As a mode of exercise, running is a total waste of time

Can we read about it in your upcoming book titled Born to Lift Weights?

Sorry, I missed the part where you cited evidence besides your own website.

Also, what criteria do you use to judge different forms of exercise?

Renaissance Exercise wrote:

I still respect running as a sport and even as a form of recreation, but as a mode of exercise is it simply one of the worst ideas ever conceived; provides very little in the way of fitness benefits while undermining musculoskeletal health. Proper exercise should focus on challenging the skeletal muscles, not the aerobic metabolic pathway.

Go to

http://www.renaissanceexercise.com

and watch the videos:

http://www.renaissanceexercise.com/videos-2/

This intense, deliberate form of strength training is the best form of exercise ever invented. The benefits of training just once or twice a week using this method are far superior to those provided by daily running.

If it's so bad, then why are runners so fit? You'd think that challenging the aerobic metabolic pathway would do harm instead of just making you more fit. Why don't Gebrselassie et al have serious health problems from challenging their metabolic pathways so long? All I can see is their incredibly efficient aerobic system that allows them to do extraordinary things. Why is this the case if aerobic exercise is so bad for you? Runners often live longer than average lifespans.

Also, if it was so bad for us, then why would it be practically a necessity for evolutionary survival?

How will this help me run sub-34 in the 10k?

I still respect your fad workout for its marketability and even as a form of recreation, but as a mode of exercise it is simply one of the worst ideas ever conceived and provides very little for a distance runner while undermining aerobic health. Proper exercise for a distance runner should focus on challenging the aerobic system, not the skeletal muscles.

Shoebacca wrote:

Can we read about it in your upcoming book titled Born to Lift Weights?

hahaha, lets hope he does not advocate the use of gloves

Let's see:

-I can eat whatever I want

-I feel great all the time

-I enjoy racing

-I hate lifting weights

-There's a high probability if I continue running I'll feel great until the end of my life

Thanks, but I'll pass.

3/10

What are you rating?

Renaissance Exercise wrote:

I still respect running as a sport and even as a form of recreation, but as a mode of exercise is it simply one of the worst ideas ever conceived...

Hey Renaissance, Since the only people who visit Letsrun are people who either run competitively or are addicted to running, why would anyone here give a crap about your self-serving post?

i am ashamed that anyone responded to this thread with anything more constructive than a simple "hah! that's great stuff"

seriously though, watch the videos, theyre funny.

sprint7 wrote:

What are you rating?

The troll, of course

someone else wrote:

If it's so bad, then why are runners so fit? You'd think that challenging the aerobic metabolic pathway would do harm instead of just making you more fit. Why don't Gebrselassie et al have serious health problems from challenging their metabolic pathways so long? All I can see is their incredibly efficient aerobic system that allows them to do extraordinary things. Why is this the case if aerobic exercise is so bad for you? Runners often live longer than average lifespans.

Also, if it was so bad for us, then why would it be practically a necessity for evolutionary survival?

"Fitness" is activity-specific, and the only thing runners are fit to do is run long distances, which ability is totally irrelevant and unimportant with respect to life outside of running. I don't buy into the idea that distance running is of prime importance to human evolution.

I remember once in my town there was a baby trapped in a well. The only way to get it out was by doing a totally killer full body workout using several different gym machines. Good thing there was somebody there with that useful skill set!

Reneissance Exercise wrote:

blah, blah, blah

-1/10

'Tis a bummer when poor spelling gives away your trolldom, huh?

Reneissance Exercise wrote:

the only thing runners are fit to do is run long distances, which ability is totally irrelevant and unimportant with respect to life outside of running.

I'm living proof that this is complete nonsense.

Send all your pussy weight lifting wankers over to let'srun

and I'll organise a group of 55+ old farts who will sweep the floor with them.

Why? Because we don't pay idiots like you to tell us what fitness is..We've spent years finding out and we've buried a lot of people who think like you do on the way.

Now..f*** off.

the only real type of exercise

Renaissance Exercise wrote:

I still respect running as a sport and even as a form of recreation, but as a mode of exercise is it simply one of the worst ideas ever conceived; provides very little in the way of fitness benefits while undermining musculoskeletal health.

Actually..... I hike and climb in Rockies when I can, on very rough terrain, being all hunter-gatherer/caveman like, ya know, real fitness.

Cross country running is my main form of training for that, musculoskeletally I feel fine after 8-10 hours of abuse on rough terrain when everyone else walks like a cripple, especially the meatheads with big muscles. Running does build awesome musculosketalal health. Pro tip: workout hard only occasionally and learn to run easy or jog often, give it a few years and you build musculoskeletal health, fail to take it slowly and you will end up in ruin.