<\/p>\n Main session: For your first few sessions, complete eight rounds of 30 seconds at a hard but controlled pace, followed by 90 seconds of walking.<\/p>\n As your fitness improves, progress to 45 seconds on with 75 seconds walking, then eventually 60 seconds on and 60 seconds off.<\/p>\n ‘Remember that treadmills take a few seconds to speed up and slow down, so start your timer when the belt reaches your target speed,’ Bossick says.<\/p>\n Keep your posture tall, your eyes forwards and stay in the middle of the belt rather than drifting towards the front.<\/p>\n Cool-down: Finish with five minutes of easy walking and some gentle stretches.<\/p>\n Joanne McNally\/\/Instagram<\/p>\n 3 benefits of sprinting1. It improves aerobic fitness<\/p>\n Sprinting is one of the most time-efficient ways to improve your fitness, with the NHS<\/a> classing hill sprints and interval running as ‘very vigorous’ activities.<\/p>\n ‘Research<\/a> shows that just one minute of all-out sprinting, three times a week, can improve aerobic fitness (VO2 peak) by 19% and insulin sensitivity within 12 weeks,’ says Bossick.<\/p>\n ‘That’s a similar improvement to what you’d get from 50 minutes of moderate exercise per session, despite only doing one minute of actual hard work.’<\/p>\n This can be particularly useful in your 40s and beyond, when work and family commitments often leave little time for exercise and hormonal changes can make blood sugar regulation more challenging.<\/p>\n 2. It helps maintain power<\/p>\n![\"liz](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/9dda7274-c0ff-45f0-8e27-cfeb00f68939.jpg\" "\\"liz")
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