Running backwards is more effective and useful
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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If you like to run in the morning and generally lead a healthy lifestyle, then you do the right thing. After all, if you think about it, running is the cheapest, fastest and, perhaps, the most effective way to lose extra pounds and make the figure slimmer. In addition, jogging does not take so long. In order to feel cheerful and for the whole day to be charged with mood, it is enough only 20-30-minute run three-four times a week.
Of course, there is a small problem, which sometimes prevents starting morning exercises. The name of this problem is laziness, which literally nails the head to the pillow and does not allow us to become out of bed. Of course, you can persuade yourself and every day you feed yourself with promises that tomorrow everything will be different. But we propose to pay attention to the new discovery of Italian scientists from the University of Milan, which you will certainly have to your liking, a lot of surprises. It turns out that running backwards will help to involve other muscle groups that do not participate in the process during normal running. Well, what's not new motivation - to help scientists and check their discovery on themselves?
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This is not a joke, experts quite seriously call on people who lead a healthy lifestyle, join in such jogging. And in order not to be unfounded, the experts tell why running backwards is so useful.
Firstly, this kind of jogging will help to get rid of extra pounds faster, because it requires more energy than regular jogging, and this allows you to burn more calories. Also, scientists note that during the run, the shock is reduced by the back, which falls on the foot, and the energy consumption increases by at least 30%.
"Running backwards, in addition to reducing the load on the foot, also reduces the impact on the knee joints," said lead author of the study, Dr. Giovanni Cavagna. - That's why this type of running can become the least dangerous for the elderly, especially for those who suffer from joint diseases. Such jogging at a slow pace will help to strengthen health and will not bring harm. "
In addition to all the advantages of running forward with the forehead in advance, there is one more thing - perfect coordination of movements, which is important for people of the age who have the first signs of Parkinson's disease. Regular lessons such a run in a few months will show the first results.
Musculoskeletal system will be able to develop harmoniously, because by running backwards, those muscle groups that are not involved in the usual run are activated with their backs forward.
And scientists from the University of Oregon add that people who practice running backwards do not need to bother with too fast a movement, they just need to develop a speed equal to 80% of the speed of a normal runner - the load will be identical.
Researchers from the University of Stellenbosch also did not stand aside and found out that among other things, such a run helps to strengthen the cardiovascular system.
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