Thursday, 22 March 2012

The Necessity of Cross Training

By Debasmita Roy


The cross-training gives several benefits and various helpful outcomes for human health. Appending a positive cross-training activity on a scheduled rest day can leave you tired prior to a significant workout, such as a long run especially if you're in training for a marathon or half-marathon. The supplementary type of exercise is cross training. A beginner runner or an experienced marathoner both can benefit from cross-training. Some reasons why cross-training is necessary are given below:

Non-running muscles can be strengthening by cross-training and rests your running muscles also. It helps balance your muscle groups. Someone can focus on inner thighs and specific muscles, that don't get worked as much, while running and may be weaker than your running muscles. You can improve your cardiovascular fitness by cross-training. Many cross-training activities are great cardiovascular workouts, so they build on those similar benefits of running.

Cross-training helps to reduce the chance of injury. You can balance your weaker muscles as well as the stronger ones; you'll help reduce your chance of injury. The low-impact cross training activities like swimming or water running will lessen the stress on your joints, which are often a sore spot for runners. You can participate in this low impact training.

By Running day after day people will eventually be exhausted even it happens for most hard-core running devotee. Runners have to avoid getting bored with running. Cross-training gives runners a much-needed mental break from their sport, which is particularly important for those training for long-distance events such as marathons.

You can continue to train with certain injuries, while giving them proper time to heal. Runners suffering from injuries are sometimes told by their doctor to take a break from running during their injury recovery. But, with certain injuries, it is possible to continue with cross-training. Cross-training can help injured runners maintain their fitness and deal better with the frustration and disappointment of being sidelined from running. After learning about which cross-training activities are beneficial for running in this chapter, choose your cross-training activities carefully and schedule those sessions to enhance rather than detract from your running goals.




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