Health & Fitness • Page 132

What's your RHR bro? Mines like 10.

 

You have a defibrillator/pacemaker for that?

Kind of sounds like third degree heart block.

 

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I'm with you here, I almost always zone out during a treadmill run. I ran a marathon years ago and my training during the winter was almost exclusively on treadmills, worked like a charm. Don't have to worry about other runners, stop lights, cars, animals, etc etc

All that said, I prefer outdoors if given the choice, but definitely don't mind the treadmill.

 

I tried jogging on a hot day this week and wanted to die. Def gonna be on the treadmill whether or like it or not lol cause I don't have the discipline to go early in the morning or later in the evening when it's cooler

 

The last few days I’ve brought a small cooler, parked it on a corner and just did a mile or so around a few blocks for like an hour or to get to whatever number I needed to do for the day and stopped each time around for a drink or to rub ice cubes on my face. It’s been brutally humid which is the worst part. Dry heat is fine, humidity is a nightmare.

 

154?? I will bench you doctor

 

same

 

Hahah I can bench you too I bet

 

but can you bench both @jorbjorb and I at the same time

 

Whoa is this the new transformers

 

I’ve tried to do a thing with my friends where usually Friday is our leg day but instead of just doing it in the gym we go out hiking and it’s been pretty good so far.

 

I feel like my body is stuck at 167-170 since dropping from 188. Any ideas on possibly getting past it?

 

I feel like I'm losing it. Trying to watch videos on proper running form and I don't get iiiiiit. I need like a personal trainer to watch me and correct me cause I'm not smart enough to copy what I see

 

go to your nearest Fleet Feet store or other specialty running store - they’ll 3D scan your feet and have you run on a treadmill to film your gait and such

 

Got back down to 195 after a little while and now is the perfect time to ruin it by eating garbage for an entire long weekend.

 

There is no such thing as a universal proper running form. Your running form should be appropriate for your biomechanics and trying to force a stride that's unnatural for you will inevitably lead to injury. It's also dependent on what you're trying to accomplish as your form will be different for sprinting and distance running.

These are the things I've picked up over the years for distance running, but how exactly this looks for each person will be at least a little different.

• Slight forward lean, but from the ankles not the hips. A good way to find this for you is to stand still and bend forward at the ankles until you feel yourself needing to take a step and then try to maintain that lean.
• Related to the above, don't bend at the hips or slouch at the shoulders to get that lean. Try to "run tall" but relaxed, don't hold too much tension in any part of your body. This is where having a strong core comes in.
• Drive from the hips with short, quick steps, don't bounce, and don't over-stride. Your feet should land beneath you, not way out in front.
• Your arms should swing behind you, parallel to your body, try not to let them cross your midline, and don't ball up your fists.

 

Thanks! The other day when I was jogging a man stopped me to give me tips on my form and it made me wanna look into it more. What he was trying to explain was kinda confusing and I was thrown off in general that someone stopped me like that. I do think I get tense in my shoulders so my back and shoulders hurt. Typically when I jog, my back has been wearing me out more than anything else. So I def think I need to adjust some aspect of my form. I tend to carry a lot of tension in my shoulders and neck just in general tho.

 

Haha yeah, I would be thrown off too. I can't believe he did that, especially if he didn't have just some small simple piece of advice to offer.

I will say that the things that worked for me to sort of "unlock" my proper running form - and I have not had a professional analysis done, I just base this on my lack of pain or injury in my knees, back, etc. - are the forward lean (I still start the first step of every run the way I described) and shortening/quickening my stride. It's hard to hold too much tension in your neck and shoulders when you're leaning like that and the shorter, quicker strides make it easier to control the rest of my body, so I'm not swinging my arms wildly, etc.

 

i've been doing medium-long distance running for the last few years and when i started up the most useful advice i got from a long time running friend was to keep my hands and wrists loose enough that it felt like i was "throwing pebbles at the ground", not necessarily flopping around but keeping that imagery in my mind always helps me to make sure my arms and shoulders aren't super tight

 

Ok did my 10k training app on the treadmill for the first time. Pros and cons def. I upped the incline a tad so I didn't have all the momentum of the belt pushing me forward. I do think a pro of the treadmill is that when I jog outside I start slowing down when tired without realizing it. Had to keep pace on treadmill so I pushed myself in that way which was cool. Def had to block the timer on the treadmill tho so I stopped staring it down to see when I could walk next lol

 

I cant imagine stopping a stranger while they’re running to give unsolicited advice lol

 

someone try to stop me while running id probably just drop kick them tbh

 

Lol espesh as a single woman by myself and some strange dude stopping me. If it wasn't such a popular trail/path I may not have stopped but yeah it was weird and also interrupted the jog since I run/walk on a timer