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Jogging vs walking
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Im a fan of walking - or power walking if you will...jogging for women is proven that it CAN be damaging to our lady parts. walking is not and its more energy efficient when it comes to weight loss.
btw. congratulations to you.37 -
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Im a fan of walking - or power walking if you will...jogging for women is proven that it CAN be damaging to our lady parts. walking is not and its more energy efficient when it comes to weight loss.
btw. congratulations to you.
Wait, what?
This sounds like the old belief that riding a bicycle would cause your uterus to invert.11 -
janejellyroll wrote: »Im a fan of walking - or power walking if you will...jogging for women is proven that it CAN be damaging to our lady parts. walking is not and its more energy efficient when it comes to weight loss.
btw. congratulations to you.
Wait, what?
This sounds like the old belief that riding a bicycle would cause your uterus to invert.
Right? Or the more recent one in certain countries about how driving a car will make a woman's uterus fall out...9 -
janejellyroll wrote: »Im a fan of walking - or power walking if you will...jogging for women is proven that it CAN be damaging to our lady parts. walking is not and its more energy efficient when it comes to weight loss.
btw. congratulations to you.
Wait, what?
This sounds like the old belief that riding a bicycle would cause your uterus to invert.
Right? Or the more recent one in certain countries about how driving a car will make a woman's uterus fall out...
actually its neither. but wow harsh.
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I really wish that people could do a little research before shooting off their mouths on the internet but alas...it is what it is. the internet. CHECK THE WORD 'can' and look up its meaning...thankfully i'm not this guy
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I really wish that people could do a little research before shooting off their mouths on the internet but alas...it is what it is. the internet. CHECK THE WORD 'can' and look up its meaning...thankfully i'm not this guy
Rather than having us all Google "lady parts," why not share the research that convinced you? Right now your claim is so vague (which "lady parts"? what kind of damage?), it's hard to even begin fact-checking it.
Since you already have access to evidence that convinced you, this will be really simple to resolve. Just share it with us.21 -
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?3 -
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.
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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.1
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I really wish that people could do a little research before shooting off their mouths on the internet but alas...it is what it is...
That goes both ways.
I don't waste my time researching something that's so silly and obviously not true that it's not even worth looking for.
Please post the link to research showing that running can damage one's "lady parts". I'm sure a lot of women runners would be interested in reading it.15 -
That loud noise you just heard was Katherine Switzer banging her head repeatedly against the wall.18
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I really wish that people could do a little research before shooting off their mouths on the internet but alas...it is what it is. the internet. CHECK THE WORD 'can' and look up its meaning...thankfully i'm not this guy
So is that an acknowledgment that your earlier post was utter bollocks.18 -
janejellyroll wrote: »I really wish that people could do a little research before shooting off their mouths on the internet but alas...it is what it is. the internet. CHECK THE WORD 'can' and look up its meaning...thankfully i'm not this guy
Rather than having us all Google "lady parts," why not share the research that convinced you? Right now your claim is so vague (which "lady parts"? what kind of damage?), it's hard to even begin fact-checking it.
Since you already have access to evidence that convinced you, this will be really simple to resolve. Just share it with us.
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.12 -
janejellyroll wrote: »I really wish that people could do a little research before shooting off their mouths on the internet but alas...it is what it is. the internet. CHECK THE WORD 'can' and look up its meaning...thankfully i'm not this guy
Rather than having us all Google "lady parts," why not share the research that convinced you? Right now your claim is so vague (which "lady parts"? what kind of damage?), it's hard to even begin fact-checking it.
Since you already have access to evidence that convinced you, this will be really simple to resolve. Just share it with us.
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.4 -
Im a fan of walking - or power walking if you will...jogging for women is proven that it CAN be damaging to our lady parts. walking is not and its more energy efficient when it comes to weight loss.
In what sense is walking "more energy efficient when it comes to weight loss"? Do you mean that it's more time-efficient? If so, that clearly isn't true, since jogging (and better yet, running) burns more calories per minute as well as per mile.
Walking is a good starting point, but it's among the least efficient, least effective exercises for burning calories -- especially at the leisurely pace that most people use. It also does very little for building up strength, cardiovascular endurance, muscular endurance, or other useful metrics such as lactate tolerance and recovery time. It's better than staying on the couch, and it can be a good active recovery tool, but it's not very efficient in terms of exercise.
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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 out0
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janejellyroll wrote: »I really wish that people could do a little research before shooting off their mouths on the internet but alas...it is what it is. the internet. CHECK THE WORD 'can' and look up its meaning...thankfully i'm not this guy
Rather than having us all Google "lady parts," why not share the research that convinced you? Right now your claim is so vague (which "lady parts"? what kind of damage?), it's hard to even begin fact-checking it.
Since you already have access to evidence that convinced you, this will be really simple to resolve. Just share it with us.
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.
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singingflutelady wrote: »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.2
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