I've only been running since Dec., and I've had to deal with shin splints, a sprained ankle, and now what I think is plantar fasciitis.
I weight 141 lbs., btw, so it's not like I'm some hamplanet.
I've been lifting (admittedly only with dumbbells up to 65lbs; no barbell compounds) and doing calisthenics for a few years, and I've never had as many issues as often as with running.
I did a 5k yesterday, and now I'm having trouble walking.
You're doing it wrong.
Still new and started too hard. Your technique is probably not the greatest, and you're running on asphalt.
Nah, it's very common. When lifting you load your muscles and tendons for a short duration with high force, they can usually take it. With running any link link goes brrr immediately.
>running on asphalt
Concrete, actually.
also:
>Still new and started too hard.
Probably. I was already in decent shape from other stuff, so I ran my first 5k within days of taking up running, which maybe was too much, and I've been struggling with balancing injuries and progress ever since.
welcome to running. I pushed myself during a 5k and did really well. I ended up with a stress fracture in my foot that sidelined me for 5 weeks. During that time I was able to swim and bike without little issue though. Running is simply harder on the body than other forms of cardio. But to me it will always be the most fun and my favorite
That's worse!
Ease off and go slowly for a bit. It can take time to get the legs right. Ran loads for years, took most of a decade off and then started up again. Started off with hamstrings going wrong, then straight into plantar fasciitis on one side and a nicely bruised ankle on the other side. 8 months to clear...
>and you're running on asphalt.
where am i supposed to run, a pool?
Any shipwright will tell you that it's not the forces that break things, but vibrations.
Running (repeated thump thump thump) for extended period of time is worse for your joints and skeleton than any other activity.
You can reduce that consequences by adjusting equipment, technique and environment. Don't run on concrete.
Or just push a prowler
You’ve gotta be doing something wrong. I weigh 185lbs and I run 20-30 miles a week without any injuries. Last time I had an injury was mild tendonitis, 2 years ago.
Because half the point of training running is to condition your joints/tendons/bones to be able to run more and run faster. Naturally if you push yourself and are competitive, you will constantly be in a balancing act between having mild injury and being healthy. The same goes for lifting and having muscle aches.
Inappropriate recovery.
Simple as
Distance running is not what our bodies are designed for. Distance walking and short sprints. That's it
>Distance running is not what our bodies are designed for. Distance walking and short sprints. That's it
That's all I (op) used to do, but supposedly there are health benefits to the "Zone 2" stuff.
It's just crazy how even a lean, physically active person, with good cardio capacity, still manages to get rekt by running.
because youre eating too many grains. eat more full fat dairy and fatty fish instead
>because youre eating too many grains. eat more full fat dairy and fatty fish instead
Thanks, ketard, but I don't need CVD in addition my foot/shin problems.
enjoy your arthritis retard
Idk, maybe you’re just a pussy. When I started running as a 250lbs fat fuck I did fine and I also ran a minimum of a mile every day/every other day. The worst I got was some knee pain that quickly went away but it was probably from basketball anyways. Either way, dont stop. Your bones will get stronger.
>minimum of a mile every day/every other day
I'm (op) running 1.5-3 miles every day.
Your point?
Because your cardio increases massively faster than your body's ability to handle the impact, so people almost universally over train and end up fucking their tendons and such. Happened to me too. It feels so easy and effortless to keep going until you start to feel a nagging pain and at that point the damage is already done.
>I weight 141 lbs
Only cardio you should be doing is jumping on my dick, twink
>>I weight 141 lbs
>Only cardio you should be doing is jumping on my dick, twink
>>I weight 141 lbs
>Twinky twinky suck my dicky
Can you fat powershitters even see your dicks?
I like how it's always either scrawny twink or obese powershitter and nothing in between.
>I like how it's always either scrawny twink or obese powershitter and nothing in between.
It's only the obese powershitters who push that "a grown man should weigh 200 lbs" nonsense.
>I weight 141 lbs
Twinky twinky suck my dicky
too fast too soon.
start with couch to 5k. if you're young you can probably just do the workouts every other day instead of spacing the workouts three a week like the plan. plateau at 5k for a few months to get used to things, then start building 10% a week. Cap your workouts at an hour unless it's your long run day. Don't bother with speed workouts till you've been doing it a few years. roll out your muscles, approach stretching with caution. learn to shuffle, your foot shouldn't be going past your kneecap. get shoes with a flexible forefoot, don't tie them too tightly. run with a watch with a chronograph function and run for a time, not a distance. Speed comes with volume, and if it's worth it to you later, add more speed with specific workouts. Don't be shy to vary your speed in a workout if it feels natural, but don't push.
I'm in my fifties, I've been running for decades, I haven't stretched in almost 20 years, I'm rarely hurt.
Because we're not "born to run" anymore than a bee is "born to sting"- yeah you can do it if something is fucking with you, but it extracts a significant toll
Stop running right now and don’t put another mile in until you read Born to Run.
https://www.chrismcdougall.com/born-to-run/
>Samefagging
After you read that learn the pose method.
Chris Mcdougall isn't even a runner or a scientist. He's a blogger.
>I weight 141 lbs., btw, so it's not like I'm some hamplanet.
You don't have enough muscle to cushion your joints.
>in b4 marathon runners
Sure marathon runners are small, but it doesn't mean their bodies aren't fucked up.