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It's already up the enemy's ass. Twice.Where's the hockey stick?
It's already up the enemy's ass. Twice.Where's the hockey stick?
I have to move heavy shit a lot more than things that would be considered cardio intensive.
I figured with the way the media portrays how things are in the states you'd need that cardio to run away from all the terrorists and Mexican rapists.
This is a horrible point.
If you have bad posture, no amount jogging will ever improve it.
Going out running with proper posture for an hour every other day sure will. Ask your physiotherapist. You think kenyans have good posture because they lift weights?
Going out running with proper posture for an hour every other day sure will. Ask your physiotherapist. You think kenyans have good posture because they lift weights?
Running did nothing for my posture problems & back pain. Doing appropriate heavy lifts with proper form on the other hand played a large role in fixing them. And since when are Kenyan's known for their posture? Lol.
Evidence that Kenyans have good posture? Evidence that their good posture is caused by running?
If it's just "well, I saw some Kenyan runners on TV and they seemed to have great posture" then you shouldn't need anyone to explain why that is not evidence.
Hclear post: 116441679 said:Choose any mid to high level runner then. Doesnt have to be kenyans. I think we can leave elite level runners out of this, since any professional athlete (regardless of sport) play by different rules.
Do i have statistical evidence that avid runners have better posture? No. But anecdotal evidence to this end is enough for me. I dont know many runners with poor posture, or with back issues for that matter. I personally had zero issues with back, shoulders, knees etc when I used to run (running and/or walking was suggested to me by my physiotherapist at the time, who remarked on my poor lumbar posture), and though I think weight training alleviates the problems I have now, I feel running was a better remedy. If your experience differs, then thats fine.
Then there is a good chance you did not run correctly.
Correct posture during running is more or less the same as correct standing posture. Ergo it is a great way to train good posture.
Incorrect posture during running does not fix your posture, and might well worsen it and give you other problems. Just like weight training done incorrectly can hurt you. Difference is doing deadlifts or other weighted excercises incorrectly can hurt you more, and you'll be doing them for a shorter time. Running will actually make you accustomed to maintaining a certain posture.
Not saying running is a good way to fix actual back injuries. Just that it is a good way to prevent them. In the sense that good posture prevents back injuries. And running improves your posture.
Uhm... I don't think this is how it works.
When you learn to run with a proper coach, one of the things that you learn is to do it with correct posture. You learn other things like short strides/high cadence and midfoot or forefoot striking. If you spend dozens of hours a week running while concentrating on your posture, it's not surprising that your posture would improve overall.
If you don't have a coach of otherwise make a lot of effort to run with correct form, your form will not magically improve. Your posture will not improve, your cadence will not shorten, how you strike will not change.
Running doesn't improve your posture. Running, while consciously trying to improve your posture, will improve your posture.
"Anecdotal evidence is enough for me". Great. Running wrecks my beck. And a friend of mine had to stop running because of back pain. There are some anecdotes.
Don't you think we need more than that? Studies and science, and so on? I mean... I thought that was one of the reasons we were here.
Running doesn't improve your posture. Running, while consciously trying to improve your posture, will improve your posture.
"Anecdotal evidence is enough for me". Great. Running wrecks my beck. And a friend of mine had to stop running because of back pain. There are some anecdotes.
There are all these old (50ish) powerlifting dudes that work out at my gym that squat like 400 but don't seem very healthy in a general sense so I'd say cardio is probably better for long termI watched JBJ, and Hector Lombard Gas in their last fights.
And I know any 2 month personal trainer will say do both but as one that has tried to unsuccessfully hybrid both energy systems to an elite level throughout my life. I'm starting to wonder should I have just concentrated on being strong as I possible, or have Great Marathon/tour de France type level cardio from the get go.
Anyway I want you guys to try and be Objective regardless of your personal preference of Strength Training or Cardio.
And tell me or share with us which one you think is better for life's everyday tasks in general. And which one serves the Human body the best in the long run.
For those that reply with Both i'll just preface my responses by saying god bless sherdoggers lol.
What if the kid you're chasing is over 25lb and you need to lift him/her when you catch them?I want more strength, but cardio is more useful in my day to day life. I find myself running around doing things or chasing a kid, and I rarely lift anything over 25 lb except at the gym.