I am on the fence when it comes lớn long distance running!

Currently I am unable lớn fully make my mind up on long slow distance running.

Both anecdotally and scientifically show pros and cons.

So I am going lớn look at my experiences first.

When I was a teenager I loved running and would almost daily be seen running around Lucan.

Fitness wise I was unbelievably fit

Headspace wise it was great for shutting off from school and studies etc and just enjoying testing myself, enjoying my own company and just the fresh air and health benefits getting away from it all can bring.

However I ended up with extreme back pain, neck pain and hamstring strains.

This cannot be taken in isolation and blame running alone.

We as a society spend too long sitting and in poor posture while I also started lifting weights and I know I was doing these wrong too.

My pain and injuries lead bầm down the academic route of studying the root of my problems.

I loved sport, loved exercise but it brought bầm great pain and pain brought anger.

Most Academics cite the correlation between running and injury while a few talk about how the human race was designed lớn run…….but how modern lifestyles have changed this.

Other academics talk about the huge benefit psychologically that long distance running brings when people enjoy it and get lớn switch off from the other stresses their day lớn day lives bring.

The key word here being stress!

Many forget that exercise is a sườn of stress and that you need lớn manage the stress load brought on from exercise when added lớn the stress of day lớn day lives, work, business and relationships.

So while High Intensity Running can be more efficient at getting you fitter in a shorter period of time, can your body toàn thân tolerate doing that a few times per week?

It is the same with thể hình training, should you or can you tolerate high stress loads in the thể hình a few times per week?

At ABC we are constantly studying, always wanting lớn be better and we understand that you probably feel the same when it comes lớn exercise and training. Always wanting lớn feel lượt thích you trained ‘balls lớn the wall’ ‘emptying the tank’ ‘no pain no gain’ and ví on.

It is human nature lớn always want lớn see progress and see it fast.

This why in our training programmes we place a lot of significance on how we train the Central Nervous System (CNS).

We aim lớn have high CNS days, Medium CNS and Low CNS days. To you and our clients these all look and feel lượt thích hard work, they all can make you sweat and raise temperature and heart rate BUT placing different priorities on your central nervous system reduces the risk of injury but also gets you the benefits of High Intensity Training and some Aerobic Training.

Both our Strength work and our Conditioning (fitness work) reflect this and we feel this is the best approach lớn your running too.

Runners should be doing thể hình work, it should not be intimidating, it should not be considered for meat heads and bodybuilders but as something that improves your performance, reduces your risk of injury and sida how you look and feel in terms of muscle tone and body toàn thân composition. Just lượt thích thể hình junkies should not be slating those who pound the streets running daily.

So rather phàn nàn condemn running, I believe things can be done better and that thể hình and running, walking, cycling or whatever your activity can be done in conjunction with one another. The thể hình will help you get stronger, move better, look better, burn fat more efficiently but cardio is good for head space and reducing stress levels (depending on how it is programmed).

Strength and Conditioning is a must for everyone and for that there is no argument. (well again depending on the quality and expertise of your coaches). While you must get fit lớn lập cập not lập cập lớn get fit, most people learn this the hard way!!