Alter-G and Pool Running are Junk

Dufus wrote:

If you aren't fit to run, you aren't fit to run! Disappear and comeback in good time when you can run.

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This is a stupid take. They are typical modes not about fitness but about either rehabbing an injury or getting muscle load when perhaps the bones cannot take the pounding.

I used an Alter G after knee surgery and think it helped me a lot. I was able to work the muscles involved in running without the pounding on the knee.

But hey, you do what works for you.

Dufus wrote:

If you aren't fit to run, you aren't fit to run! Disappear and comeback in good time when you can run.

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Mmmm, okay. So you sit on your butt and do nothing while injured and see all the fitness you lose, while the person pool running on the Alter-G treadmill maintains their fitness.

"Yeah, well, that's just like your opinion, man."- the dude

Yeah, I’d rather just swim and keep it simple. Alter g is special equipment and pool running is silly. Just swim. Keep it simple.

Kiss . wrote:

Yeah, I’d rather just swim and keep it simple. Alter g is special equipment and pool running is silly. Just swim. Keep it simple.

The question is: Does swimming carry the same benefits upon returning to running as pool running does?

Intuitively Alter-G running does. And I recall a few papers from the 80s showing how pool running maintained some fitness parameters better than being sedentary. (Not shocking).

Luv2Run wrote:

Kiss . wrote:

Yeah, I’d rather just swim and keep it simple. Alter g is special equipment and pool running is silly. Just swim. Keep it simple.

The question is: Does swimming carry the same benefits upon returning to running as pool running does?

Intuitively Alter-G running does. And I recall a few papers from the 80s showing how pool running maintained some fitness parameters better than being sedentary. (Not shocking).

No, I don’t actually see that as the question unless your are a professional athlete or maybe a college athlete. Just do something else. Taking a break from running and doing some other type of exercise is likely more beneficial overall. Running in a pool is not a thing. It’s stupid. Better workout to just swim in a pool.

Cross training is imperative when injured.

Kiss . wrote:

No, I don’t actually see that as the question unless your are a professional athlete or maybe a college athlete.

Who are you to tell someone that they aren't good enough to want to maintain running-specific fitness?

Kiss . wrote: Just do something else. Taking a break from running and doing some other type of exercise is likely more beneficial overall.

Beneficial how? Not for maintaining running fitness.

Kiss . wrote:Running in a pool is not a thing. It’s stupid.

Thanks for letting me know.

Kiss . wrote:Better workout to just swim in a pool.

Swimming is garbage for running fitness. There's a reason that serious runners use methods that are running-specific. Even cycling is better.

Dufus wrote:

If you aren't fit to run, you aren't fit to run! Disappear and comeback in good time when you can run.

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Well, perhaps marathon sessions of masterbating will work best for you.

Dufus wrote:

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What does the Alter-G and Pool Running have to do with throwing?

Kiss . wrote:

Luv2Run wrote:

The question is: Does swimming carry the same benefits upon returning to running as pool running does?

Intuitively Alter-G running does. And I recall a few papers from the 80s showing how pool running maintained some fitness parameters better than being sedentary. (Not shocking).

No, I don’t actually see that as the question unless your are a professional athlete or maybe a college athlete. Just do something else. Taking a break from running and doing some other type of exercise is likely more beneficial overall. Running in a pool is not a thing. It’s stupid. Better workout to just swim in a pool.

The vast majority of people using a partial weight treadmill to come back to running from an injury *are* professional or collegiate runners...

The vast majority of amateur runners either rest, swim, or bike when they're injured from running.

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Dufus wrote:

If you aren't fit to run, you aren't fit to run! Disappear and comeback in good time when you can run.

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Well, perhaps marathon sessions of masterbating will work best for you.

I doubt the OP meant, do no exercise, or waste your overall fitness. Just that the pool running and the expensive treadmill are futile. Usually result in more wasted time, insufficient recovery from injury and DNS or DNF. Not to mention , just stupid, it's not running and it's well, junk for your body.

Pedaling, and pedaling backwards is best when you can't be weight-bearing. Then, walk, then hike, then hike up the steepest hills you can find. Everything else is pointless.

Dufus wrote:

If you aren't fit to run, you aren't fit to run! Disappear and comeback in good time when you can run.

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You need to stop watching ESPN, bud...

FFF wrote:

Pedaling, and pedaling backwards is best when you can't be weight-bearing. Then, walk, then hike, then hike up the steepest hills you can find. Everything else is pointless.

Something like this. I wouldn't rule out other alternatives, but this is good.