Any controversial/unpopular opinion that you may have in regards to running

My hot take is that Adidas shoes > Nike

  • venustrapsflies@alien.topB
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    11 months ago

    I’m calling bullshit. You could use a number like 90% and I’d let it slide but this comment seems kind of naive, or maybe it just reads like a valid inspirational platitude.

    For one thing, your “generic ceiling” isn’t some hard cutoff that doesn’t affect you at all until suddenly it blocks you from getting any better. These are gradual effects with soft turn-ons. It’s much more like a constant modifier than a hard cliff, but genetic effects are highly multi-dimensional and don’t just do one thing at one point.

    Most people hit a limit because of injuries. These tend to happen because said people are working too hard. What’s the best way to avoid injuries while keeping your fitness high? While you’re not helpless on this front, unfortunately the best answer is to have the right genes.

    Additionally, most people could be a lot better at running if they didn’t have to otherwise work for a living, take care of family, and/or whatever else, and could focus exclusively on the sport. But alas, we don’t live in a post-scarcity society, so the pool of people to which that lifestyle is available is vanishingly small, and largely gatekept by… genetics.

    • emptyfile@alien.topB
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      11 months ago

      You just called bullshit and then pretty much completely agreed with the comment my dude.

      What’s the best way to avoid injuries while keeping your fitness high? While you’re not helpless on this front, unfortunately the best answer is to have the right genes.

      No, genes don’t matter if you spent the last 2 decades smoking cigarettes in a chair.

      If you don’t want to be injured do squats, pushup and pullups every single day for conditioning.

      Ask me how many years of effort it took my to make my lanky body injury proof (like 4 years of training and failing).