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For every lifestyle decision, there are always potential risks and potential benefits. For example, people who run excessively tend to lose fast-twitch/bulk mu
by throwaway3627 7y ago
For every lifestyle decision, there are always potential risks and potential benefits.
For example, people who run excessively tend to lose fast-twitch/bulk muscle mass and wear their hips, knees and ankles faster than most people. For example, one of the worst things you could do to your body would be to repeatedly run fast, downhill while letting your feet slap the ground.
And, you're never going to be able to measure all of the pluses and minuses intellectually or quantitively, which is why these choices tend to be primarily qualitatively-based with some quantified-self bits on the margins.
- justinator 7y agoFor example, people who run excessively tend to lose fast-twitch/bulk muscle mass and wear their hips, knees and ankles faster than most people. Pay for the exam, I'll debunk this one right away. And I believe the whole, "Running is bad for your knees" argument has been debunked, https://omrf.org/2016/09/12/is-running-bad-for-your-knees-surprisingly-science-says-no/ https://omrf.org/2016/09/12/is-running-bad-for-your-knees-su... For example, one of the worst things you could do to your body would be to repeatedly run fast, downhill while letting your feet slap the ground. I think falling off a cliff repeatedly would be a slight bit worse. Or taking up a meth hobby. Or other things that seems fairly obvious. I do a lot of trail running on steep trails (or no trails!) My knees are fine. As mentioned, lots of worse things to do to your body. Here's another one: take up skiing.
- rimliu 7y agoNot the most unbiased source, I'd say. And no link to the research.