Running General- Explosion Edition

>>40243367
Are hill sprints a meme?

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WHY DOES NO ONE RUN HERE REEEEE EVERYONE ON THIS BOARD ARE OBESE USELESS POWERLIFTERS REEEEEEEE

>>40243406
No. They improve your form, build strength, and increase your vo2max.

>>40244213
Because they're afraid they'll become hungry skeletons if they even run 1 mile. As a result, they'll throw out rationalizations just drug addicts do to support their fears. Examples of such are "cardio ruins gains" (nope, it helps because it creates more capillaries which increases blood flow to the muscles, thus helping with recovery) and it destroys your joints and knees, causing arthritis (false, see studies below).

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16790540
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18550323
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9489830

How to train for coopers? I have 3 months, want optimal results. Current condition nets me around 2700m

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>GOTTA GO FAST!!!

>>40244331
Intervals, hill sprints, and a long, slow run.

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>>40244381
Explain intervals?

>>40244469
An example of intervals in a plan:
>Run slow for 1 miles
>Run fast for .5 miles
>Repeat until you ran whatever your target distance is.

Or, using time instead:
>Run slow for 1 minute
>Run fast for 30 seconds
>Repeat until you reach the time you set for the run (e.g. 30 minutes).

Intervals get you used to running fast at regular intervals, with the slower running used to recovery so you can rep up to go fast again. This increases your vo2max, builds your muscles, and helps you deal with going faster.

>>40244213
If these threads were popular I'd browse fit regularly

I'm only a casual runner and I voted for hillary

>>40244213
i run bro, it's just that there's not much about running to talk about.

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>>40243367
>train hard for the boston marathon
>all goes to waste because of the bombing

i'm training so hard just to get to 5K, i'd be fucking MAD if they fucked up my first marathon