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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Julio Ceasar on April 02, 2014, 02:07:54 PM
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I concider to start barefoot running 3 times/week around 30min-1houer after my weighttraining! Just to build calf! Been cycling 2 years now 3-5 times/week and I think my calf has become better!
Everytime I see a runner I always think! He got better calf than 90% of gym people!
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Falcon does this everyday down through the woods.
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Get some of these bad boys.
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sure, go ahead.....your orthopedic surgeon will thank you
barefoot running has been a blessing for those guys the last few years
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only on sand would I do that and that would be jog 100meters walk 100 meters etc lol
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only on sand would I do that and that would be jog 100meters walk 100 meters etc lol
nothing like barefoot beach life style ...............
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Barefoot running can have some benefits, but most people shock their bodies. You need to start walking barefoot before running barefoot. The reason why barefoot running got popular is because it strengthens tiny muscles that are otherwise stabilized in running shoes.
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I see a lot of homosexuals doing it.
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I have climbed mountains in my bare feet does that sound homosexual? :D
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I see a lot of homosexuals doing it.
U must be living in very liberated town :D
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I have climbed mountains in my bare feet does that sound homosexual? :D
Not at all...sounds sexual
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I have climbed mountains in my bare feet does that sound homosexual? :D
A mountain...of a man ? ;)
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If you're over 200 pounds, I wouldn't do it...Foot injuries are almost as bad as back injuries...
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I concider to start barefoot running 3 times/week around 30min-1houer after my weighttraining! Just to build calf! Been cycling 2 years now 3-5 times/week and I think my calf has become better!
Everytime I see a runner I always think! He got better calf than 90% of gym people!
So this is your plan.
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Calves are the one muscle group that I rarely ever train directly. I stretch them out prior to a cycling trip, but rarely train them directly. I've been cycling for for decades now, and calf muscles are something that I just always remember having. Just genetics. Not sure running will do anything for you if your not blessed with lots of calf muscle cells.
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Distance running will do nothing for your calves. It'll build up your quads, if anything.
Sprint work will give you more all over muscle
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If you're over 200 pounds, I wouldn't do it...Foot injuries are almost as bad as back injuries...
Yeah you should weigh as little as you can to minimize the punishment on your joints.
Hell, if you weigh more than 170 I wouldn't recommend distance running
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Barefoot running can have some benefits, but most people shock their bodies. You need to start walking barefoot before running barefoot. The reason why barefoot running got popular is because it strengthens tiny muscles that are otherwise stabilized in running shoes.
I agree, get familiar with walking barefoot first. It's great for balance. And you could develop your toes to pick up small stuff from the floor. :)
Watch the floor you're walking on and choose a barefoot shoe according to it, if you happen to walk on barefoot shoes. Some shoes have a thicker sole. Pavement, asphalt and cobble stones are not so nice to walk barefoot on, running is worse. And gravel... well, that just hell in most barefoot shoes. But grass, sand, mud, pine needles and so on are nice with barefoot shoes.
Note: if you walk through a meadow with sheep, and you wear five finger shoes: watch were you place your feet! The feeling of luke warm sheep poo squishing between your toes is anything but pleasant...
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Sounds like the type of new-age stuff an Angelino would do. Make sure to stop at Richard Simmons for a foot massage. Full circle.
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Distance running will do nothing for your calves. It'll build up your quads, if anything.
Sprint work will give you more all over muscle
what kind of bicycle(s) do you have? Road or mountain?
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sure, go ahead.....your orthopedic surgeon will thank you
barefoot running has been a blessing for those guys the last few years
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Running in general is great for orthopedic surgeons, barefoot running by itself isn't the problem. The idiots getting a running start going barefoot (I've seen them jump into barefoot running 15 k first attempt) are almost certain to injure themselves. No different from idiots jumping on 4g of gear right away. The activity itself isn't the problem, it's the fact that they are idiots.
And yes, I have run barefoot (Vibrams). It's great. No knee pain, no ankle pain, no shin splints that I was always getting. You know why? Because I wasn't an idiot and, like anal with a virgin, I eased into it. Start walking a few miles in them every day. Then increase mileage. Then, a few months later, when your lower leg and foot musculature have caught upto a completely different gait, start running.
The whole point is a much softer heel strike. If you are only used to extremely cushioned shoes, then switching cold turkey will ruin your joints. Get used to walking on your forefoot, and all the pain will be gone. Hell, I can run on my forefoot (and only my forefoot, heels never touching the ground) for about eight minutes. In my teens I couldn't do a 100 yard dash without dropping back on my heels.
So yes, barefoot running is great. Unless you're an idiot, in which case it will fuck you up.
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Hell, I can run on my forefoot (and only my forefoot, heels never touching the ground) for about eight minutes.
Thats called "MINCING" in the UK.
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Thats called "MINCING" in the UK.
I'm afraid to ask what the connotations are regarding this... :-\
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I'm afraid to ask what the connotations are regarding this... :-\
Youre right to be afraid. :)
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I have climbed mountains in my bare feet does that sound homosexual? :D
Was that a religious commitment?
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I squat and deadlift barefoot. I walk at the beach barefoot also. Sometimes i also drive barefoot.
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I discovered I had a "foot fetish" when one chick for some reason left the gym barefooted after her cardio Zumba class as she was walking thru the parking lot I felt like if she was walking naked don't know why really...but got turned on .
WoooSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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what kind of bicycle(s) do you have? Road or mountain?
I rarely bike, and when I do, it's more for enjoyment than exercise. Distance running is great and relaxing, but it's more for overall well being and maintaining your weight than building any kind of muscle...with the exception of quads, like I said.
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Thats called "MINCING" in the UK.
Does anybody know if eliminating heel strike is good or bad? I ran the 800m in high school and when I bought my track spikes I had to commit to running without any heel contact because the spikes were structured that way. After a few races with extra sore calves, it didn't feel unnatural....I'd say it felt "light" running that way
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This is my story! :D
I have been cycling pretty serious 3-4 times/week, sometimes 5 for 2 years. I think my calves has become better than ever (they have always been bad tough) but better than before. Before cycling it was a gymrat for about 18 years and only did calves once a week like 15-20 minutes after the legworkout (like the rest of any gymrats). I think serious form of cardio (not just walk like a heartsick granny) gave some more dense more quality look, quality fibers so to say, got veins and a lot of new small muscles have popped out from different places around them. So my conclusion is! If u want muscles to look more dense u need to train them with medium intensity high volyme very often! Well I did lost 30 pound and got more defenitions so maybe thats the deal why I think they look better...but very small progress get pretty drastic if you are in shape. Dosent need very much muscles to look great in right ligtning. My guess is that once a week /muscle is pretty damn to less if u looking for quality. I think u can train arms for lika 20-30 set 4-5 /week to, very high volyme. But the problem is u dont got time to work your body that much all the time. Just become a workinghorse, doing set after set after set, never end. Cycling gave me new experience how hard/much (like 20 houers/week and even more for triathlets up to 30 houers) people in these sports train compared to bodubuilders and what awsome muscle quality some of them have. I now stoped cycling and back to the gym again, miss my squats. But for now Ill train legs 2-3 times a week just medium weights deep nice weightliftingsquats up to around 280 pounds and on the restday do some intervalls with 15% incline on the treadmill for calf/heart/endurance/shape. These pictures are my all day form for about 1,5 year now without diet. Im almost 35 and have been training 20 years now and im fell pretty satisfied actually. I guess Ill stay around my new weight 200 pound and feel fit slim insted of strong fat gympigg lika I was before. Problem to get rid of the bellyfat though when your not on drugs. Guess I have to live with that!
So what u se in this pictures are NOT any diet. Its just med tryin to compete at natinall level in cyling. Hard ass cardio with whatever food I could finde, fat milk, cakes, carbs, fat etc etc...
Conclusion. Train a lot eat what u want. Train medium be very careful with food. Or get gear and GH and just do nothing and become better than any naturals out there. I have choosen the hard way.
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