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What's your definition of "no business being there"?
by choward 7y ago
What's your definition of "no business being there"?
- tassl 7y agoI'm not the OP, but I mostly agree with his comments. I have trained track and field for years, and bad running technique is highly correlated with injuries. I don't understand this mentality of running longer and longer distances. Most people should not do that; even with proper technique you're repeating over and over the same motion, same impact on the same areas. In most cases, injury is just a matter of time. Stress injuries are extremely frequent [1] and all this is part of this mentality that with suffering I'll accomplish more. And, longer distances usually equate to more injuries [1]. Strength [2] and fast twitch fibers are the first ones to be lost while aging, so it is way more effective to train those and run shorter, more explosive distances. And even more effective learning proper running technique. [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2465455/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2465455/ [2] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3940510/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3940510/ [3] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/15462613/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/15462613/ Edit: added [1]
- alexbanks 7y agoI'm not the person you're responding to, but I think his assertion is that it's possible to participate in a marathon without being healthy or physically fit (both being defined by a reasonable BF% and proper biomechanics to support long distance running). I do not agree with "no business being there", but I think the idea that being overweight/moving incorrectly and trying to run long distances will increase your overall injury risk. It should not be a surprise when a 230 lb person suffers knee and ankle injuries as a result of LDR, regardless of shoe tech.