New To Running? WATCH THIS FIRST

[@danielmller4682]

Great video Harry!

[@harryruns1]

@@danielmller4682 thanks Daniel 💪

[@chris94kennedy]

hey can i ask how to deal with shin splints? I've had to ditch running anywhere near as frequently as I want and bought a cheapy rowing machine just to maintain cardio regularly. I think it's because of years of sedentary (software dev so permanently hunched over a desk for the last 5+ years). 10 years ago I was in great shape, playing rugby for school and club, tennis a bit as well. But since then I went from approx 75kg to literally 100kg so i reckon my legs just couldn't hack it when i started running a couple months ago. Any advice appreciated, it's real painful to push through at the moment. EDIT i've lost 10kg since hitting 100kg with diet change and regular cardio, so im still able to do enough exercise, but i want to now push much more with running but im held back by the shin splint pain. I could never do a 10miler with this for example, but I did the great south run for 3 years running about 10 years ago and want to get back to that level and beyond it. Thanks.

[@harryruns1]

@@chris94kennedy hey Chris First of all congrats on losing 10kg, that’s amazing! Shin splints is a tricky one. If it’s caused by running then you want to build up your mileage really steadily. Your body will get used to higher training volumes it just takes time and rushing yourself into big mileage weeks could make things worse. I would definitely recommend cross training and resistance training to. Cardio that doesn’t set off your shin splints such as a stationary bike or cross trainer, although it’s not what you want to do initially, will allow you to increase your running volume over time without overusing and injuring your shins. Consistency is always better than upping your training by too much too quickly, small increases are the way to go. Best of luck 💪

[@chris94kennedy]

@@harryruns1 thanks for the advice. Problem is that i've been trying to go hard to habit form as much as possible and i want to capitalise on the motivation while it's strong but i will try to follow that advice