Does running on cement increase risk of injury

ukathleticscoach wrote:

So why don't they make the running track out of concrete. Why does it have give in it.

Because synthetic rubber gives better traction. Are you suggesting synthetics were invented to prevent injuries?

if they ever let you out

You have nothing, asswipe. You are a self-proclaimed failure twice over.

Where do Kenyans train - dirt trails.

That's what is available in a poor rural area. Western Kenya is not going to be paved or even gravelled over any time soon.

Not well said wrote:

Bad Wigins wrote:

everyone who debates me is reduced to ad-hominem right from the start.

You can get away with being a dick if you're always right, but you definitely aren't.

See?

Find one exchange where I started the name calling first, dickie boy.

And I am right.

Bad Wigins wrote:

Not well said wrote:

You can get away with being a dick if you're always right, but you definitely aren't.

See?

Find one exchange where I started the name calling first, dickie boy.

And I am right.

Attaboy Wigins! You tell it like it is!

I know this American holiday is a tough time of year for you Brits...who would have thought. 😄

You aren't a runner, clearly.

Therefore it makes no sense to have crumple zones in a car, since exactly the same force is translated to the car?

"“Unfortunately, the data are mixed,” says Dr. Daniel Ferris, professor of movement science at the University of Michigan’s School of Kinesiology. Common knowledge dictates that dirt and grass are better than asphalt, which is better than concrete. The idea behind the hierarchy is harder surfaces result in greater impact forces exerted on the body—including your knees—with each step, which could lead to immediate or overuse injuries.

But while there’s “good evidence that running on harder surfaces increases the impact force when your foot hits the ground,” Ferris says, there’s not much evidence that it leads to injury any more than running on softer surfaces."

Run on concrete like a man. If you got shoes on with cushion it doesn't matter. Good form wins all day.

If you run on the grass long enough, it becomes a dirt trail.

I have more aches when running trails than roads, but that is because the trails are generally a lot more hilly.

Jethro Bodean wrote:

I have a cement pond at my house in Beverly Hills. Miss Jane Hathaway is coming over later--whooo doggie, she looks good in a swim suit. Maybe I can cure her of lesbianism?

Gonna need before and after pics

Take a golf ball.... drop it on the asphalt road or concrete sidewalk. Then, take a golf ball and drop it on a dirt road, or a grass field... notice the bounce.... the grass field and dirt road will absolutely absorb more force... hence why the golf ball doesn't bounce as high. The same principle applies to your leg muscles, joints, and tendons.... the return force is what is you are trying to reduce.

A Little Common Sense... wrote:

Take a golf ball....

...put it in a running shoe and drop the shoe onto concrete, asphalt, packed dirt and grass. It will land and do not much else.

My experience suggests that concrete running induces more pounding. If I travel to an Area (say Orlando) where my runs are relegated to concrete roads and sidewalks, I feel extremely beat up after only a few days of 8 mile runs/workouts. The next day should be the litmus for what surface is better for you. It may be different for some people who didn't spend their 15-30 year old period in spikes and flats. Late arrivals to running can likely tolerate the more dense thumping. I prefer hard fields or trails, then asphalt, then treadmill over the white crete.

Bad Wigins wrote:

[quote]ukathleticscoach wrote:

So why don't they make the running track out of concrete. Why does it have give in it.

Because synthetic rubber gives better traction. Are you suggesting synthetics were invented to prevent injuries?

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Yes, do you really think they could not have made it harder!

Yes, a running shoe helps a little but still the reaction to when your leg strikes the ground is the shock being sent through your leg muscles and tendons and bones... this shock is what you are trying to reduce. Yes, running shoes help a little bit but the force is still tremendous.... there was an ESPN science about the shock your leg takes when running.... off the top of my head it's 5xyour body weight (not 100 percent but still)... that's a lot... anything you can do to reduce that shock helps... including grass and dirt roads...