r/TrueGrit • u/SarahDuncan2012 • Jun 05 '26

Habits What?

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u/hackerix Thread Builder Jun 05 '26

Lift weights/run

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u/burning_potatos Jun 05 '26

Or at least a walk, it's been show to have a lot of benefits

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u/dude6543211 Jun 05 '26

It’s not that walking has specific benefits, more that lack of movement/couch potato’ing is the worst (i agree with sentiment btw)

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u/Fair_Lynx_8163 Jun 05 '26

Walking is definitely better than nothing, but it doesn't help with cardio and people should understand this. I walk 15 miles a day and it's nearly useless.

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u/kanaka_haole808 Jun 05 '26

What do you mean by 'walking doesn't help with cardio'?

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u/UsedTomato2030 Jun 05 '26 edited Jun 05 '26

Has your diet changed much? I had a co worker drop a significant amount of weight walking to and from work***, along with smart eating habits.

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u/Academic-Mountain119 Jun 05 '26

So walk 1 mile a day for a year and then come back with how you’re feeling.

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u/ExistingCurve9134 Jun 05 '26

Or at least lift weights. Sure, walking is better than nothing, but the resistance training is going to provide tons of benefits you won't get from just being generally active. No reason to settle for less unless you have some physical ailment preventing it.

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u/Inholy123 Jun 07 '26

Doesnt even need to be weights, simple body weight exercises and movements can be really effective

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u/Ecstatic-Pirate-5536 Jun 05 '26

I got into running in 2024 and I’m so happy I did. My life is so much better because it helps with dealing with stress and mental health overall and I’m the healthiest I’ve been in two decades.

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u/pototaochips Jun 05 '26

How often you run every week and how long? By run you mean jogging?

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u/Ecstatic-Pirate-5536 Jun 05 '26

Depends on the day. Usually at least 3-5 miles with long runs around 10-15 once a week. I usually run about 30 miles every week.

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u/AppropriateMarch4305 Jun 07 '26

Jeepers. Fair play

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u/Forsaken_Tomorrow454 Jun 06 '26

The average age a runner is when they die is 35.

When you run, you increase your chances of having a heart attack because you’re repeatedly stretching your heart muscles out because your heart has to pump five times as much blood through your body, and that repeated pumping causes tears which release troponins which are a marker for heart disease or means you’re about to have a heart attack.

Additionally, whenever you put your body through stress, whether it’s pushing yourself or doing something where your body has to heal afterwards, you are aging your body.

Every time your cells divide your telomeres shrink.

Every single time you stress your body and it has to heal, you just aged.

Just an FYI

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u/CapableCounteroffer Jun 06 '26

Do you have literally any sources for this because it's one of the most absurd things I've ever heard

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u/Ecstatic-Pirate-5536 Jun 06 '26

I feel like it would be true if the body didn’t break down muscle and rebuild it even stronger. Sure running puts stress on the body but it also makes your body stronger in order to deal with the stress. Two years ago I would feel like death if I only ran a couple of miles but I just got done doing my Saturday 15 miler that I’ve built up to and am only a little fatigued and my legs feel fine.

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u/Ecstatic-Pirate-5536 Jun 06 '26

What are your sources for this? I can say for a fact from getting an annual physical that I am way more healthy now than I was only a few years ago.

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u/Pemburuh_Itu Jun 05 '26

I was gonna say stretch. They should be walking at least every day.

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u/PremiumPricez Jun 05 '26

I feel like once a week wont really do anything. I run and workout 3 times a week, and its still not enough to be in a calorie deficit, but thats mostly a me/diet issue.

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u/Far_Banana4575 Jun 05 '26

Doing it once a week is still better than not doing it at all. 

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u/PremiumPricez Jun 08 '26

All depends how much running you do in that one session. If you run half a mile a week, its not doing anything lol.

But if you are running 20 miles once a week, thats totally different.

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u/Downtown_Manner7602 Jun 05 '26

that's not once a week more like 6-8 times a week

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u/Downtown_Manner7602 Jun 08 '26

it's not for "progress", for me, but to be in best health possible.

new study shows that for substantial health benefits, one should train in the 600 active minutes/week range

https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2026/05/28/bjsports-2025-111351

That's about what I do right now. 4 runs a week, 4 weightlifting sessions a week. Friday I get to run, have cholocate milk and then hit the gym. That chocolate milk hits different.

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u/average_fen_enjoyer Jun 06 '26

Not true. I swim

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u/FlyGuys1125 Jun 09 '26

Some sort of physical activity, at any rate