Comments on: Guest Post: Sorry, but Science Says Running is Good for You, Not Bad

By: My Health Obsession | Drewhousman's Blog

My Health Obsession | Drewhousman's Blog — Mon, 02 Dec 2013 01:35:09 +0000

[…] I came across an article that systematically analyzed the running post and concluded it was utter bullshit. Kiefer was cherry […]

By: Go Kaleo

Go Kaleo — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 17:28:14 +0000

Ah, gotcha! 🙂

By: Ania

Ania — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 17:07:31 +0000

No, I don’t think that I expressed myself properly here. I meant the feeling many people seem to experience that ‘all the fit people, who run are so fit because they run therefore I should run too’- this is an extreme and I don’t agree with it, just as much as I disagree with making running the scapegoat. I loved the article 🙂

By: Go Kaleo

Go Kaleo — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 16:19:25 +0000

Did someone say everyone should run?

By: Ania

Ania — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 12:54:46 +0000

Great article and a comment. While I appreciate that some people love running, just as much as I enjoy powerlifting, I think that there are far too many extreme opinions there at the moment. Love running? Run. Hate running? Don’t. At the end of the day, the real battles are being fought in the kitchen and exercise should be there to support it and make things easier. Saying that everyone should run is just as wrong as is claiming that women should only lift, and avoid cardio like the plague.

By: The Great Supplement Debate | Go Kaleo

The Great Supplement Debate | Go Kaleo — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 18:48:51 +0000

[…] researching supplements was my friend Sol’s Supplement Guide (Sol is the guy who wrote the brilliant take-down of the ‘running makes you fat’ meme that’s been spewed all over the internet). […]

By: porti automate

porti automate — Mon, 14 Oct 2013 16:53:03 +0000

Very descriptive post, I enjoyed that bit. Will there
be a part 2?

By: Rachel the Short(dis)Order Cook

Rachel the Short(dis)Order Cook — Mon, 14 Oct 2013 15:45:36 +0000

Sorry for commenting so long after this was posted. I just discovered the fantastic site that is Go Kaleo. I’d like to give a bit of a counter argument to this article.

Why women shouldn’t run: Because it’s torture. It’s boring. It nearly destroyed my knees and did NOTHING to improve my body composition.

Okay, that’s just why THIS woman shouldn’t run. Yet over and over again I told myself I HAD to run because it’s the gold standard of fitness and that’s what you do if you want to lose weight. Fit people run. So every time I told myself that I’d get back on a running program until the next time my left foot would be in agonizing pain or when my knees felt ouchy. When a bout of tendonitis got me and the MRI showed the cartilage wearing away, I ditched running for good. Currently I’m at my lowest weight I’ve been at for years thanks to a better effort to clean up my diet, a good weight training program, and a desire to make sure I truly enjoy as much of the exercise I do as possible.

I wouldn’t want anyone to dismiss running based on my anecdotal experience. I do hope that my own story can at least inspire other who hate running to stop feeling *obliged* to run for health and fitness. So many articles out there say, “You hate running? I hated it too. Just keep doing it and you’ll love it.” I only ever loved running when I was finished with a run. I am never going to run again if someone isn’t chasing me. Running may be very good for you, but don’t feel that it’s the only exercise that’s good for you. You don’t have to do it.

By: Shane

Shane — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 00:52:32 +0000

Oh man this is brilliant! Thanks Sol and GoKaleo – this is exactly the sort of evidence based and non-alarmist information I’ve been looking for about concurrent cardio and strength training 🙂

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 04:48:53 +0000

Same here! Also, I think what the original article may have been trying to say is overtraining and undereating = bad combo! but he just got a bit carried away with things lol.