{"id":16743,"date":"2021-09-15T13:00:12","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T13:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/squad\/?p=16743"},"modified":"2021-09-15T13:00:12","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T13:00:12","slug":"is-running-everyday-healthy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/running\/is-running-everyday-healthy\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Running Everyday Healthy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Running can have many benefits, such as losing weight, keeping you fit, and having a healthy heart. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0033062017300488\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">research<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> tells us that running at least 5 to10 minutes a day will significantly reduce death from heart attack and stroke just make sure you maintain a moderate pace. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, running intensely is another thing and doing it every day can cause injuries because your body will need to recover after an intense workout, including running.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Should I be running every day?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It depends. If you want to run every day, make sure you pace yourself and run for only 5 to 10 minutes to yield all the benefits without increasing the risks of injury.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/aje\/article\/177\/7\/683\/91486\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Research<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> tells us that running daily for 5 to 10 minutes will:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reduce the risk of heart disease<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lower the risk of getting cancer<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lower the chances of Alzheimer\u2019s and Parkinson\u2019s<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can either run shorter times daily to get at least 2 and a half hours of running into your system or run only 5 days a week for 30 minutes, giving you two days of rest for your muscles to recover.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>What are the risks of running every day?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Running daily may increase the risk of overuse injury, especially if you don\u2019t pace yourself. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Too much physical activity too fast does not allow your body to adjust and can result in over fatigue and overloading of muscles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Tips to reduce the risk of injuries when running daily<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There may be risks when running every day, but here are some tips to reduce those said risks:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wear proper running shoes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Warm up and cool down before and after running.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Run with the proper form.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do not go over your limit and gradually increase the distance and sprints as you go.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Running can have many benefits, such as losing weight, keeping you fit, and having a healthy heart. In fact, research tells us that running at least 5 to10 minutes a day will significantly reduce death from heart attack and stroke just make sure you maintain a moderate pace. However, running intensely is another thing and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16782,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[706],"tags":[1368,707],"class_list":["post-16743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-running","tag-intense-running","tag-running"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16743\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}