Climbing stairs alone is not enough exercise! Expert advice: Adding "steep hills" to running can help improve explosive power
Climbing stairs isn’t an effective exercise? If your feet hurt when going up or down stairs, don’t rush to take the elevator.
Office workers always sit for long periods of time and don’t have many opportunities to exercise. Therefore, many people advocate taking the stairs to achieve daily exercise, especially walking up the stairs and going downstairs to take the elevator, thinking that this can exercise, and gradually In fact, this concept of developing a good body is not entirely correct. Although there is exercise, it seems to be helpful for exercising, but it is not a full range of muscle exercise, and the body training is not adequate.
In the movements of going up and down stairs, different muscle groups are used, and the parts that can be exercised are also different. It is true that the burden on muscles and ankles when going down the stairs is greater than going up the stairs, but you cannot avoid going down the stairs just because the burden will be greater. You usually do not know your weaknesses through the movements of going down the stairs. When the elevator breaks down, it is necessary. When you have to walk up the stairs, you find that your body cannot bear the load. If you go for treatment at this time, you will miss the best time. Therefore, you should always pay attention to the state of your body and see your discomfort from daily activities. Helpful for the body.
If we find difficulty or feel uncomfortable when going up and down stairs, the first step we should do is not to take the elevator, but to carefully feel where the discomfort is, write it down and tell the doctor. The key point to solve is how to make it feel better. The activity of going down the stairs will not hurt. Do not give up this activity just because it will make you tired or painful. During the activity, solving the problem of pain and discomfort is also a process of physical strengthening.
If you feel unwell, can you feel better if you warm up and run? Will running on steep hills hurt your knees?
If you feel uncomfortable, will it be relieved by running and warming up? This is a wrong message. If any discomfort occurs during exercise, it means that the exercise will affect certain parts of the body. If you warm up the body and relieve the discomfort through a period of activity, the effect will only be Temporarily, it will affect the future. You may slowly spend more and more time warming up to relieve discomfort, or even “can’t warm up anymore.” If you feel uncomfortable, you should stop in time and observe where it hurts and what movements make you feel pain.
Running on a mountain that is too steep will hurt your knees. To protect your body, is it better to run on flat ground? Each slope and terrain will help the body muscles to varying degrees. Occasionally changing the venue for running can train different muscle groups from previous exercises. Because the slope of the mountain is relatively large, it is a kind of resistance training that allows us to exercise the muscles of the calves, limbs, and buttocks. It will give us greater muscle strength when running, and the explosive power on flat ground will be stronger, which helps Development of sprinting explosive power.
In addition, running on the hillside can exercise the leg muscles. At different degrees of incline, the muscles that can be exercised have different effects. In the long run, it is very helpful for cultivating leg muscle strength. However, when exercising, you must remember to pay attention to your physical condition in a timely manner. If you feel any discomfort, you should stop and seek help from a doctor. Only with a healthy body can you continue to exercise and maintain good posture.
Is it a misconception that running in old shoes won’t hurt your feet? Can you protect your feet by wearing old and new shoes alternately?
Wearing new shoes always takes some time for your feet to adapt, so wearing new shoes during long-distance running may cause your feet to be bruised. Currently, there is no conclusion on how long the shoes should be worn for running. However, any shoe will last for a period of time. After use, there will be some wear and tear. Therefore, wearing old shoes is not suitable for long-distance running. The shock-absorbing ability, elasticity or friction of overly old shoes will be damaged to a certain extent as the running shoes wear out. The reaction force during running is likely to cause direct impact and harm the body.
Therefore, in order to quickly adapt to the new running shoes without wearing out the new soles due to excessive running, you can slowly replace the running shoes you used to wear by rotating old shoes with new ones. The lifespan of a pair of running shoes is about half a year if you run every day. You can evaluate it based on your shoe wearing habits. When the old shoes are slightly worn and damaged, you can use them alternately with new shoes to get used to the new shoes and extend the life of the shoes. The lifespan of old shoes.
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