I'm breaking back into occasional road running after a long time on the elliptical only. I'm hitting my target heart rate of about 160, but I'm winded and barely able to continue. It's no problem working out at the same intensity / heart rate on the machine, but on the road I get winded. I'm just wondering what could be going on a basic level in the body. Any ideas?
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mlremy wrote:
I'm breaking back into occasional road running after a long time on the elliptical only. I'm hitting my target heart rate of about 160, but I'm winded and barely able to continue. It's no problem working out at the same intensity / heart rate on the machine, but on the road I get winded. I'm just wondering what could be going on a basic level in the body. Any ideas?
I don't know what is going on in the body. I only know that you could've keep your running fitness if you did just strides every few days. A little running is enough to keep like 90% of the running fitness if you for whatever reason cannot do your usual mileage.
mlremy wrote:
I'm breaking back into occasional road running after a long time on the elliptical only. I'm hitting my target heart rate of about 160, but I'm winded and barely able to continue. It's no problem working out at the same intensity / heart rate on the machine, but on the road I get winded. I'm just wondering what could be going on a basic level in the body. Any ideas?
It's just different. Running over ground, the impact. Specificity of exercise.
Specificity as another poster mentioned. Aerobically, your hr system stayed fit, but moving your fat tuckus and fighting gravity, wind resistance, other environmental variables, etc adds to the issues you need to overcome vs the elliptical and thats not including the impact effect on the skeletal system. Its vg cross-training, and will allow you to come back quicker vs having done nothing at all, but as Judge Judy said, dont pee on my leg and call it rain.
kundi wrote:
Gay is fine. Some of our best runners are gay.
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160 is pretty high
I prefer hyperbolic paraboloids.
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