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Jogging vs walking

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  • Posts: 7,722 Member
    I have two forms of arthritis and I've taken up running, had to give it up, and am taking it up again. My knees are one of my worst joints and running doesn't bother them at all. In fact, it helps them.

    Two things: I have good, well-fitted shoes, and I have good form. I also built up to it slowly and lift weights to help strengthen the muscles further. I think the biggest problems with knee issues probably come when people have bad form, tbh.

    BTW, my lady parts are just fine. I'd like to see a source on how they'd not be fine and which parts would be affected. And ... lady parts? Really? Which ones?
  • Posts: 470 Member
    I have too many knee issues from playing soccer: dislocated my left knee twice, twisted my right knee countless times. Frequent running exacerbates my knee issues very quickly, which is why I walk preferably flat or uphill. Unfortunately one must always come down if they go up.

    I find the spin bike is good cardio too if you just want to get the heart rate up but go easier on the joints especially knees. My Physical therapist started me on slow cycle at the beginning of each workout session to warm up the knee, so if you are worried or start seeing knee issues you might consider doing some light stationary bike workout.
  • Posts: 299 Member
    Running does not damage your knees! Running may reveal an injury, but there is no science that shows that running causes knee injury. The biggest predictor for runners developing a knee injury, is having a prior injury--usually from another sport. Youth fútbol or soccer are common culprits. Run if you want to.
  • Posts: 3,979 Member
    mph323 wrote: »

    I took one for the team and tried googling it several ways. Nothing comes up using "lady parts". General articles on "negative effects of running on women" involve excessive miles, wrong shoes, bad form - again, nothing involving "lady parts". I was actually surprised I didn't come across even one crackpot site involving prolapsed uterus scare stories.

    I've heard the running is bad for women woo since the 70's when running became popular, never actually heard of a woman whose insides fell out as a result. I would be really interested to see the source on this one.

    You'll be waiting a while because I am pretty confident we won't be getting one, even from a woo website.
  • Posts: 8,736 Member
    I'm guessing she is thinking of uterus prolapse maybe? But no unless your pelvic floor is really weak and already have prolapse issues running won't cause your uterus to fall out
  • Posts: 25,763 Member
    mph323 wrote: »

    I took one for the team and tried googling it several ways. Nothing comes up using "lady parts". General articles on "negative effects of running on women" involve excessive miles, wrong shoes, bad form - again, nothing involving "lady parts". I was actually surprised I didn't come across even one crackpot site involving prolapsed uterus scare stories.

    I've heard the running is bad for women woo since the 70's when running became popular, never actually heard of a woman whose insides fell out as a result. I would be really interested to see the source on this one.

    You're a superstar, thanks for trying.

  • Posts: 25,763 Member
    I'm guessing she is thinking of uterus prolapse maybe? But no unless your pelvic floor is really weak and already have prolapse issues running won't cause your uterus to fall out

    And if your pelvic floor is that weak, all activity is going to be a potential issue.
  • Posts: 7,492 Member
    Running consumes twice the energy of walking, but it takes effort to train enough that you can sustain that for long periods.

    The nature of running means that it can help to develop the musculature, and connective tissues around the knee.

    Personally I enjoy running, but it's not for everyone. If you fancy it, then try it.

    Why would running consume twice the energy if you are going the same distance?
  • Posts: 11,233 Member

    Why would running consume twice the energy if you are going the same distance?

    from runners world
  • Posts: 8,736 Member
    edited April 2018
    Oh @janejellyroll another lol that this made me think of is my friend who has had the same surgery told me I should never ever run because of prolapse risk and that I should use a rebounder instead for exercise.....
  • Posts: 25,763 Member
    Oh @janejellyroll another lol that this made me think of is my friend who has had the same surgery told me I should never ever run because of prolapse risk and that I should use a rebounder instead for exercise.....

    Right, like if you're going to prolapse from movement I'm sure a rebounder is a much better choice! :D
  • Posts: 269 Member
    I'm a runner. I'm 56 and have no issues with my knees, hips or joints. Seems I'm cut out for distance as opposed to speed though. I think much of it is genetic.
  • Posts: 1,706 Member
    maybe she's referring to running potentially causing saggy boobs??? but I'm pretty sure anyone who is going to run will wear a sports bra.
  • Posts: 7,722 Member
    Ck103084 wrote: »
    Wow. This took a turn, lol. I'm going to stick with walking right now. It's working for me and I am overweight still so when I loose more I'll consider the idea of running. My brother's jogging now and he loves it. The time it takes to walk is getting annoying but I'm trying to increase my speed to adjust that.

    BTW, 2.2 miles today. That's huge for a girl that couldn't walk around the block last year :)
    Down 26.4 lbs.

    Thank you again for all the information. I've researched a lot thanks to you all. :)

    You're doing great, and that is indeed great progress!

    I started out with walking to the corner one day and it took me a couple of years to progress slowly to running. One of the steps I did was walking faster intervals to work on my walking speed. I made a game of walking faster between a certain amount of telephone poles. If you want to get really fancy with it, Runtastic has a very basic interval timer app for both Apple and Android that will also work well. You can set up any interval/rest periods you want with a warm up period as well. It's free.
  • Posts: 2,541 Member
    I can't walk a half marathon in the maximum allowed pace time. So for me, running is the winner. (I do a run-walk blend, but it's that running part that keeps me under the max.)
  • Posts: 299 Member
    I walk at 4.5 MPH uphill for 45 mins a day and by the end I’m sweating and out of breath.

    That is blazing fast walking!!
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