On Apr 25, 2011, at 10:38 AM, Ken Waller wrote: >> I wouldn't give up jogging because I too find that it knackers me more. It's > also high impact, which is good for bone strength. > > And bad for knees. > > I ran for many years using the most cushioned shoes I could find & the > 'softest' surface I could find - definitely not concrete - yet I still wound > up with knee pains so bad I had to give up running altogether and eventually > have both knees replaced, admittedly I don't have the ideal runners physique. > > Biking is a very good exercise but not as 'efficient' as running because of > the mechanical advantage among other things.
I much prefer biking to running for the aforementioned reasons. The current thinking is to use minimal shoes, like the vibram 5-finger shoes because that trains you to not pound so hard on your heels, and reduces injury to the rest of your leg. > -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
