[enthulhusiastic]

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[dylan604]

You can do plenty of other things good for your heart that is much less damaging to the rest of the body. Running is horrible for joints. Just walking at a brisk pace will get the heart pumping. If we want people to get more active, there are much better things to suggest that go for a run. I ran long distance all through school, and refuse to run for running's sake. Playing soccer is the only running I will do, but at least there's a purpose. Walking, swimming, riding a bike, spin class, whatever are much easier suggestions for couch potatoes to start with

[kiba]

Runnng being bad for your joint is apparently a myth.[1]

1. https://longevity.stanford.edu/lifestyle/2023/08/29/is-runni...

[kaba0]

How is running bad for our joints? Maybe if you do it on concrete in a bad shoe, but the human body was literally made to run - which is very apparent from its design (our thighs are basically a spring that can “charge up” slowly in the “up” phase of running for less energy usage + no hair and improved thermodynamics (people can literally run for longer distances than most other animals with very few exceptions)), and you can even feel it yourself, like no other sport has such a short getting up to speed phase. If you start running for a week, you will already feel a huge improvement, unlike in tennis or bodybuilding where it might take months to noticeably get better.

[normie3000]

> Walking, swimming, riding a bike, spin class, whatever are much easier suggestions for couch potatoes to start with

Apart from walking, one issue with these other suggestions is that they are much less available than running and require special skills.