[quote]pittbulll wrote:
Runners high , love it[/quote]
Runners High= Low Blood Sugar. End of story
[quote]Stength4life wrote:
pittbulll wrote:
Runners high , love it
Runners High= Low Blood Sugar. End of story[/quote]
Can you back this up with fact? Because I know what low blood sugar feels like and I know what a runners high feels like. They aren’t anything alike.
[quote]DanErickson wrote:
Stength4life wrote:
pittbulll wrote:
Runners high , love it
Runners High= Low Blood Sugar. End of story
Can you back this up with fact? Because I know what low blood sugar feels like and I know what a runners high feels like. They aren’t anything alike. [/quote]
When a runner passes a certain point. The level of pain triggers the release of more endorphines(pain killer). The greater the discomfort the greater the endorphine release. Once you stop the endorphine level in your system plus the continued release creates a state of utopia. Since the endorphines are no longer needed for pain they become pleasure.
Note: Endorphines are the reason morphine has a natural reseptor in the brain.
[quote]DanErickson wrote:
Stength4life wrote:
pittbulll wrote:
Runners high , love it
Runners High= Low Blood Sugar. End of story
Can you back this up with fact? Because I know what low blood sugar feels like and I know what a runners high feels like. They aren’t anything alike. [/quote]
I too know what both feel like. I will get some studies.
“So a runner’s high doesn’t come from endorphins. It comes from a blissful substance that Dietrich believes could help people suffering from chronic pain.”
“The endorphin theory had several problems, the most serious being that endorphins are too large to pass through the blood-brain barrier that border-patrols your gray matter. And if something can’t get into your brain, it can’t make you high.”
Ah shit heres the whole article.
Okay… so maybe not low blood sugar, but not endorphins
[quote]Stength4life wrote:
“So a runner’s high doesn’t come from endorphins. It comes from a blissful substance that Dietrich believes could help people suffering from chronic pain.”
“The endorphin theory had several problems, the most serious being that endorphins are too large to pass through the blood-brain barrier that border-patrols your gray matter. And if something can’t get into your brain, it can’t make you high.”
Ah shit heres the whole article.
Okay… so maybe not low blood sugar, but not endorphins[/quote]
Endorphins are to big to pass through the blood-brain barrier. That is priceless and true but for all the wrong reasons. First endorphins are produced in the brain and do not leave it. Second that article is full opinions and nothing more. Third any article without references should be taken with a ton of salt.
Congrats!!!
I just started running again TONIGHT. I remember loving running while I was in the service (12:25 two mile run). Of course I was about 100lbs lighter. So tonight I ran 4/10ths mile (around the block) With a goal of running a 10k in 41 mins or less by next summer.(2010)
The great thing about long runs is that you will remember them for a long time.
I obviuosly love working out in a nice dungeon of a gym, but that’s where you have a sort of general set of fond memories…all the days blend into one long good memory of hoisting iron.
But a long run just sticks out more. I stll remember running 14 miles from my parents house to the University of Manitoba back on August 14th, 1996.
All at once?
I remember when I ran for two hours… who knows how far that was… but my hips and my knees ached and I had the biggest blisters I’ve ever had on my feet… I found that the key to getting to that state where you could almost hold your breath while running is early on to focus on sucking air in before you feel like you need it. Alas I think running gives me too much pain and I’m generally a pretty catabolic person even without it, haha.
I hate running, and only reserve it for pursuing something really important, or fleeing from something really scary.
lol
Congrats, though, Acccip!
[quote]The Bambino wrote:
GhorigTheBeefy wrote:
Running is almost all mental. Once you get to the point that you can physically run 5-10 miles nonstop on a consistent basis you’ll realize that your max mileage is about double to quadruple that.
I absolutely hate running now but if I dedicate a solid month to running I can get to the point that I can keep a 7:30 minute mile pace for 60-120 minutes…and I’m miserable every single one of them.
Transfer that mental strength over to your lifting and you should see some good gains if you eat enough.
I had alot of injuries once I got over 50-55 miles a week.
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I never had any injuries due to running except for tweaking my left calf doing hill runs. Even during CC when we’d be averaging 60+ miles a week. Problem was I’d get down to 130 lbs at 5 foot 10 inches. I like being 190 even if my body fat % is near 20% in place of 130 lbs at the low teens %.