How Running Slow Changed My Life

[@tangwme25]

running slow is king. I've PRed in every single distance bc of this.

[@taneliharkonen2463]

Exactly this! Discovered this in about around your age and went through the same mental transformation from "running sucks, I dont understand why anyone does it voluntarily" to "I feel my head doesn't function if I dont get my fix of aerobic exercise (running/XC skiing/MTB)". Only thing I'd disagree heavily is the "fat is more available as fuel". Carbohydrates are way easyer and faster for the body to metabolize to the end product TPA for the cells to use as fuel. It's no coincident that runners/bikers/skiers do heavy carb loading before training and races and eat/drink fast short chain carbohydrates in the middle of the exercise too to keep blood sugars high. Carbohydrates are the preferred fuel of the human body. Fat is a survival fuel that is storable, but betabolizes slower and causes all kinds of problems to a performant body. If you would eat fat heavy foods before/during the exercise, this will first af all raise the physical viscosity of the blood, making it circulate less efficiently, and interfere with insulin function getting carbohydrates through cell walls into the cells making energy transfer slower. This is why you feel drowsy after a fat heavy meal. You need to be in ketosis to use fat as fuel mainly, which is good only if you are trying to lose weight (aka use fat as fuel). But it is not good for performance and stamina during exercise nor is it good for the body as whole to stay at that state for extended periods of time. Switching to a diet with minimal fat and heavy carbs made a huge difference to my longevity and general coping through exercises. As a plus this is good for u in the long run (pun intended). Didn't make it as my religion but just a rule of thumb, and it still helped.

[@zen-ventzi-marinov]

"I don't know if it was never explained to me". Story of my life.

[@erickheyl8293]

Great video!!! Sounds like a cool thing to try out!!

[@tapwithmatia]

Great job Jacob!! We’ll see if you can get Maish running too. I’ll definitely hold you to it!

[@riannehamilton]

Great video...again! I also hated running. But I started jogging...doing exactly what you are speaking about and was able to get myself to enjoy a 3 mile run while waiting for Aven to finish her softball practice. Super encouraging and informative. I can really tell you are starting enjoy being in front of the camera speaking. Thank you Jacob! What will be next!?

[@zorro7148]

Really enjoyed this and found this eye opening brother, thank you! Earned a subscriber🤝🏽

[@zorro7148]

Also which watch do you use to track your heart rate bro?

[@jacobpradels]

I use an Apple Watch Series 3 but with a polar H10 heart rate strap to improve accuracy

[@madisoncirillo2382]

I’ll hold you to it

[@WariWahab]

Good luck with your 3 hour marathon! As for me, i can only do sub 3 hour half marathons 😅. I wished they told me this back when i was 7. Hated running till i was 40. 😂

[@crosscourtwinner]

glad i found this video. thanks for explaining everything so clearly. i'll start my running journey next week! by the way, have you ever heard of hellahgood? he's another great running inspiration should you ever need any 💪🏽

[@jacobpradels]

I’ll check him out!

[@iminoaruu]

I run at 7-7.30 and feel like my lungs will pop, but running slow feels like i am walking. did you feel like that too like you are literally at an almost fast walk pace.

[@intptointp]

Listening to this has me wondering what else follows this misconception. Where the people who make it do so not because they went faster, but counterintuitively because they went much, much slower. The true sustainable rate.

[@CarleyReese-f8t]

Drunken agreements to run half marathons 🤝

[@jacobpradels]

Basically a contract

[@cushtopher]

grow the hair out again....

[@jacobpradels]

No can do