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Facetious as you are, it's true. There are real impacts to it, and it's recommended that you not train for several months after a training and running a maratho

Facetious as you are, it's true. There are real impacts to it, and it's recommended that you not train for several months after a training and running a marathon. And not to do more than a few a year. I think it's partially because Nike ran a lot of ads for running shoes that was selling the idea of it as a sport. And it's one of those sports that seems rather natural and "free" as it were. I have trouble figuring out a sport that I can do regularly to improve my health. Though I never considered running because I frankly can't keep my motivation. I stop running for an instant, and I'm done.

peterwwillis 11y ago
I used to do martial arts and group exercise to keep myself motivated. Music also helps a lot. You just have to find something that 'gives you energy', or with a beat that matches your preferred pace. Good opportunity to expose yourself to genres of music you wouldn't normally listen to :)
irishcoffee 11y ago
> I have trouble figuring out a sport that I can do regularly to improve my health. Swimming is all the good parts of running with ~none of the bad parts. Requires a pool, which isn't as "free" as running. Rock climbing and weightlifting are both pretty good too.
- oostevo 11y ago
  Context: I currently train weightlifting with a former US Olympic Team weightlifter and someone who has been to Olympic trials many times for swimming and has since switched to weightlifting. My wife is quite a good climber. While pretty much all exercise is better than being sedentary, you didn't really pick the the sports without "bad parts" :) Swimming has a pretty high shoulder injury rate, though as best I can recall, it's a much lower total injury rate than running. Weightlifting is safer still, but it's definitely not without injuries. And finger pulley tendon injuries in climbing happen _all the time_. [edit for clarity]
  - irishcoffee 11y ago
    Well sure, they all have their faults. Just like anything else, if you do it poorly/with bad form, you're probably going to hurt yourself. Everyone should learn how to swim, properly. For safety reasons if nothing else, and this would reduce injuries I think. I was a competitive swimmer for ~12 years, and learning how to swim correctly, I never injured myself. Weightlifting, same deal. I've been lifting for ~8 years now, and having someone teach me how to squat and deadlift _correctly_ probably saved me countless injuries. Rock climbing, same deal. Don't use a hangboard for the first 2-3 years you climb, you're going to get hurt. Learn to crimp correctly, or you're going to blow a pulley. Running even, bad form is awful for your joints, really really bad. For whatever reason I did cross-country in highschool, and I grew ~6 inches that season, destroyed my hip flexors. =(( I appreciate and agree with all your points, but I do not think there is many active ways in which one could not injure themselves without proper technique. =))
- ciupicri 11y ago
  Pool implies chlorine which isn't quite healthy.
  - irishcoffee 11y ago
    I guess we should all quit breathing too [-1].. The other 3 links [0][1][2] might be enlightening. If you really are curious, all pools are required to have a certified pool operator on site at all times the pool is open, and their job to to keep the pool as close to a pH of 7 as possible, where close is a federally mandated standard [-2]. Water purity, saftey, and whatever else you were trying to imply by bringing up chlorine in pools, ironically enough, is affected by the amount of pure hydrochloric acid acid pumped into the pool as much as it is the chlorine. Just 'picking' on chlorine amounts shows your ignorance quite a bit. [-2] http://www.poolsafely.gov/industry-operators-professionals/public-pool-requirements/ http://www.poolsafely.gov/industry-operators-professionals/p... [-1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen_toxicity#Causes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen_toxicity#Causes [0] http://kbda.com/c3/library/enhancing.html http://kbda.com/c3/library/enhancing.html [1] http://water.epa.gov/drink/contaminants/basicinformation/disinfectants.cfm http://water.epa.gov/drink/contaminants/basicinformation/dis... [2] http://www.livestrong.com/article/338677-foods-that-contain-chlorine/ http://www.livestrong.com/article/338677-foods-that-contain-...
    - ciupicri 11y ago
      American standards might be better, but I know for sure that my eyes and nose get irritated from the Romanian pools even if chlorine is not to blame.

peterwwillis 11y ago

I used to do martial arts and group exercise to keep myself motivated. Music also helps a lot. You just have to find something that 'gives you energy', or with a beat that matches your preferred pace. Good opportunity to expose yourself to genres of music you wouldn't normally listen to :)

irishcoffee 11y ago

> I have trouble figuring out a sport that I can do regularly to improve my health. Swimming is all the good parts of running with ~none of the bad parts. Requires a pool, which isn't as "free" as running. Rock climbing and weightlifting are both pretty good too.

oostevo 11y ago
Context: I currently train weightlifting with a former US Olympic Team weightlifter and someone who has been to Olympic trials many times for swimming and has since switched to weightlifting. My wife is quite a good climber. While pretty much all exercise is better than being sedentary, you didn't really pick the the sports without "bad parts" :) Swimming has a pretty high shoulder injury rate, though as best I can recall, it's a much lower total injury rate than running. Weightlifting is safer still, but it's definitely not without injuries. And finger pulley tendon injuries in climbing happen _all the time_. [edit for clarity]
- irishcoffee 11y ago
  Well sure, they all have their faults. Just like anything else, if you do it poorly/with bad form, you're probably going to hurt yourself. Everyone should learn how to swim, properly. For safety reasons if nothing else, and this would reduce injuries I think. I was a competitive swimmer for ~12 years, and learning how to swim correctly, I never injured myself. Weightlifting, same deal. I've been lifting for ~8 years now, and having someone teach me how to squat and deadlift _correctly_ probably saved me countless injuries. Rock climbing, same deal. Don't use a hangboard for the first 2-3 years you climb, you're going to get hurt. Learn to crimp correctly, or you're going to blow a pulley. Running even, bad form is awful for your joints, really really bad. For whatever reason I did cross-country in highschool, and I grew ~6 inches that season, destroyed my hip flexors. =(( I appreciate and agree with all your points, but I do not think there is many active ways in which one could not injure themselves without proper technique. =))
ciupicri 11y ago
Pool implies chlorine which isn't quite healthy.
- irishcoffee 11y ago
  I guess we should all quit breathing too [-1].. The other 3 links [0][1][2] might be enlightening. If you really are curious, all pools are required to have a certified pool operator on site at all times the pool is open, and their job to to keep the pool as close to a pH of 7 as possible, where close is a federally mandated standard [-2]. Water purity, saftey, and whatever else you were trying to imply by bringing up chlorine in pools, ironically enough, is affected by the amount of pure hydrochloric acid acid pumped into the pool as much as it is the chlorine. Just 'picking' on chlorine amounts shows your ignorance quite a bit. [-2] http://www.poolsafely.gov/industry-operators-professionals/public-pool-requirements/ http://www.poolsafely.gov/industry-operators-professionals/p... [-1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen_toxicity#Causes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen_toxicity#Causes [0] http://kbda.com/c3/library/enhancing.html http://kbda.com/c3/library/enhancing.html [1] http://water.epa.gov/drink/contaminants/basicinformation/disinfectants.cfm http://water.epa.gov/drink/contaminants/basicinformation/dis... [2] http://www.livestrong.com/article/338677-foods-that-contain-chlorine/ http://www.livestrong.com/article/338677-foods-that-contain-...
  - ciupicri 11y ago
    American standards might be better, but I know for sure that my eyes and nose get irritated from the Romanian pools even if chlorine is not to blame.