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Message: [QUOTE="Lefty2one, post: 3817788, member: 1001"] Just be careful with running. In the next decade or so I think more people will realize that running is murder on the body. It's probably the worst form of exercise: the least efficient and does the most damage. Even if you don't feel it immediately, you will someday, especially if you're a street/pavement runner. The wear and tear will catch up to you. Repetitive impact movements done a million times over: it's easy to see why it's bad for your knees, your ankles, your back, etc. Not to mention many people have poor running gaits. At least try trail running or go to your local HS track if you want to run. I was always an athlete, played college hoops and did cross-country and track through HS. I loved running and stuck with it through my 30s (shorter distances, usually under five miles per run) but I decided to stop about two years ago and, man, my body feels a million times better. I wasn't doing anything crazy, about 12 miles a week (3x4), but even that was enough to give me aches and pains all over. Even with proper shoes, proper form, proper stretching pre/post workout my body has simply had enough. I now do spin/biking workouts (HIIT is amazing) and go for 3-4 mile walks with the wife on off days. I'm friends with a woman who was a college athlete and got huge into running in her late 20s. She has a solid social media following, travels all over the country, does marathons, coaching, training--all that. This poor woman is [I]constantly [/I]discovering new obscure injuries that she has to go through. At least once a year she tells me about some bizarre new injury or problem I had never heard of before. She was a pillar of health before she took up running. It's an unforgiving hobby, which sucks because it's quite enjoyable. [/QUOTE]

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