Running is a scam lifting weights is far better for you

Yesh, but you'll be slower.

Nobody cares how fast you run unless you fast enough to make a living off of running.

Sorry but running fast over the thon and above is more important to me than looking jacked. Besides, running a 100+ MPW is more thrilling than talking to girls.

toomuchrunning wrote:

Running long distances is stupid. Running a lot is stupid. It's not healthy for the body. If you want to be healthy and look good you should do swimming/running occasionally for basic heart health. But beyond that it's all BS.

Lifting weights will not breakdown the body like running will. You won't burn precious muscle like running will. You will become far more attractive to women by lifting weights than running will make you.

You need strong bones and strong muscles for health and appearance.

Kipchoge don't do strength workouts, has marathon WR and haven't had any injuries.

Who is that guy? And how old is he? If he runs constantly he will pay for that when he gets older.

toomuchrunning wrote:

Who is that guy? And how old is he? If he runs constantly he will pay for that when he gets older.

He's 35yo (or probably older like many kenyans).

You should probably get out of this forum without any knowledge about running

I do have knowledge of running. What do you think this post was about? It's about running. Yes he's a 35yo runner. He will breakdown if he continues doing that. He's still got more than half his life to live. Running excessively is not healthy. You know it and I know it.

toomuchrunning wrote:

I do have knowledge of running. What do you think this post was about? It's about running. Yes he's a 35yo runner. He will breakdown if he continues doing that. He's still got more than half his life to live. Running excessively is not healthy. You know it and I know it.

Lifting excessively is not healthy neither. There are old people who run and they are 70, 80 years old. I know a guy who was a pro marathoner and now he's about 80yo. And he's still jogging every day wile most people at his age can't walk too much

toomuchrunning wrote:

I do have knowledge of running. What do you think this post was about? It's about running. Yes he's a 35yo runner. He will breakdown if he continues doing that. He's still got more than half his life to live. Running excessively is not healthy. You know it and I know it.

Of course he won't be running 180km per week for rest of his life, but he will probably do some easy training and I don't think that he will get injured by that

Everybody knows lifting excessively is bad for you. That's what they call overtraining. Lifting weights is all about eating, sleeping and moving the iron with good form. You can't be healthy and lift weights without following these.

You can't also run and be healthy.

And overtraining is also in running. It's not just in liftining weights

It's far easier to overtrain in running instead of lifting weights. Because with lifting weights the biggest part of recovery is eating lots of food and rest. You only train certain movements once, maybe twice a week max.

With running the body never has a chance to run. It's just nonstop every single day pounding on the knees. It lowers testosterone which is bad. That can cause erectile dysfunction, loss of muscle and bone mass, energy and drive, accelerated aging, etc.

toomuchrunning wrote:

It's far easier to overtrain in running instead of lifting weights. Because with lifting weights the biggest part of recovery is eating lots of food and rest. You only train certain movements once, maybe twice a week max.

With running the body never has a chance to run. It's just nonstop every single day pounding on the knees. It lowers testosterone which is bad. That can cause erectile dysfunction, loss of muscle and bone mass, energy and drive, accelerated aging, etc.

Hahahahaha.

I'm 6 feet tall, 180 lbs, and built like a greek god. I also run 70 mpw and have never lifted a day in my life so I'd say you are wrong.

And women love my stamina as well if you catch my drift. That comes from the running.

No amount of lifting will give you runner's legs.

EOT

I run 30-40 mile weeks which include at least 2 HIIT sessions and lift 3x a week. If find that this is the best balance for me.

toomuchrunning wrote:

It's far easier to overtrain in running instead of lifting weights. Because with lifting weights the biggest part of recovery is eating lots of food and rest. You only train certain movements once, maybe twice a week max.

With running the body never has a chance to run. It's just nonstop every single day pounding on the knees. It lowers testosterone which is bad. That can cause erectile dysfunction, loss of muscle and bone mass, energy and drive, accelerated aging, etc.

You clearly have no idea about working out. With lifting weights you’re lifting much more than once a week per body part. Unless you’re talking about bro workouts where you’re working out chest for two hours, taking anabolic and androgenics, doing no cardio, and dying early decades too early like:

Sonny Schmidt

Paul DeMayo

Andreas Munzer

Mike Mentzer

Mike Matarazzo

Dallas McCarver

Greg Kovacs

Like Wood

Mono Benaziza

Terri Harris

Vince Comerford

Art Atwood

Frannie Barrios

Ron Teufel

Frank Hildebrand

Ray Mentzer

Nasser el Sonbaty

Ed Kawak

Don Youngblood

And hundreds more