[stevage]

> This makes it easier for everyday athletes to walk or run more often, for longer amounts of time, while having more fun — adding movement to their lives, extending their walking commute, or helping them to enjoy the run for another mile or two.

The people I know who run all do it for the exercise, not because they like the running. Why would you want to extend it?

[bramhaag]

> The people I know who run all do it for the exercise, not because they like the running.

That sounds like torture. Why would you voluntarily practice a form of exercise that you actively dislike, when there are basically infinite options to get the same benefits in different ways?

Believe it or not, many people who stick with running do it because they enjoy it.

[toolslive]

I became a runner by elimination: I needed to do something for "cardiac hygiene". Swimming has a setup cost (you need to go to a pool). Cycling takes too long, so running it became. I run 40-50km/week, and honestly I do not like it. Anyway, I do enjoy the mental health side effects too.

[lloeki]

I don't really like and never liked running; I mean, I don't like it as I like skateboarding, which makes me all butterfly hyped just thinking about riding a board and doing even the dumbest simplest tricks.

But I do like the effects of running, which I don't seem to be able to emulate any other way. I can't say it's torture - it should never be nor feel like torture otherwise you're doing it wrong - but it was certainly a learned taste of sorts.

It's more like this human body has been shaped to do this by aeons of evolution, and over time it feels immensely rewarding after the fact when done properly for a given fitness level.

You don't have to like running, your body does already (but might have forgotten)

[stevage]

>Why would you voluntarily practice a form of exercise that you actively dislike, when there are basically infinite options to get the same benefits in different ways?

If there are other, more enjoyable, ways to get a similarly cardo-intensive workout that are equally convenient I'd love to hear them.

I like cycling. But in practice it is difficult to get my heart rate as high in a sustained way - at least, where I live. A similar level of workout takes a lot longer.

So yeah, hit me with some of these infinite possibilities please.

[Mistletoe]

"If one could run without getting tired I don't think one would often want to do anything else" -C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle

[jstummbillig]

Because now they might dislike it less (depending on what they dislike). People do more of things they like.

[watwut]

Why did they picked sport they dont like?

The people I know who stuck to running long term like it.

[glitchcrab]

I run for exercise, but I also genuinely enjoy it as an activity

[stevage]

I understand what you're saying on an intellectual level.