Treadmill or Natural Running.....!!!

[gcoe]

What a load of BS! If that were the case you would expect almost all runners to be plagued with injuries which is simply not the case. Yes running exposes the locomotor system to greater forces that can cause injury than say walking does but being exposed to forces and making adaptions are a normal part of living. In fact those very stressors are actually good for us and make us stronger and become more resilient as lomg as they are in the right dosage and don't overload our system.

If you have good motor skill, train properly on good surfaces with good shoes and don't overdo it you may never have an injury. Running and sprinting are normal variations on locomotion when the demand for speed are high. We evolved to be able to run in order to hunt and avoid becoming Sunday roast.

Problems may occur because we do so little running in real life, then undertake excessive amounts when we lack good skill and our musculoskeletal tissues have not develped through adaption to the stress of running. Or we get obsessed with over exerting our limits.

If you want to talk about something that is really dangerous then look sitting on our tush all day. That is a real health risk and many more of us do that than run.

[davidlee]

You have pointed out every "if". "If you have good motor skill, (If) train properly on (if) good surfaces with (if) good shoes and (if) don't overdo it you MAY never have an injury". Sitting on your tush isn't an exercise. So when you break it down you actually have 5 "If's" and a "maybe". The odds even according to your quote are not very good. As I mentioned it's probably the worst exercise one can do.

Running as you mentioned was short burst not for 26 miles. there probably wasn't an animal that wouldn't catch and eat before the 26 miles and at marathon speed it would be in the first 50 yards in 90% of cases.

Dr Kenneth Cooper who created "aerobics" teaches that you can get the same results with high intensity training in far less time without the stress on the body and joints. "Aerobic Fitness and health may not go hand in hand" Kenneth Cooper. In his book "The Aerobic Way" he explains both but you never hear of high intensity training for cardio. I provide my clients with a better cardiovascular exercise in 4 minutes than you will ever get with running. Running sprints and running up hill is the safet but still leaves the body severely beat up at the end.

As I mentioned earlier. I personally see the injuries in my clients from running that I do not see from any other exercise program. So the fact remains, running is probably the worst according to the injuries.

If you can think of another exercise that is worse please let me know. I'm not arguing the benefits that can be attained from running just that the injuries far out weigh them and the benefits can be attained from a safer exercise.

If you enjoy running, then run. It's a free country:-)

What a load of BS! If that were the case you would expect almost all runners to be plagued with injuries which is simply not the case. Yes running exposes the locomotor system to greater forces that can cause injury than say walking does but being exposed to forces and making adaptions are a normal part of living. In fact those very stressors are actually good for us and make us stronger and become more resilient as lomg as they are in the right dosage and don't overload our system.

If you have good motor skill, train properly on good surfaces with good shoes and don't overdo it you may never have an injury. Running and sprinting are normal variations on locomotion when the demand for speed are high. We evolved to be able to run in order to hunt and avoid becoming Sunday roast.

Problems may occur because we do so little running in real life, then undertake excessive amounts when we lack good skill and our musculoskeletal tissues have not develped through adaption to the stress of running. Or we get obsessed with over exerting our limits.

If you want to talk about something that is really dangerous then look sitting on our tush all day. That is a real health risk and many more of us do that than run.