is it because it is too hard on the knees?
i need to start moving my body, but i do not have a bike, is this a problem? i do not want to have bad knees when i get older
Permalink Reply by Juliana on jogging for me is the only way i can become better at running... i don't see anything wrong with it if you're careful and take care of yourself, best done on grass or sand though.... but what exactly terms jogging? like for me, i call every run i do a jog because i don't think i'm very fast... depending on the lenght of km's i do and how many hills i include 6 - 7.5min/km is my average speed....
Permalink Reply by Nate on Did you listen to Ruth Heidrich's Brilliant Body Health Summit talk? She is in her late 70's and has been running for over 40 years without problems.
Learn a light impact running technique like Chi Running or stick to soft surfaces and that should help.
Permalink Reply by Jim Pilrose on I have been running since I was 11 or 12. Am 54 now and no bad knees. The people I see with bad knees are those who don't exercise, not those that do.
Permalink Reply by Peter Csere on Yes sir! Knees are built to run. You don't use it, you lose it. You need that impact to keep stimulating regeneration of cartiledge etc - just like if you don't use a muscle it will atrophy.
Permalink Reply by Wendy Harvey on wow i hope you are right Peter.
Permalink Reply by Flex on I was running 4 or 5 years and ruined my knees. But that was because I was training harder and not smarter. I was always heel striking which is bad for the knees. Now I run lightly again using my forefoot with the pose method. Generally running, especially slower, will not be bad for the knees. I should just have improved my technique earlier.
Permalink Reply by Wendy Harvey on that is scary flex... I used to run so much as well and i began getting pain in the knees. I think i jogged around the world and back i ran so much. Maybe its my technique as well???? i havent jogged for ages and my knees are perfect, i do not want to ruin them again???
Permalink Reply by Peter Csere on Jogging = bad knees is a myth. You need (NEED) impact exercise to strengthen your joints. Osteoarthritis happens to people who DON'T run, and people with knee injuries. If you run with proper form, barefoot, you won't get "bad knees" later in life, now or in a hundred years.
Feel free to look it up on PubMed. Impact exercise is good for the knee. We are "born to run."
Permalink Reply by Wendy Harvey on peter do i have to run barefoot????
Permalink Reply by jaime on Where are you getting that Harley doesn't jog? He has said he a recent video that he runs a race almost every Saturday. a park run.
like said by others- running will make your knees (and more) stronger. Unless you already have bad knees- dont blame running- same as blaming the fruit if your still eating crap aside it.
I train with guys who have run 1000+ marathons AND ultra's- they are 100 times stronger than the no runners.
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