Running is bad for you?

Cocochickdeleted

A friend of mine posted this article on Facebook, and I couldn't help but shake my head at some of the misinformation this 'personal trainer' spouted as fact. I enjoyed reading some of the comments at the bottom of the article more than the article itself. Personally, I think he just doesn't enjoy running himself, and since running is basically 'free', he, and other personal trainers, are losing money.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1297579/Running-risk-It-cause-cellulite-heart-attacks-joint-strain--time-stop-jogging.html

fteale

You hear a lot of cr** about running from personal trainers.

meerkat70

Oh, it's in the Daily Mail. It is therefore, by definition, going to be alarmist nonsense.

meerkat70

Oh and "To Brookes, the answer is simple: high-intensity training." Gosh... I wonder what wares Brookes might be pedalling?

Of course PTs aren't generally going to like running, because it's rather harder to 'sell' running as a product. It's something we can all do, read about, join a club to support....

sluedu09

I love running. So I guess I'm in big trouble.

DomNavarro1

The entire article seems like entire non-sense, and i am not at all biased for i rarely run but i make up for that doing other cardio vascular activities. What i love the most is that none of this info seems to be backed by any real scientific observations or experiments, the entire article all I seem to hear this trainer stating is that "I'm probably right in my notions so pay to be trained by me." Also i believe muscle "wastage" would only happen if someone ran for over 2 hours straight but even then i think the muscle in your legs would be deteriorated. Then again I could be wrong i'm no expert or scientist. So if i'm wrong go easy on me.

BrianSharpe

What a pile of crap.......this Brookes character is an idiot.

IronSmasher

Metabolic disturbance eh?

When am I going to get my own pseudo medical buzz words?


Too much of anything will kill you.

Sox90716

Nonsense. Enough said.

meerkat70

I'm going for a run in a moment. I'll alert the medics, just in case my heart starts to shrink....

hanky1

quite funny that the runner-models in the two pics both look lean and without an inch of cellulite on them!

Cocochickdeleted

I'm going for a run in a moment. I'll alert the medics, just in case my heart starts to shrink....

You are really funny! Yeah, I thought that statement was a little 'out there', too. But I have to say that my favorite thing about this article is that Brookes claims that running can actually make you fat, but both pictures show a thin, female runner.

kmm7309

Weren't we (humans) hunter-gatherers at one time? I guess those buffalo came to us?

And yes, your body will become more efficient when you keep a running regime... or any exercise regime. That's why a lot of exercise gurus have multiple "levels" to your work out... the same thing over and over becomes less difficult to sustain over time.

The point of fact is that yes, running can be hard on your joints over time, and so can being fat. Shouldn't we be writing more articles on the benefits of running- or any exercise- instead of an opposition to it?

momof2winsplus

Ha! Look at his suggestion of "proper exercise"

'There are lots of ways to do intensity training,' says Brookes. 'Warm up for five minutes, then run hard for 30 seconds, then jog or walk for 90 seconds.

Running and jogging!

Enigmatica

Rubbish. I'm 50 years old and run as much as 7 miles in the morning. That doesn't bother my joints or cause other problems. If I eat the wrong stuff though I'll get inflammation, sometimes even in my joints.

camelid2

One of the gym trainers fussed at me for running on a treadmill vs. outside. Oh, because running in 105 degree weather right now is better than on the treadmill?!? Pffftttt.

MoreThanMommie

I love running. So I guess I'm in big trouble.

Same here. :laugh:

IronSmasher

Ha! Look at his suggestion of "proper exercise"

'There are lots of ways to do intensity training,' says Brookes. 'Warm up for five minutes, then run hard for 30 seconds, then jog or walk for 90 seconds.

Running and jogging!

Penny: Wh-what?
Sheldon: [glaring at Leonard] He's engaging in reductio ad absurdum.
Penny: [speechless]
Sheldon: It's the logical fallacy of extending someone's argument to ridiculous proportions and then criticizing the result. And I do not appreciate it.

meerkat70

And yes, your body will become more efficient when you keep a running regime... or any exercise regime. That's why a lot of exercise gurus have multiple "levels" to your work out... the same thing over and over becomes less difficult to sustain over time.

I think one of the reasons that criticisms of running annoy me so much is that they tend to presume that runners are always doing *the same thing*. A well designed running programme will include varying distances and speeds, intervals, hills.... So it's not really the same thing over and over anyway. :-)

kmm7309

And yes, your body will become more efficient when you keep a running regime... or any exercise regime. That's why a lot of exercise gurus have multiple "levels" to your work out... the same thing over and over becomes less difficult to sustain over time.

I think one of the reasons that criticisms of running annoy me so much is that they tend to presume that runners are always doing *the same thing*. A well designed running programme will include varying distances and speeds, intervals, hills.... So it's not really the same thing over and over anyway. :-)

Oh, I guess I didn't write this clearly enough. I wasn't implying that runners just do the same thing all the time. I don't run so I can't make that call. I was trying to point out the fallacy in his logic, and that if any exercise becomes repetitive, it will eventually be less effective. That's why runners start out with short runs and can eventually run for miles- because their body becomes more efficient.

meerkat70

no no, you wrote it fine - I didn't think you were implying that. I was just making a related but different point.