Too old ? Too slow ? No ! You can get started in the marathon!

June 11, 2021

Do you think too old to start marathon?

Rejuvenate your arteries by 4 years preparing for the marathon

As a teenager, I ran too much.

It caused me to lose muscle mass (I was “skinny as a cuckoo,” my mom used to say) and gave me pain in my knees, which luckily went away when I stopped running.

Also, running too much wasted time.

We end up running five, six, seven, ten hours a week, as much time that could have been used for something else, more useful for me (and for the nation).

In short, I have stopped running and nowadays I prefer sports which amuse me (mountaineering in particular) or which are very intense. When I run, I do high intensity interval exercises.

High intensity interval exercisesIt’s super-simple: for 30 seconds, you go all the way, you rest 30 seconds, and this eight times in a row.

You can do this by running, swimming, jumping, on the arms, roller skating, skiing, chopping logs with an ax, whatever you like.

A great way is to climb public stairs (metro, shopping center, official buildings) 4 to 4 like Rocky, in this mythical scene where he is followed by hundreds of children: https://www.youtube.com/watch ? v = phN4xAAl8DU.

The important thing is that the heart is pushed to the maximum. Studies have shown that you gain more stamina doing this than running hours and hours.

BUT….

However, nothing prevents you from running long distances if you want to.

Prepare for the marathon if it motivates youMillions, tens of millions of people take great pleasure in running, on the beaches, in the countryside, in the mountains (trail), and testify that it brings them a lot.

There is the collective sense, when we run in a group, the sense of celebration, when we participate in a big event like the Paris marathon or other.

If that’s what motivates you, you’re right, and go for it.

Above all, don’t let your age stop you.

Very often, we are afraid of hurting ourselves. Heart attack. Painful, “too rusty” joints.

In fact, a new study has just changed all that. There are only advantages to getting into a run.

Better, the older you are, the more it will do you good!

The older you are, the better it will do you!“It turns out it’s never too late,” commented researcher Charlotte Manisty of the University College of London (UK).

In the study, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, she followed the cases of 138 people who first ran the London Marathon in 2016 and 2017.

She looked at the condition of their arteries when they started their marathon training and then after they ran:

The result: a decrease of four years, on average, in the age of the arteries and a decrease in systolic (when the heart contracts) and diastolic (when it relaxes) pressure of 4 and 3 mm of mercury, respectively.

“These observations show that it is possible to reverse the consequences of aging on blood vessels by doing full-scale exercise in just six months,” said Manisty.

This study also showed that the greatest health gains were seen in men, who were slower, older, and who had the highest blood pressure when they started training …

Morality, this is yet another confirmation of the old saying about natural health:

“If exercise were a pill, it would be hailed by medical journals as a wonder drug.”

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