alternative exercise to running

Daniel21234
Daniel21234 Posts: 56 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Wondering if anyone could help, i am prone to tibial stress fractures caused from running. Is there any alternative exercises out there to running other than the 'Anti-Gravity Treadmill' which is also another great invention.

Many thanks

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  • RunTimer
    RunTimer Posts: 9,137 Member
    Swimming is a great and exhaustive low-impact sport.
  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    brian9363 wrote: »
    Wondering if anyone could help, i am prone to tibial stress fractures caused from running. Is there any alternative exercises out there to running other than the 'Anti-Gravity Treadmill' which is also another great invention.

    Many thanks

    Swimming is one of the best exercises out there. It combines cardio and strength in one great calorie burning exercise. It also uses most of the large muscles in the body and it is easy on the joints and bones.

  • Daniel21234
    Daniel21234 Posts: 56 Member
    I cant swim :neutral:
  • 999tigger
    999tigger Posts: 5,235 Member
    Erging , cycling and eliptical will cause less stress.
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    brian9363 wrote: »
    I cant swim :neutral:

    then everything. literally everything that is not running is an alternative to running. take your pick. as long as it's not swimming. or anything else that you can't do.

    to recap: anything that you can physically do that's not running is in fact an alternative to running.

    #fact
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    DavPul wrote: »
    brian9363 wrote: »
    I cant swim :neutral:

    then everything. literally everything that is not running is an alternative to running. take your pick. as long as it's not swimming. or anything else that you can't do.

    to recap: anything that you can physically do that's not running is in fact an alternative to running.

    #fact

    ^QFT
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    walking? Biking? stairs? elliptical?
  • mwyvr
    mwyvr Posts: 1,883 Member
    Cycling. Fast cycling. It's my go-to when I can't run or need a break.
  • vixtris
    vixtris Posts: 688 Member
    I love the elliptical. It kind of imitates running, but it is much less stressful on joints.
  • tomatoey
    tomatoey Posts: 5,446 Member
    edited May 2015
    brian9363 wrote: »
    I cant swim :neutral:

    as in don't know how, or can't because it does something wonky to your shins? cause it's a good one if you can learn to do it.

    you still have to drive through your legs for rowing (and elliptical, obviously), so if you're not healed up, maybe stay away from that. but there's no impact, if you're generally fine now and just worried about risk of future stress fractures, it'd probably be ok, I would think.

    cycling is least stressful on lower limbs imo/ime
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  • brdnw
    brdnw Posts: 565 Member
    you can lift, it's more effective than just doing cardio

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