Is running good for losing weight or building muscle?

Running is a very good aerobic exercise. During the process of running, it can effectively improve the coordination of our limbs, drive the movement of our whole body, effectively promote bone growth, and effectively help us consume calories to the greatest extent. Many people still have great doubts about whether running is for losing weight or building muscles. Let’s answer it.

Running can help you lose weight. However, it is necessary to reach a certain intensity and duration, and you must do warm-up exercises before training, especially flexibility and stretching exercises, so as to avoid injury during exercise. In addition, it is important to control your heart rate and not let it be too high. To achieve the purpose of exercise, exercise alone is not enough, you also need to pay attention to diet. Only scientific exercise plus scientific diet can achieve the goal of weight loss. Running has a certain training effect on the leg muscles. Some discussion on running techniques: When I started running, I landed on my heel first, and later changed to the forefoot. Then there is a period of time when you run slowly and land on your heel first, and when you run fast and land on your forefoot first. Now, no matter how fast or slow you go, land on the ball of your foot first. Landing on the forefoot first has the following two advantages: first, the foot is in contact with the ground for a shorter time; second, it can better cushion the impact of the ground on the knees when landing. So if you want to increase your speed, practice landing on the balls of your feet. However, no matter whether the sole of the foot or the heel lands first, the moment it touches the ground, you should quickly transition to landing on the entire sole of the foot. First, we noticed that the decrease in speed in the later stages of our long-distance running is mainly caused by a decrease in stride frequency.

Running can not only help us lose weight but also effectively help us build muscles. During the running process, we can exercise the calf muscles and help us promote the decomposition of calories. It is also very good for us to achieve the effect of weight loss, but we must persist in running and never give up after a few days.