Running seems to be a popular trend at the moment. Track jackets are now cool to wear instead of just runners’ gear. There are people that run every single day for cardio exercise. There are also those who participate in marathons. If you don’t run most people who do will normally invite you or encourage you too. The homeless are encouraged to run for the purpose of exercise and building esteem. However, is running healthy?
Positive ideas about running:
*It is exercise
*Gives you time alone to think
*Releases endorphins
Negative ideas about running:
*It is bad for women’s breasts
*It is not necessarily the best exercise to prevent heart disease
*It is bad for knees and feet
*Dehydrates the human body quickly
In some ways running can be a very positive exercise. However, in other ways it seems running puts wear and tear on the body a lot quicker than other exercises.
My father knew a 45-year-old woman who ran everyday and who was also a vegetarian. He describes her as a health-nut. She died of a heart attack at age 45.
I’m not going to discourage you from running. If you enjoy it I think you should do it. It is sometimes difficult to find an exercise that you enjoy. However, I do want you to know that running is maybe trendy but it is not the only exercise. There are many other exercises that give you time alone, that release endorphins and that help prevent heart disease. I encourage you to do the exercise you like best.
Adrienne said,
November 16, 2007 at 8:31 pm
While I’m not a runner, I am curious: how exactly is it bad for women’s breasts? Because it shrinks them? That’s not really unhealthy. What an odd conclusion. Have many studies shown that to make that statement conclusive?
The 45 year old woman may have had it in her genetics or perhaps her vegetarian diet wasn’t a well-balanced one. The genetics would probably be to blame in such a case, sometimes that happens.
Dehydration is there fault, it’s called water. Drink it. If the proper shoes are worn, the knees and feet should be fine, especially the feet. The knee injuries have to do with the terrain, running style, bone strength, etc. and varies person to person.
Running may not be the only exercise to prevent heart problems, but since it is so cardio-related, it is one of the best. I suppose aerobics is really good too, but it is also bad for the knees.
I have never done an exercise that has released endorphins so quickly as running. Aerobics is close I suppose, but still the same knee movement is damaging.
Marcia said,
November 16, 2007 at 9:51 pm
It is said that walking is the best exercise. Yes, think of how your breasts bounce around when you run can that be good I don’t think so. Think about your internal orgains that bounce the muscles can only do so much. A good walk is a fantastic way to get away and think and relax for stress of the day. Ah much better.
Sterling Lentz said,
November 17, 2007 at 1:47 am
If it damages boobs, makes them prematurely sag, come loose, whatever, it’s bad. END OF STORY.
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