Fit Life: Your Ultimate Fitness Guide

Running on its own has major health benefits including increasing blood flow and cardiac function but what role does it have to play in building an aesthetic physique?  If you’re looking to build muscle, you might be wondering if running makes you stronger or slows you down. Barbells and dumbbells are common forms of external resistance, but sprinting is another form of resistance due to the speed of our bodies. This is another important source of overload. Studies show that the impact of the landing during sprinting can be more than three times your body weight. When you multiply this by multiple foot contacts during a sprint, you get both the challenge and the benefits of sprint training for tissue growth. Running can help strengthen your lower body, but it really depends on how hard you're running and how long you're running.  In a study, 12 college students (recreationally trained) completed 4 sets of HIIT (high-intensity interval training), where they ran for 4 minutes at...