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JUST SAY NO!
To Endurance running. It's hard on the body and the benefits can be had doing other activities that are non impactive, and or take less time, etc. Unless you're job or specific sport demands it (e.g., mil, etc) no reason to run for distance. Other than a tiny % of the population (e.g, Kenyans etc) human physiology does do well on running. Endurance athletes, especially endurance runners are some of the most injured, immune suppressed, hormonally messed up, athletes you'll see or that I have worked with.
Depending on fiber types and other factors, structure, etc, running will be easier for some than others. Mentally, it does take fortitude for me because my brain keeps telling me it's a waste of time and I lose the drive to carry on. Yes, bbers, strength athletes, etc should do some conditioning work but endurance running as a rule, about your worst choice for that.
Take 10 people who have only done RT for a decade and 10 who have only done running. Make the first group train for a marathon and the second do RT with the goal of say hitting a 2X BW bench, 2.5-3X BW dead and squat in that time period and see what happens.
I can guarantee you the RT -> running group will be able to do the marathon before the running -> RT hits those goals.
We see people all the time go from zero exercise to making a goal of running Boston, giving themselves like 6-12 months to do it, and they do it. Obviously not competitive in the times they do it, but they do it. Boston Marathon used to go right by my house and was mostly people who decided to get in shape with the goal of doing the Boston Marathon. Thousands and thousands of them, many looking awful...
Very few people will go from zero exercise to those RT goals above in the same time period.
Just because it feels awful and is hard, does not mean it's a good choice. Endurance running, not even once. Hiking, biking, HIIT, swimming, various low impact machines, etc, for the win.
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To Endurance running. It's hard on the body and the benefits can be had doing other activities that are non impactive, and or take less time, etc. Unless you're job or specific sport demands it (e.g., mil, etc) no reason to run for distance. Other than a tiny % of the population (e.g, Kenyans etc) human physiology does do well on running. Endurance athletes, especially endurance runners are some of the most injured, immune suppressed, hormonally messed up, athletes you'll see or that I have worked with.
Depending on fiber types and other factors, structure, etc, running will be easier for some than others. Mentally, it does take fortitude for me because my brain keeps telling me it's a waste of time and I lose the drive to carry on. Yes, bbers, strength athletes, etc should do some conditioning work but endurance running as a rule, about your worst choice for that.
Take 10 people who have only done RT for a decade and 10 who have only done running. Make the first group train for a marathon and the second do RT with the goal of say hitting a 2X BW bench, 2.5-3X BW dead and squat in that time period and see what happens.
I can guarantee you the RT -> running group will be able to do the marathon before the running -> RT hits those goals.
We see people all the time go from zero exercise to making a goal of running Boston, giving themselves like 6-12 months to do it, and they do it. Obviously not competitive in the times they do it, but they do it. Boston Marathon used to go right by my house and was mostly people who decided to get in shape with the goal of doing the Boston Marathon. Thousands and thousands of them, many looking awful...
Very few people will go from zero exercise to those RT goals above in the same time period.
Just because it feels awful and is hard, does not mean it's a good choice. Endurance running, not even once. Hiking, biking, HIIT, swimming, various low impact machines, etc, for the win.
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What do you lady's think.
