Running is a scam lifting weights is far better for you

I loved my running career, but the OP is correct. Running can be a fulfilling SPORT, but it isn't good exercise. The only thing that running really does is condition you for running, which is unimportant in life. High-intensity weight training is much more conducive to a health and physical well-being than running in any form. Guys like Kenneth Cooper, Coovert Bailey, Arthur Lydiard, and others who popularized Aerobics philosophy as a form of exercise were wrong.

Not That Fast wrote:

Dallas McCarver died from choking, it had nothing to do with the anabolic lifestyle. Unfortunately, we know runners who have died doing what they love too.

Did he choke on food? That's part of the anabolic lifestyle alluded to by the OP.

Not That Fast wrote:

Dallas McCarver died from choking, it had nothing to do with the anabolic lifestyle. Unfortunately, we know runners who have died doing what they love too.

Please show me the list of professional runners who died in their 20s, 30s, and early 40s from health issues.

Since the number of top runners exceeds the number of top bodybuilders by probably 10 to 1 it should be pretty easy to come up with a list of about 100 top runners. I came up with a list of well over 10 top bodybuilders.

All top level bodybuilders are extremely unhealthy because they are using steroids. And they are absolutely horrible for your health. Lifting weights without using steroids combined with some cardio are best for health. I think this would be obvious, but you have some people out here who think that pushing it to the max with this running stuff is healthy, when it just flat out is not healthy.

Competitive running is not healthy. It's just not.

Exactly, competitive running not healthy. It is a sport first and foremost. Like boxing is. Both can be fulfilling sports, but like excessive running is bad for you, taking blows to the head is just not healthy.

Excessive running has side effects.

toomuchrunning wrote:

Competitive running is not healthy. It's just not.

Being in nature vs lifting man made weights. Tough choice. I'd think I'd go with nature.

Meme is old, rewind a couple years and talk to xfit bro if you want anyone to bite on a thread like this.

Why did people think running lots of miles was the best thing for health back in the day?

you forgot my favorite natty vegan, rich piana

Kinda agree. Both are hard to optimize at the same time too.

Jack of all trades, king of none.. Which is why it makes sense to train strength really hard and just occasionally do cardio for heart health.

Yea, running is catabolic and strength training is anabolic . Hard to do both at a high level. Fun to try tho!

If it's a scam, it's doing a pretty darn bad job of getting money out of most of us. The joke is on whoever initiated the scam only to discover that runners are the cheapest bastards alive.

toomuchrunning wrote:

Jack of all trades, king of none.. Which is why it makes sense to train strength really hard and just occasionally do cardio for heart health.

So in addition to neglecting heart health, you think it's a good idea to further stress your heart out by carrying as much extra weight as possible? And eating as much protein as possible?

Running is healthier in almost every way.

And all the supposed benefits of lifting aren't even that important.

Bone strength is nowhere near as important as heart health.

And weight lifters only need strong bones because they are carrying all that extra weight.

And in the modern world where almost nothing we eat is without carcinogens, surely it makes more sense to eat less than to eat more.

There's also the very real and prevalent issue of Bigorexia. Most people who lift weights always feel inadequately big, and so they stuff their faces as much as possible and limit their cardio as much as possible, chasing an imaginary ideal that will make them feel secure in their own skin.

For men in the modern Western world, it is generally much healthier to view oneself as too fat rather than too skinny.

Most weight lifters never shed their Bigorexia, and as they get old they get FAT. They still have the same eating habits and body image issues that drove them to lift weights so much.

Having weak bones at 60 is nothing compared to having obesity and pre-diabetes and heart disease and hyper-tension at 60.

I wish you success in this thread op, the more people you can convince to stay off the trails, the nicer it is for me!

I don't know why but I always equated being fit with being skinny or sinewy strong at most , and not once in my life have I let my muscles grow much . I have the long kind of muscles not the short, and I certainly wouldn't do steroids, but I am pretty sure I can get a built look if I knock off the skinny is better mentality. Also, I think I believed that if you get jacked, not roided jacked, but good musculature, it means you will eventually be fat unless you stay a slave to that look and routine. Now, I know that is wrong.

I know plenty of lifters who have made big mistakes and have bad knees or shoulders. Also plenty of these supposed real runners who either aren't motivated enough, or aren't smart enough, to figure out how to do it well outside of their prime years.

I heard the best mental exercise for crossfitters is to go visit running forums and try to troll, because even dumb runners are so much smarter than crossfitters that any interaction with them will help the crossfitters develop brains.

It's Momo Benaziza

All of these threads reek of self esteem and inadequacy issues. If you wanna lift weights so you can think girls like you that’s fine my guy, but don’t try to drag us down with you!