These tips were incredibly helpful for runners in general! I do want to say thank you for the comments in the beginning of the video. When I first started running, I didn't want to say I was a runner because I don't fit the typical runner body type and I have a mediocre mile time. But with people like you folks making the type of comments you did in the beginning, it helps people like me feel a bit better about saying we're runners. For me, that's a pretty big deal. Thank you!
Great tips no doubt. I was a long distance runner for many years and then suffered back injury. Now that I am more than a year past my injury, and have put on significant weight, I am doing much the same of what you suggest here. It is no doubt a journey with ups and downs, but consistency is the key. Many cheers! Love your channel.
Thanks for this post. It motivated me to get back in my runners. I was recovering from a nasty fall descending a small woodland trail. Toe caught my 200lb torso over I went right hand chest landing on my forearm.... dirt in my mouth. Intercostals, quad bruised, couldn't even sneeze. FF eight days it's all cleared up after icing. Got out finally and did 6km late this aft. No consequences, except couldn't do sprints.
Hey! Thank you for the great advice! It's really hard if you're heavy and actually not so bad in other sports (for example lifting) to make yourself run very easy and slow. I'm used to all - in type of training. But thanks to your channel my cardiovascular health goes up. That's most important for me ❤
Best video by far. Big up Coach (no pun intended). I am a fat runner and I consider myself a "24-wheeler." It takes a while for me to warm-up, but once warmed-up, I am pretty much strong.
53 years old, 6 ft or 182cm tall, and weigh 205lbs. I run 45 miles a week, 2,000 miles a year every year for the past 10 years. I lift weights 3-4 times a week and hike or cycle on my rest days. I have no issues with my knees, back, feet, or hips because I have strong legs due to weight training since my teen years. My bf % around 13-15% and I think weigh training has allowed me to not get injured like many other runners in my running clubs. I’ve been to many 5ks, 10ks, Halfs, and Marathons. Never been injured more than a month due to strength training and understanding recovery is the key to injury prevention. I’ve been a hybrid runner all my life and will continue to run.
That's pretty awesome. Being a hybrid runner and lifter seems tough for me to fit in time wise having two little kids to take care of in addition to work. That's my main issue right now.
@@pioneer7777777 I had the same issues too when I was younger and having 3 children and being on active duty Army. Just fortune to do physical training every morning at work and during lunch time and having a gym near my office. I still get lots of compliments at races from many runners with my leg and calf muscles sticking out so big for a runner my size. I needed big legs for my 205lbs body weight.
I am 100 kg, 38 years old man. Completed a 55k Rainforest Trail Ultramarathon last June & a Marathon last Sunday (yes I know, I jumped straight to Ultramarathon first before doing an official Marathon)
Nice video. But title is somewhat misleading. "Best advice for BEGINNING heavier runners", would be more appropriate. Also it would have been better not to put a weight on this (200+lbs). It all depends on the constitution of the runner. A strongly built 190cm tall could be at the ideal race weight with 200 lbs.
@@Harrythehun Well, a 190cm tall runner with a weight of 200lbs=90kg would have a BMI of 24,9. That is considered “normal” body weight. If that runner is also strongly built: rugged, has broad shoulders, is big chested, big-boned etc., then those 200 lbs might be his perfect race weight. Not even to mention when the runner is taller than 190cm.
@@davidosolo Yes and I agree on the normality for normal folks. But you wrote ideal race weight, I would always consider much lower BMI ideal for running, but for wrestling, boxing, weightlifting, discus and other strength sports can be benefitted by higher BMI.
@@Harrythehun Fair enough, I guess I meant ideal race weight for an average/ amateur runner that is by genetics tall, big-boned and strongly built . You are right that 200lbs would most probably too much for a 190cm tall (sub)elite runner. Then again, (sub)elite long distance runners usually aren´t that tall and usually aren´t big-boned either to begin with. So, in some cases 200lbs could be ideal race weight. Let´s say in the case of a big-boned 195cm tall runner. (Added 5cm just to give our discussion a little-bit more leeway). While at the same time a 160cm tall runner could be far overweight with “only” 170lbs, for example. Instead of taking the 200lbs+ weight as a reference, I think it would have been far more effective to talk about a waist to height ratio of 0.5+.
Tights, bike shorts - no "chub rub" ever in my case. (tall, 90 kg woman who likes weight lifting and trails). Add loose over shorts or a skort if you feel the world is not ready for you in tights. Oh, a really good sports bra is totally worth it. Do not be fooled by influencers in crop tops.
These tips were incredibly helpful for runners in general! I do want to say thank you for the comments in the beginning of the video. When I first started running, I didn't want to say I was a runner because I don't fit the typical runner body type and I have a mediocre mile time. But with people like you folks making the type of comments you did in the beginning, it helps people like me feel a bit better about saying we're runners. For me, that's a pretty big deal. Thank you!
Great tips no doubt. I was a long distance runner for many years and then suffered back injury. Now that I am more than a year past my injury, and have put on significant weight, I am doing much the same of what you suggest here. It is no doubt a journey with ups and downs, but consistency is the key. Many cheers! Love your channel.
Thanks for this post. It motivated me to get back in my runners. I was recovering from a nasty fall descending a small woodland trail. Toe caught my 200lb torso over I went right hand chest landing on my forearm.... dirt in my mouth. Intercostals, quad bruised, couldn't even sneeze. FF eight days it's all cleared up after icing. Got out finally and did 6km late this aft. No consequences, except couldn't do sprints.
Hey! Thank you for the great advice! It's really hard if you're heavy and actually not so bad in other sports (for example lifting) to make yourself run very easy and slow. I'm used to all - in type of training. But thanks to your channel my cardiovascular health goes up. That's most important for me ❤
This video will help lotsa runners of all shapes and sizes, that running is for everyone!👊🏼💪🏼🏃🏽♀️➡️
Best video by far. Big up Coach (no pun intended).
I am a fat runner and I consider myself a "24-wheeler." It takes a while for me to warm-up, but once warmed-up, I am pretty much strong.
Thank you for the video! I couldn’t find the training plan that was announced in the video in the notes though. Could you still add it? Thank you!
53 years old, 6 ft or 182cm tall, and weigh 205lbs. I run 45 miles a week, 2,000 miles a year every year for the past 10 years. I lift weights 3-4 times a week and hike or cycle on my rest days. I have no issues with my knees, back, feet, or hips because I have strong legs due to weight training since my teen years. My bf % around 13-15% and I think weigh training has allowed me to not get injured like many other runners in my running clubs. I’ve been to many 5ks, 10ks, Halfs, and Marathons. Never been injured more than a month due to strength training and understanding recovery is the key to injury prevention. I’ve been a hybrid runner all my life and will continue to run.
That's pretty awesome. Being a hybrid runner and lifter seems tough for me to fit in time wise having two little kids to take care of in addition to work. That's my main issue right now.
@@pioneer7777777 I had the same issues too when I was younger and having 3 children and being on active duty Army. Just fortune to do physical training every morning at work and during lunch time and having a gym near my office. I still get lots of compliments at races from many runners with my leg and calf muscles sticking out so big for a runner my size. I needed big legs for my 205lbs body weight.
Fantastic video!
Thank You!! What kind of watch do you have in this video
I am 100 kg, 38 years old man. Completed a 55k Rainforest Trail Ultramarathon last June & a Marathon last Sunday (yes I know, I jumped straight to Ultramarathon first before doing an official Marathon)
Nice video.
But title is somewhat misleading. "Best advice for BEGINNING heavier runners", would be more appropriate.
Also it would have been better not to put a weight on this (200+lbs). It all depends on the constitution of the runner. A strongly built 190cm tall could be at the ideal race weight with 200 lbs.
Great point.
(I would not consider 200 lbs ideal for any long runner, the joints and tendons doesn't care if the weight comes from muscles or fat)
@@Harrythehun Well, a 190cm tall runner with a weight of 200lbs=90kg would have a BMI of 24,9. That is considered “normal” body weight. If that runner is also strongly built: rugged, has broad shoulders, is big chested, big-boned etc., then those 200 lbs might be his perfect race weight. Not even to mention when the runner is taller than 190cm.
@@davidosolostill gonna mess you up. 200lbs of force is being put on your tendons and bones.
@@davidosolo Yes and I agree on the normality for normal folks. But you wrote ideal race weight, I would always consider much lower BMI ideal for running, but for wrestling, boxing, weightlifting, discus and other strength sports can be benefitted by higher BMI.
@@Harrythehun Fair enough, I guess I meant ideal race weight for an average/ amateur runner that is by genetics tall, big-boned and strongly built . You are right that 200lbs would most probably too much for a 190cm tall (sub)elite runner. Then again, (sub)elite long distance runners usually aren´t that tall and usually aren´t big-boned either to begin with.
So, in some cases 200lbs could be ideal race weight. Let´s say in the case of a big-boned 195cm tall runner. (Added 5cm just to give our discussion a little-bit more leeway). While at the same time a 160cm tall runner could be far overweight with “only” 170lbs, for example.
Instead of taking the 200lbs+ weight as a reference, I think it would have been far more effective to talk about a waist to height ratio of 0.5+.
Tights, bike shorts - no "chub rub" ever in my case. (tall, 90 kg woman who likes weight lifting and trails). Add loose over shorts or a skort if you feel the world is not ready for you in tights. Oh, a really good sports bra is totally worth it. Do not be fooled by influencers in crop tops.
With regards to the sweat test my watch does this after 4km of running would you recommend taking that as a stand point?
I doubt that the estimation of the watch would be accurate. Most reliable way would be to weight yourself before and after the run.