Running is proven to be good !!!!!

[Bob Dalek]

Plenty of non-runners grasping at straws I see!

There's nothing so funny as a keep fit twerp knocking his pipe out whilst exercising.

[Advocate]

I stopped running; it was boring and my shins hurt, I always ended up in the same place where i'd started feeling knackered; couldn't see the benefit.
The gym's much better, still boring but my joints won't be as buggered in later life.

[TimberWolf]

Walking is good for you, and it can also be combined with getting places.

[oracleslave]

I stopped running; it was boring and my shins hurt, I always ended up in the same place where i'd started feeling knackered; couldn't see the benefit.
The gym's much better, still boring but my joints won't be as buggered in later life.

Did you consider horizontal jogging as an alternative?

[ThomasSoerensen]

Lots of people who go for runs do so in the moring after they wake up.

This would be the sensible option, compared to before waking up.

[Bob Dalek]

Anyone read "Supersquats"? It's an interesting, if very, very padded-out book. Basically, do 20 squats, 3 times per week, drink loads of skimmed milk, and raise the weight by 5lb each session. Result: either death (joke), or incredible fitness. I did it 20 years back, and stopped "owing to studies". In reality, it was just very punishing and I got lazy about it. Wish I'd kept it up. The results were staggering.

[DaveB]

I go cycling with the other half every day. Only 6 miles atm but building it up as the missus isnt as fit as me.

[SueEllen]

I stopped running; it was boring and my shins hurt, I always ended up in the same place where i'd started feeling knackered; couldn't see the benefit.
The gym's much better, still boring but my joints won't be as buggered in later life.

If you consistently run on pavements, roads and concrete then you will get problems. Man was not evolved to run on such hard surfaces.

Also if you exercise with other people you won't get bored.

[TimberWolf]

This would be the sensible option, compared to before waking up.

More of us might take up running if it could be done whilst still asleep.

[oracleslave]

Did you consider horizontal jogging as an alternative?

Also if you exercise with other people you won't get bored.

That's what I said