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"Personally I don't understand the fascination with calculating calorie burn from exercise when it has a large number of more important benefits but that's just me..." You make a good point.
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Wow! Very defensive. As I said, if you enjoy running, that's fair enough. "There's plenty of quality research refuting those silly claims" Please feel free to provide these sources. I am willing to admit that I may be wrong. _ I don't feel that I'm 'quoting [the same] old myths about running'. If anything, the notion that…
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My 'HIIT" is very simple. Coming from a track and field background (I ran for my state in 110m hurdles about 10 years ago, but was side-tracked due to a neck injury) I'm now just getting back into high-intensity running. All I do is this (on an athletics track): -Walk 400m. -Jog 800m to warm up. -1 100m sprint at 70% speed…
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Fair enough. I understand if people enjoy it- I didn't mean to sound judgemental. I'm just curious as to why people aren't more concerned about the long-term risks (bone density problems, joint malfunction, lack of muscle tone etc) of slow, long distance running. And yes, I just realised (after I had posted my rant) that…
