I Started Running - My 100 Day Progress

My journey starting into running over 100 days ago. Can I still build muscle while running? How has my approach to running and weight training changed and how has it affected my physique and performance. What challenges did I overcome along the way and how I became a better runner.

[Okay_mate]

I've been lifting weights for a good while. I started running a few months ago. It has helped with virtually all aspects of my life. I eased into it, so I haven't had any major injuries. It also helped me shed 20kg. Best shape of my life and I love running. Taking rest days.... that's the difficult bit.

[pythonprogrammer]

I find it so incredible that this guy manages to create so many different videos off of one never ending intertwined, overlapping journey. Like, it's not easy to upload consistenly things that can take long periods of time. He plans his content well.

[willhanley]

Been a runner for about 5 years now and although it does take some time to build up your aerobic base, the adventures that it takes you on is well worth the time investment. I went from hating running for most of my life to now running anywhere from 50-70mi per week. Staying consistent is the key to success.

[ekimpp]

Just ran 4 miles I will be 70 in three months, female. Used to run 6-8 miles. Cut down a few months ago.

[Amee_as_in_Amy]

I'm honestly excited to give running a go in the upcoming year—not for the running part but for challenging myself to push myself out of my comfort zone. I've been doing it slowly with some fitness challenges and filming those, but I want to improve both my fitness and video quality this upcoming year. So this came at a perfect time to inspire me!

[killwa]

ive did the same experience last year and in conclusion i ve found almost the same result rather than ive lost more kilos than you

[AnthonyOliverio]

Let's gooo! As someone who is training for my first ultra, I've been waiting for a running challenge.

I think the beauty of running is there is something for everyone. So do what works for you and suits your goals.

Distance running takes a lot of patience and discipline to build a solid aerobic base via VO2 heartrate training. Given enough time, the body will adjust to the higher milage. Running economy is also very important. You touch on it a little bit with overpronation.

[BajoJajoBajoJajo]

This was wonderful to see!
You can run much slower and be completely fine. Running 4 miles at much slower will give you double the gains as 2 miles fast, but be equally or even less challenging. Also, your legs get much less sore, so less mass/protein of it gets ruined.
and about 2:20, you should not statically stretch any muscle from a few hours before to right after a run, because that makes you more in the mode for recovery, but on the other hand more susceptible to damage if you do keep exercising.
You might think you’re just jogging, but you’re probably not. A test to see if you are running easy enough is seeing if you are under 55% heart rate reserve (and don’t use 220-age to calculate max heart rate), or, more simply, see if you can speak full sentences without getting out of breath).

[davidlaforet-sjgl]

i’ve been running for about 2 years i’m 18 now and some advice for new runners is to take it slow. slow running will get your faster and fast to much faster running will make you slower. if you are really out of shape start with walks 1-4 miles work on it for a about a month then go into a slow job no more then 2 miles this is because of tendons you can weight life all you want but your tendon in your legs won’t be trained to handle the amount of stress running places on them. they need to slowly adapt so you may not be very “sore” after a run but your tendon in your knee or achilles can be very beat up without knowing it if you are experiencing painf anywhere take at least 2 weeks off research stretch before and at BARE MINIMUM after you run every single time. i’m dealing with patella tendonitits in my right knee due to inc to much mileage at once and last year i ended up with stress fractures taking months to recover. running is a slow process enjoy it the most important part to get better is to run slow and increase it no more then 10% a week also icing after will help recovery loads

[AllAmerican]

This guy js popped back up on my page. His video on how to do a backflip, posted like who knows how long ago, taught me how to do it. Although it took more the five minutes like promised lol, I stayed “focused” and got it. Keep it up bro, I hope your channel continues to grow!

[jayleebellle]

Your running pain may have been from starting off with too much mileage. Runners are advised to increase their current mileage by 10% each week, so starting off with that much is a pretty bad idea. I run a lot and i still increase mileage at a low amount

[NeutroniummAlchemist]

Your body replaces your blood cells pretty fast, but only to the level that you need them based on your activity. So if you take a while off from cardio, it dials it back a bit. Cardio both increases and decreases pretty fast as a consequence.

[KE]

I’ve always done hybrid because at heart I’m more of a runner than lifter but I can’t let go of the weights either. October 28 I was 220 pounds and started the repeat cycle of get fit then unfit. I’m 5’11. I work out 5-6 days and at the end of my workouts I do my run on treadmill. I went through the same Achilles pains like you in the beginning. Fast forward to today I’m 203 pounds and I do 5km run after each workout and 1 day of 10 mile run no weights. I’m increasing my speed for the 5k little by little and currently at 6.3 miles/hour pace. I’m still gaining muscle and I feel really good. I’m aiming to get to around 180 pounds as it will only make the running easier. I had the same stretch as you with feeling like regressing and being tired. I upped my carb intake and that has fixed it for me. I have energy throughout the whole time I’m in the gym which is around 2 hours. This approach has been a blessing for me. I’m hitting new prs all the time and the only supplements I take are whey protein and multivitamins.

[FringeWizard]

I started running 1 year and 2 months ago (two Octobers ago) and I went from not being able to run run even 100 meters to run 50ks so far. I'm working on getting up to 100 miles.

[slay]

Hey lucas! big fan here. you should do an experiment on full body training (high intensity low volume high frequency) and microloading for over 3 months at least to try an see if you get any noticiable gains, i am myself doing it an seeing big notices on my strength and physique overall.

[rippenzong]

so you think barefoot sprinting is more comfy? you need some zero drop shoes to reduce the padding between your foot and the ground. that squish in regular shoes is dangerous imo when youre over 200lbs and running more than 2 miles. also i find uphill sprints a more safe way to do sprints into distance run since youre just going slower cuz gravity with all the same benefits and effort. your ankles will naturally respect your posture more if they are not stepping on pillows they are forced to stabilize for

[mr.ackermann]

Hey, you should try 'Training like a pro football/soccer player for a month'.

[hellomark]

Even professional distance runners will do a mix of distance running with speed running (usually 80% slow distance with 20% speed work), so it was interesting to watch you stumble across this naturally :) I would say you might want to try at least once a week where you incorporate some speed *into* your distance, like I measure my runs in kilometers, and as my watch ticks over the next km I'll try sprinting for 30 seconds, so it usually works out to like 4-5 minutes of easy running with 30 seconds to 1 minute of sprinting. It might not work for you but I like changing things up every so often. Ultimately this type of training is supposed to make your slow speed a little faster. But definitely keep playing with aerobic/anerobic training

[stOfThaMonth]

8:13 is that faster car by loving caliber? Man I haven't heard that song in years. Might have been the instrumental but what a throw back

[LifeWithShawn]

If you do cardio workouts 5 days ( Mon - Fri ) excessive water retention would take effect making the weight on your scale rise drastically until you take off days . Water retention makes your body feel & look fat even though your losing weight .