http://freeweightexercises.qarf.com/2010/03/22/long-distance-running-bad-for-the-heart/ CST Free Weight Exercises of The Olympic Gods Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:30:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://freeweightexercises.qarf.com/2010/03/22/long-distance-running-bad-for-the-heart/#comment-5802 Apollenaire Tue, 23 Mar 2010 07:28:59 +0000 http://freeweightexercises.qarf.com/2010/03/22/long-distance-running-bad-for-the-heart/#comment-5802 The heart is a muscle which is different from any other in the body. It has to be because it never stops working. The heart reacts to the the body's needs, thus if you are running that half marathon, your heart rate would slowly creep up and then hold steady. The same would pretty much happen in mile except that your heart rate would accelerate faster and then hold steady at a higher rate UNTIL you began a final kick (and this also happens in the 400 and 800 races). Then your heart will beat so fast that it can't fill with blood to pump, in essence it becomes inefficient. That is what will seperate a better runner from the rest, that either through training or genetic makeup, they can sprint further without the heart becoming inefficient.<br><b>References : </b><br> The heart is a muscle which is different from any other in the body. It has to be because it never stops working. The heart reacts to the the body’s needs, thus if you are running that half marathon, your heart rate would slowly creep up and then hold steady. The same would pretty much happen in mile except that your heart rate would accelerate faster and then hold steady at a higher rate UNTIL you began a final kick (and this also happens in the 400 and 800 races). Then your heart will beat so fast that it can’t fill with blood to pump, in essence it becomes inefficient. That is what will seperate a better runner from the rest, that either through training or genetic makeup, they can sprint further without the heart becoming inefficient.
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]]> http://freeweightexercises.qarf.com/2010/03/22/long-distance-running-bad-for-the-heart/#comment-5801 kstice1@verizon.net Tue, 23 Mar 2010 02:26:27 +0000 http://freeweightexercises.qarf.com/2010/03/22/long-distance-running-bad-for-the-heart/#comment-5801 <b>How heart functions in long distance running vs. short distance running?</b><br>Is there a difference between how the heart functions between ld running and sd running? I know the heart rate is higher when the workout is more intense, but does the your cardiovascular system have fast twitch muscles and slow twitch, or is that just the muscular system? Another way of saying this would be would you consider running a one mile race AND a half marathon race as both cardiovascular strength, or would you just consider the one mile to be cardio strength and the half marathon as cardio endurance? How heart functions in long distance running vs. short distance running?
Is there a difference between how the heart functions between ld running and sd running? I know the heart rate is higher when the workout is more intense, but does the your cardiovascular system have fast twitch muscles and slow twitch, or is that just the muscular system? Another way of saying this would be would you consider running a one mile race AND a half marathon race as both cardiovascular strength, or would you just consider the one mile to be cardio strength and the half marathon as cardio endurance?

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