Can running a marathon help you lose weight?

Marathon is a very simple sport. This sport is one of the sports that many long-distance runners are very good at. Marathon is a sport that consumes a lot of physical energy. It requires the endurance of not eating for a long time to run a full marathon. Many friends hope to exercise and lose weight through marathon. So can marathon help lose weight?

One of the most important technical aspects of long-distance running, it has a very important impact on athletic performance. The landing cushioning should minimize the forward push-off resistance. When landing, the relevant muscles of the lower limbs should perform a concessionary contraction to reduce the forward push-off resistance. After landing, the center of gravity of the body moves downward and forward at the same time, keeping the body movement stable. This is the technical difficulty of landing cushioning. Usually, most athletes do not experience much reduction in forward push resistance when landing, and their body center of gravity moves downward instead of forward during cushioning. Some athletes may even "run while sitting", with their body center of gravity remaining at the back, which increases the difficulty of pushing and extending their hips. Therefore, emphasizing soft landing and smooth cushioning technology can create favorable conditions for good kicking and stretching. Landing cushioning exercises can be strengthened by slow walking with the transition from the forefoot to the toes and from the heel rolling to the toes, or by accelerated running exercises with the landing on the forefoot for cushioning and rolling to the toes and the landing on the heel for cushioning and rolling to the toes.

The hip-swinging technique, like the landing cushioning technique, is of great significance to the athletic performance of middle and long-distance running. Extension emphasizes the top-down force from the hips, knees, ankles, and toes, so that each joint can be stretched more fully, and the supporting reaction force can act on the hips to a greater extent, moving the body's center of gravity forward. While pushing and stretching, the swinging leg begins to fold and swing forward. The coordinated pushing and swinging can pull the hip joint forward. Increasing the extent of the forward movement of the body's center of gravity can not only increase the stride length, but also speed up the step frequency and reduce the ups and downs of the body's center of gravity. The push and stretch must be powerful and the leg swing must be quick to achieve the goal of increasing running speed.

After the start of a long-distance battle, the human body is already in a state of considerable fatigue in the later stages of middle and long-distance running. At this time, the athletes not only need to maintain the correct technique, but also need to maintain the running speed. This is a challenge to the athletes' physical limits and is indeed very difficult. Under such conditions, lactic acid accumulates in the body and oxygen consumption increases. At this time, it is very important to maintain the awareness of correct technique in the brain. According to the correct technical awareness, we should strengthen the contraction strength and speed of the muscle groups, increase the forward lean of the trunk, strengthen the coordination of kicking and swinging, increase the swing range of the upper limbs to prevent the technical movements in the later process from being deformed, so as to improve the technical efficiency in the later process. Therefore, maintaining and utilizing correct techniques in the later stages is one of the difficulties that must be overcome in middle and long distance running technical training.

The sport of marathon may seem simple, but in fact it requires very high speed and physical strength. The length of a marathon is generally uncertain, so we can choose a more prosperous area to run. According to the method of the sport, running a marathon every day can not only help you lose weight, but also improve your health.