“A long run increases your level of cortisol and diminishes your testosterone. In the long run, it’s not good. Better to do a short one with a higher level of intensity,” St-Pierre said. “But you know, it’s not a lot of people that knows about this stuff.”
I need all the testosterone I can get. Should I start cross training like Parker and Grant?
I think punching each other in the face probably isn’t great either
Both are bad for you.
running like 100k a week is obviously not the optimal longevity and health promoting activity.
probably the most optimal lifestyle would be something like yoga one day, weights the next day, 10k run the next day etc.
but running and completion is fun. It’s also bad for you to drink wine and eat greasy food and stay up late and watch movies etc. but I won’t stop doing those things.
Also running a lot is certainly better than not exercising at all - it’s just obviously not the most ideal thing to do only one specific and repetitive form of exercise
middle distance running workouts are the best fitness thing you can possibly do. It is like lifting heavy, but 100% functional.
If these MMA stars did mid-d workouts, they would start each round like it was the 1st, just from having a minute of rest. They would know how to get the maximum performance out of 80-90% effort. Boxers would benefit even more. Hockey, basketball, tennis.
No one thing is the best fitness thing you can possibly do.
health and longevity require a variety of strength, endurance, balance, mobility etc.
running 100k a month will not give you this.
running is a lot of fun but ONLY training for running is obviously not ideal for long term health
Roflcopter wrote:
“A long run increases your level of cortisol and diminishes your testosterone. In the long run, it’s not good. Better to do a short one with a higher level of intensity,” St-Pierre said. “But you know, it’s not a lot of people that knows about this stuff.”
I need all the testosterone I can get. Should I start cross training like Parker and Grant?
He's right, and he didn't say running is bad for you, he said long runs are bad for you, if you don't want to turn into a low-T Hamas and BLM supporting soyboy like 80% here.
In the long run has a different meaning than an actual long run.
And one could argue "is not good for you" is adjacent to "is bad for you".
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