- January 22, 2025
Running is one of the best sports that each of us can be interested in. Although it requires a lot of motivation and discipline, it rewards us with comprehensive development of our body. Even with such a simple sport it is easy to make mistakes that will harm us in different ways. They must be consciously avoided.
Running comes naturally, but just as you can sit badly, you can also run badly. The most common mistake is to lay hands at chest level, which some people consider to be the runner's position. This is how the Olympic sprint cyclists run, but in their case it is to maximise speed. We care more about distance and keeping up the pace. That's why you can calmly lower your hands and allow them to position yourself in a more natural position, which will save you a surprisingly large amount of energy. We will also notice that such a system of hands squeezed our chest, making it difficult to breathe.
You need to learn how to position your shoulders properly, especially if you already have bad habits. Leave your hands naturally and hold them bent at an angle of about 90 degrees while running. From time to time we use them to rotate to reduce the voltage.
Time spent outdoors is a good time for our health, but we have to realise that most of us have a complexion that is not used to the sun. Therefore, it is necessary to use creams with a UV filter, so that the negative features of being outdoors do not start to outweigh the positive features. Apply the cream even when the weather is cloudy and not very warm. It is best if our filter cream is waterproof.
Many runners particularly dislike colic, i.e. liver forging caused by exercise. A way to deal with this problem may be to stop drinking water during exercise. Other runners simply don't want to waste time on irrigating the body. Jogging in such conditions can even be dangerous, because the effort of the whole body causes the loss of a very large amount of water. If you want to drink while running, it is a signal of slight dehydration and should not be ignored even in less than 2 quarters of a training session.
Our body is not able to show us messages with any information, so it communicates with us through feelings. One of the unpleasant sensations we can experience is pain. Many runners ignore the pain because they assume that if it hurts, it means that exercises have an effect. In fact, the appearance of pain is an indication that something is spoiling or already broken. You can't just say that your muscles are tired and hurt. The appearance of pain can be prevented by a proper warm-up before training. If the pain nevertheless occurs, it is best to stop training, as this can make the situation worse. If the pain is serious, you can even think of a few days of discomfort with running. Trying to start an injury often results in a serious injury.
Jogging is recommended as a sports discipline offering us general development. It is true that this is an activity involving large parts of our body, but definitely not all, and not to the same extent. Professional runners treat running themselves as the main element of training, but in addition to it they do a whole lot of other exercises. Raising running training time indefinitely will not improve our performance above a certain level, and can simply be dangerous for overburdened joints.
