20240305 Day 695 Part-2 - Running as your DAILY primary Conditioning Means: Yes or No?

20240305 Day 695 Part-2
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Running as your DAILY primary Conditioning Means: Yes or No?
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If I had a dollar for every time I heard, “I used to exercise. I ran every day, loved it. Then my knees/hip/ankles/back went out and I just kind of quit exercising.”
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Running is great! It’s literally a fundamental function of the human form. It’s amongst our most successful adaptations along with the ability to think, the ability to throw and how we can precisely manipulate objects.
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That said, running is a bit more complex of a coordinated action than most people think of it as. What differentiates running from walking is you leave the ground every other step. It’s a series of continuous jumps. What this should mean to you is that the forces your tissues are subjected to are many times that of walking, compounded by time and distance.
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Many skilled runners attenuate these forces by more of a, “fall and catch” pattern than a, “hop” but even so, there are volumes of literature on the forces associated with running in general and downhill running in particular.
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So to quote the meme, “WHY ARE YOU RUNNING!?” 😂 😂 😂
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If it’s sport specific, specificity is key so you have no choice there. If it’s for enjoyment and you love it, do you. If it’s just for general fitness, health and/or reducing adiposity, you can do better with either replacing running entirely, or having a more measured periodized approach such as having a day focused on sprinting for speed/power development, and a moderate distance session to help condition the tissues involved.
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What you should NOT do, or rather, “feel like” you have to do, again, unless it’s your sport and/or you love it and it’s non-injurious, is run EVERY day for your “cardio” especially if you’re carrying extra weight. You can do better. Look at the Stepmill, bike, a pool, Jacob’s ladder, ski erg, kettlebell complexes, etc.. You have quite literally dozens of alternatives depending on the desired training effect.
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Be a thinking athlete. Don’t just consider what’s, “a good workout.” Think about an entire block of programming. Think about how your training will look a few weeks from now, a few months from now or next year. If you can’t, how can you expect it to work? 🤷🏿‍♂️
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People are counting on you so take care of yourself. Part of that is making your self-care repeatable and sustainable 🤙🏿
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