This is a weekly post for the runners of LoseIt.
All levels of runner are welcome here, from first timers to experienced marathoners. We welcome someone who just ran for the first time or is just starting couch to 5K (r/c25k) as eagerly as someone who has thousands of miles of experience.
This post is for sharing your weekly progress or excitement with running. From training you got in this last week, your first run, a virtual race, or a real race, we'd love to hear what you did. Got a running related NSV (non-scale victory), we'd love to hear. Have a question or need advice, we are here to help.
Sorry for the missing posts the last couple of weeks. Had time off and busy week at work.
In addition to sharing your progress each week, I ramble on about some topic related to running. This week -- Running is a Total Body Affair
Sorry for the missing posts the last couple of weeks. Had time off and busy week at work.
Running is a Total Body Affair
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/well/move/running-body-evolution.html
New York Times did this article a week or so ago on how the whole body is involved in running. More so than walking. It's based on this study -- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33491216/.
There's a lot to exercise. I think most people think it's all about muscles. Your legs, for instance, are critical above all else to help you run. But the fact is, there is this neuromuscular interconnection that is essential for all motion.
Often people will notice quick performance improvements during the first few months of running. Newbie gains, they call it in the gym. "My muscles developed quickly!" they may say. I've heard this said, these very words, from newer runners when they find themselves picking up running quickly. My response, "Some muscle development, but mostly your brain got better at helping you run."
We are Constructed to Run
https://www.menshealth.com/fitness/a19536880/born-to-run/
We are constructed as a running machine. We are upright with two muscle bound pistons for legs, spring assisted by tendon, proportion, and heavenly (or Darwinian) construction.
Not everyone can run, it's hard for some people to deal with all the impact. As an obese old guy, I know it is very hard on my body. I've been told "That may not work out, not everyone can run." Apparently, failure at running causes people to become physicians as so many of them tell us to stop running.
I took this a sign to be prudent, but not that I can't run.
You Can Run if you Want To
https://www.verywellfit.com/running-tips-for-overweight-runners-4142348
You should try out running if you are so inclined. Know that there's lots of us Losers out here who run and use running to maintain.
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