Why running feels so hard : Runners tips

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Get ready to feel your best while running with these expert tips surrounding how to feel good on a run, and avoid the muscles feeling heavy or tired! In this video, we cover everything from how to prepare and techniques to the that can help your muscles and mindset for a successful run.
Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned runner, these tips will help you improve your performance and feel good while doing it. Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more great running content!"
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@DroneRunner1975 Год назад

Gunning for a sub 2:40 in the marathon this year at 47yrs old. Your uploads are perfectly helping me understand how to get better and stay healthy. Awesome- THANK YOU

@Zheph Год назад

Back in high school, we used to do the beep test in PE once per year. Everyone hated it, but I loved it. A bunch of kids skipped school knowing it was beep test day, and the next day in PE again they got sent to another class to do it with them, no getting out of it. While I had done it the day before, I asked if I could join in again. On this second day in a row, I actually got my PB for the beep test. Lines up with what you're saying here.

@user-jc5tj1bv7i Месяц назад

Thanks Stephen. You transformed my runnings, from sub 3, to sub 230. Much love from kenya.

@Slayer-33 4 месяца назад

No wonder, I ran half a mile the other day with easy effort, rested up, massaged etc, thought I was rested up nicely etc, next run I do I couldn't even do half the distance without stopping, I'm like wth happened? Ty for this video.

@Dan_South Год назад

You're a modern day super hero. I think your information can really save people's running. I was intuitively implementing this idea over the last few months coming back from my last race. I stopped myself from red-lining too much in training. I think people stiffen their bodies too much by training too hard and it leads to injury. It's hard to get the ego in check and run appropriate mileage and slow down sessions to appropriate paces. Too easy to want to run the workouts faster every week!

@stephenscullion262 Год назад

Yes there's a balance, and some stiffness is good (helps running economy, elasticity etc.) but then it can become restricting.

@Kelly_Ben Год назад

Finally, the method behind the madness. I've been prepping for races all wrong, because while the faster runners do what you described, doing strides and hill sprints the day before a race, they never articulated WHY. I figured that madness was for super fit, super fast runners, not sloths like me, so I did the opposite. Thank you so much for the information. This horse is drinking from your trough. Wow, weird... 😆

@maartenclaes3925 Год назад

I've had an absolute superb ordinary long run today: had breakfast, ran right before lunch and did some short activation excercises before starting (desk job is killing to start running cold). Brilliant feeling. The little things outside of the actual running really do matter.

@bartdufour5057 Год назад

Been running for 35 years, when I was younger 400m, now in my +45 days marathons. And I just learned about soft and hard muscles. Now I completely understand why I felt so good after some training and so rubbish before a race (too easy running on grass). Thanks for sharing this insight! Great video!

@hmudesign Год назад

Your videos are pure gold Stephen, thanks so much for sharing!

@jacquesbotha6676 Год назад

This information just helped me understand my situation. Picked up an injury because of not doing the right cool down and after my runs. I still have to leg feels like garbage on some runs when I start and gets better as I go and will try your activation before my next run later today. Thanks for all the awesome content.

@TheFODRunner Год назад

Absolute gold 👏 thanks for sharing!

@RaoBlackWellizedArman Год назад

This is berilliant! I don't know how to express my gratitude! I have recently started doing Yuga and my first race after that was a disaster! I really didn't notice what was going on and a lot of people I consulted with said I was overtraining. But, this kept happening. I was huffing and puffing at more and more sessions... it was so frustrating untill I took a deeper look at my training diary. Every training session that was followed by a Yoga session felt terrible! I still wasn't really sure if Yoga was the culprit until I came accross this video. Thank you so much again. I will definitely implement this in my next race.

@terryatkinson2142 Год назад

Today is very interesting. Just realised I didn’t actually understand recovery post workout day vs activation pre workout day. Thankyou!

@mirser4912 Год назад

You, sir, are a genius!! I haven’t touched my supershoes for a while and just did a 3 mile “tempo” during my marathon taper in those shoes (for the first time in months) and it felt like a jog!!!🤯 Thank you for all the great advice!

@seekingUltraNick Год назад

Incredible information, thanks a ton Stephen! Heading over to your website now.

@ultraruna Год назад

Just discovered your channel, very insightful stuff, there is some invaluable information here and you put it across so well, brilliant, thanks I've subbed. Now to binge all your other videos to see how much more I can learn.

@kimcruz16 Год назад

Great videos.. wealth of knowledge you share is priceless. I’m currently dealing with a couple of niggles, once I’m back at my best. I hope to dig further into your programs. 🤞🏼on my way to recovery & goals. Happy running Thanks from NYC

@rmjames83 Год назад

Ur awesome mate!!! I’m so glad I found you!!!

@mirser4912 Год назад

Help so much! Now I finally realize why I’d get that sluggish feeling in my legs during some runs and even racing! Thanks!!

@pieroreynolds8865 Год назад

Would always be cautious about explaining a feeling from a proposed physiological process such as muscle recruitment-without experimental verification this is just guesswork. However I don't mean to detract from the excellent insights you give for training which are pure gold. Super useful content.

@christianmorrison164 Год назад

Good content. As a “larger” athletic runner I love listening and learning from you because other runners RU-vid content doesn’t cover the wide range of things I feel are important to improve my running (diet, strength training, stretching, etc.)

@stephenscullion262 Год назад

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@bobbyk9939 Год назад

Great information. I do realize I get better results and spring on my feet and legs in races with 2-3 days of no activity but only stretching. I have stiffness and sore muscles after a hard session run (long run or speed sessions) and I need about 72 hours recovery to before I can do another hard session.

@NikRunTheHills Год назад

Awesome info/tips! Thank you

@aric2589 Год назад

Wow, thank you so much for this. Very helpful, I used to train on a grass oval all the time and felt my legs were always so heavy. This is why

@teetertotter5787 Год назад

Good timing on this video. I have started up my training cycle after taking 3 weeks off post-marathon. I was feeling so good during marathon training, and starting up again feels like absolute shit. Thanks for this info.

@jpod Год назад

Great video, thanks!

@nualamcc3420 Год назад

Brilliant video. Now I know why I was running on heavy legs. Plenty of food for thought.

@liamward8451 Год назад

Thanks Stephen, never heard about the running on grass not working for days before hard sessions. Will give the hill sprints a go before the next race!

@robertbell387 Год назад

Wow this was super informative. I never realized things like running in grass the day before a hard workout or race could actually cause negative effects. The information about hard and soft muscles was very valuable. I definitely will be incorporating a lot of these things into my own training. Salute from Virginia, USA.

@davidpicot5457 Год назад

Great channel. Subbed. Keep up the great content 🤙

@BLACKNOY0979 Год назад

I always do my warm up before my training runs. The harder the run the more I do warm up and stretching. I normally would do a mile easy run warm up, then stretch, then begin the process. But yeah, those heavy legs sensation is very disappointing feeling. The first time I had that feeling I was so confused, that’s when I realized I was over training and not recovering! Good info champ!

@neilobrien5894 Год назад

Quality information without the BS!

@tonyriley2304 Год назад

Very well explained

@bui340 Год назад

Thanks!

@runfreeultra Год назад

The School of Scullion™ - I’m learnin’! Thanks Stephen, love this info 🙏

@abelgomez5408 Год назад

I've been running for a little less than 2 years with long breaks in between and finally started to be more passionate with running since the last 4 months. I've only been able to run a little over 10K and this has been a big problem of mine; always feeling sluggish before the long run day and ending up finishing the run sooner than planned or feeling terrible and exhausted during the duration of the run while feeling fine on other days. I guess I try to rest a little too much before d-day. Now I'm finally enlightened why this happens😂 Great video!

@rbergh7 Год назад

Would be good to see a video where you demo the pre-run activation exercises.

@lourdesp3883 Год назад

4 months is too soon your body is still not prepared

@paddymush1 Год назад

new subscriber , niceone , very good sctuff u got!!!

@owenfeatherstone7740 Год назад

Appreciate the info so much Stephen. I have a couple of questions about the strides and hill strides though: a) when would you recommend doing strides alongside a run - would it be on easier/steady days? - and are these strides like 100m, turn round, 100m etc or are they more incorporated into the run? And b), how long should the hill strides be and how steep should the hill be? Thanks😀

@michelledorrington Год назад

Great video, thanks! Interesting thought about running on grass the day before a session! I definitely need to do some pre-run activation…I can’t seem to find the video - any chance of a link? Thank you :)

@andreevvladislav2537 Год назад

Thanks, Stephen! The recovery seems so obvious in a first sight…

@constantwiederkehr8799 Год назад

Hey Stephen! In your next video about glucose control, could you please tell us about fasted training? It’s often prevented but seems practiced by elites. Thanks

@stephenscullion262 Год назад

Just uploaded, live tomorrow

@mikhailyaugonen912 Год назад

Hey, love your content. Now I set target, I want to run marathons in 2:30 or faster. My plan based on jack daniels 800 to marathon. Can u add bpm zones in your video?

@garethpirie9904 Год назад

Stephen thanks. I always use a massage gun on my calves before I run and I believe this has helped my achillis a lot. Would you say not to use one before a race then? Thanks.

@MakingTheShift Год назад

This hard soft muscle state I’d say applies to powerlifting also. Especially after a training break.

@jdbuddha4897 Год назад

Been following for a while and about to start your marathon program 👍appreciate the content... thoughts on purchasing regular or manual treadmill? Preference? Aloha 🤙

@stephenscullion262 Год назад

What do you mean regular or manual.

@danielmoll-morgan9961 Год назад

@@stephenscullion262 I guess he means something like the AssultRunner Pro (curved non motorised) vs Noble Pro (regular treadmill) for example.

@2wheels2legs76 8 месяцев назад

Hi Stephen! I'm pursuing my Bachelors in Sports Science and I'm thinking of doing my research on hard and soft muscles. Do you have any articles I can read more about and reference with regards to what you have just said? Thank you!

@hannesaltenfelder4302 Год назад

Now I understand why some days, when I tried a 10k time trial and it did not work, the next day it worked.

@stephenscullion262 Год назад

Yeah the time trial likely activated the legs, and you're not alone. Many professionals talk about feeling awful in the heats, and epic in the semi finals etc.. at major championships.

@williamholmes2669 Год назад

Should I be foam rolling before a race/hard session? I have heard before that it’s good but I don’t know if it promotes soft muscles or not

@steveh8758 Год назад

You said not to run on grass before a race or hard session because it makes your muscles soft I was just wondering if soft cushioned shoe are also a no no and if I should try something firmer the day before a race or long run ? Thanks

@danielmccarthyy Год назад

Question: Does Zone 2 HR running: - increase number of mitochondria, or - increase mitochindria size, or - increase number of capillaries, or - increase capillary volume?

@vanilla_pigdog Год назад

Very informative as always. Do you have any suggestions for inflammation? I tend to find that after even a steady effort of several miles, I get inflammation in my legs for up to 72 hours which really hampers my training

@stephenscullion262 Год назад

Perhaps nutrition? Ice baths

@vanilla_pigdog Год назад

@@stephenscullion262 Thank you, I will be having a very cold bath this evening 😀

@traehelwig Год назад

When would rolling out muscles be appropriate then? Should that not be used often?

@boogieuhuh Год назад

I am joining a half marathon this march but unfortunately I had a tooth extraction yesterday. How many days should I lay off from training? I don’t really want to lose my progress. the dentist told me its okay after 24hrs but my doctor told me to take 2weeks.

@retrospectologyrunner Год назад

💯

@richiekock8835 Год назад

Correct! My legs start to feel heavy at around 20 minutes at 7.4 mph (yep I am that slow), whilst my breeding is still relatively ok

@religionofrunning253 Год назад

I like

@helensutanto Год назад

❤

@MrVtilbo Год назад

I usually do my theragun routine aswell as some stretching right before i head out for my speed work or a race. Would this be an issue then? Should i just keep these for post workout and recovery then?

@stephenscullion262 Год назад

Theragun can actually stimulate and help as activation. But try activation routine, warm up, then dynamic stretches

@MrVtilbo Год назад

@@stephenscullion262 Thanks for the feedback! Love your work and dedication to us! This is my first year where i'm taking my running really seriously. Getting such valuable advice offers me the chance to make big progress jumps without complications!

@PPCSI133 Год назад

Man i just ran 4 miles today. Took a day off yesterday and ran 10.1 miles sunday. Heavy legs lol

@stevendoome1166 Год назад

Won't hill sprints the day before a race leave your legs fatigued?

@arajak3413 Год назад

How do i build my endurance to run long runs..every time i run my legs feel like bricks and my calf muscles tighten up..i’m training to run a 1.5 which is probably your warm up😂 please help..Thank you

@justcam5959 Год назад

Great video man..I have a indoor race Saturday (I plan on running the 800 aiming for a 1:58). My coach has us doing a speed session Thursday. So would it be ideal to do like 20 min shakeout wit strides Friday leading into race day on Saturday?

@stephenscullion262 Год назад

Definitely, that’s called a primer

@fidru Год назад

Thursday speed session, Saturday 800m? 🤔

@jayure1346 Год назад

Basically 58 second first lap then 1 minute second lap gl

@justcam5959 Год назад

@@fidru it was just 6x200m nun to hard

@Ojas456 3 месяца назад

You only get one body 🔥

@chrisvanbuggenum871 Год назад

Yesterday i didn't go for a jog, i went for a run.

@stephenscullion262 Год назад

Haha YES

@emccrapple2503 Год назад

Fucking hell, it all just clicked listening to this

@stephenscullion262 Год назад

This is my fav comment so far ha

@emccrapple2503 Год назад

@Stephen Scullion - Olympic marathoner I normally have at least 1 run a week with my legs feeling crap. Not had any issues since this comment.

@Leonidas-eu9bb Год назад

You guys must sprint instead of that useless slow running. Endurance should never be the goal. So many people focus on endurance training because they are to weak and unhealthy to do the real stuff (speed, power and strengh). Indeed training with speed, power and strength will make us fit, healthy, smart, keep us young and sexy and full of confidence. Most of you already know this of course. But we also know what not to eat... Taking action is the first and most important step.

@zlatantomba Год назад

hi what about hot shower?

@stephenscullion262 Год назад

Probably depends how long you stay in it for

@Lescoureursfoudelasco Год назад

I doubt the guy that made you wait 45 minutes did a 2h09 marathon….. just saying.

@stephenscullion262 Год назад

Haha he’s an Olympic bronze medalist

@jayure1346 Год назад

Random commenter insults bronze medalist

@Lescoureursfoudelasco Год назад

Lol, how embarrassing

@ryandigby4636 Год назад

I worry about using pseudoscience words like hard and soft muscles. It would also be wise to mention that muscle activation is about the neural connections to the muscles, not the muscle fibre itself. No offense, your videos are entertaining but you take a fair old leap from reality in trying to explain this stuff.