Running Changes Your Brain, let me explain. 

This is the stuff I like to see in my RU-vid feed. Informative, motivating, and interesting.

I’ve never had runners high as they describe from running long distances but I do feel sooooo good after running like my body is vibrating, euphoria and I can breath clearer. It’s so nice! I call that my runners high 😂 hahaha

i have gotten a few runners high in my "career" of running for 8 years now, competed in 5+ marathons. On long grueling 30km training runs when the sun is setting and the right song comes on I have started crying, life just cant get more surreal at that moment, That kinda high happens like a flash in the pan, right conditions and fuck ton of miles on your legs. Like Best way I could explain it is to go to google earth drop the dude almost anywhere in Finland middle section where there is thousands of lakes and imagine a sunset during summer on a solo run.

Just came back from a run. It is so tiring and I'm just a beginner but it feels good :)

I’ve noticed running in the morning helps me feel more focused and deal with stress better throughout the day, and running in the evening helps me relieve any stress and gives me this great high when I’m done. This was super interesting!

IMO I’ve experienced runners high twice. It’s a very specific feeling where the body and mind is so hyper focused that the physical discomfort is numb and bliss is the end result. “Synchronicity” basically.

I ran from junior high through age 52. Never experienced any “high”. Always wondered what it was like.

Wonderful and motivating video!! I run mainly for my mental well-being, the physical is secondary. Thanks again for a great video!!😊🎉

Great video, but you got it completely backwards on the intensity-point. When doing zone 2-cardio you SHOULD be able to hold a conversation, not the other way around. If you're not able to hold a conversation, you are either in zone 3, 4 or even 5, depending on how hard you're pushing yourself. Zone 2-training can in fact feel almost too easy, but the point is that slow and steady running in zone 2 is gonna expand and improve your cardiovascular capabilities over time, making it easier for the heart to deliver blood throughout the body, and increasing your VO2-max. In a good running program you want to mix it up in terms of intensity, and you certainly want to occasionally run above zone 2. But elite runners run as much as 80 % of their total running volume in zone 2, something that is indeed quite facinating.

Jack, congratulations, mate! Outstanding video! Thanks a lot for sharing these informations with us! Have an amazing week ahead! Love from Brazil!

you should be running at a pace where you CAN have a conversation. If you CAN'T have a conversation, you're already depleting your glycogen stores and you won't last in long distance runs. Zone 2 is about LOW HEART RATE, which relies on your long term storage for fuel (fat) rather than the instant fuel sources (glycogen) in your kidney and liver. Zone 2 is always described as " 1. conversational 2. breath comfortably through the nose 3. like you could do the same run again when you are done You shouldn't feel like you've done serious work in your Zone 2, its the pace that you can keep indefinitely.

I corroborate. I have been doing it religiously for over 20 years and results are astonishing.

Hey, thanks for this video, I am trying to keep on track with my habit of running but i always fail. I'll start again😁!

Yes. Looking forward to the weightlifting video too. Great work

Pretty awesome. I've just recently started running regularly and love it. Also incorporated a walking pad for my WFH job which I love. Writing this message while walking on it now, btw. I would bet that even walking can give the benefit Dr Jack was referring to in his video and, if you can do that and work at the same time, win win.

Great video, Jack!! I’m honestly really surprised that endorphins aren’t the cause of that runner’s high sort of feeling - I’m gonna have to tell my students that I was unintentionally lying to them about endorphins and aerobic exercise 🤣 Such a well-researched topic and excellent edits/visual aids…well done 🥳

What about the damage to your joints when you run? Running on concrete is particularly bad. How do you prevent this in older age

If runners get a “High” then why don’t they look like their having fun?

great info doc

New subscriber. Daily runner 40-60 minutes. Great vid.

I went through the book named SPARK and I am wondered at the effect of exercise on brain

Jack, i started following u because of the "reading changes brain" video. If possible, i'd like to see a video about writing. That 'll be awesome for me.

I’d love to see one on weight lifting! I really enjoyed this, thank you!

Running is like smoking weed without the negative effects. I think it's important to note though that the best way to avoid age related brain degeneration is to get plenty of sleep. I'm toast!

No accident that, in spite of steady media amplification about the benefits of running, since about 1980, the activity remains unpopular: People try it, and not only do they not see/feel any benefit, or see only marginal benefit, compared its immense physical and psychological challenge, but it often leaves you feeling ragged, spent, and irritable. Then, too, about 20% of the cardio translates into upper body conditioning, which is why I found it a silly waste of time for boxing, wrestling, and especially gymnastics. Also, running gets you ambushed by all sorts of injuries-- gnats getting in your eyes, sprained ankles, shin splints, the notorious knee issues and mysterious low-back pain, sabotaging simple daily tasks; get bitten by a dog, hit by a reckless kid on a bicycle, maybe even get run-over by a car. The weather is insufferably harrassing. In the Army, we ran five miles on Monday, ten on Wednesday, fifteen on Friday. When I got out, I stopped running. No more feeling drained, and no more feeling harrassed with injuries. I continued boxing and lifting weights, however, because I continued seeing and feeling benefits. I saw more benefit, since running no longer competed for recovery. For cardio, I ride a bike around the problems of running.

It was deep! I have been training for 33 years! But this was interesting! I am sure that the effects can be brought on by other forms of cardio! At the moment I am really enjoying the watt bike! I do 2 15 min sessions. I pedal like someone is chasing me with a hypodermic syringe (As recommended by Huberman).

What about if your hillnrunning or sprinting how does that work?just curious bro good content!

I can't understand what he is trying to say

I'm running for around 35-40 mins, but I do not know if my intensity is ok, since I run by myself and would feel weird to start talking..! However, I do measure my speed which avgs at 9.5 km/h. Do you know if that is good intensity? Also, yeah, I'd love to see the weight lifting video too. I used to weight lift in the past a lot, and was considering going back to it - but even if I wasn't, I still find it very interesting

hey can you make a video on your career path?

Actually, in zone 2, you should be able to keep a conversation the whole entire time

Does the corpus callosum have significant effects on intelligence I saw that Einstein had a bigger one than the average person also saw the left handed and ambidextrous people have bigger ones than right handed people. Kind of a random question but thought maybe you’d have an idea since you seem to be interested in neuroscience. Enjoyed the vid by the way.

I have bipolar disorder - can it help relieve some of my symptoms

Dr. Jack: Endothelium, you know, the linning of the blood vessels. Me: 👁👄👁 yeah....of course! Endothelium. Duh!

Would basketball or tennis count?

running is for endurance it wastes my energy needed for muscle building and my free time to do relevant things i can bet the same comes from playing chess

Great vid! I always knew cannabis was good for me 🤭😏

You look like a British Jerma

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