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Originally Posted by activeStick
Is running bad for your knees and feet due to the impact? No doubt it's great exercise for your heart, but would biking be better?
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There's tons of research out there that the media has drawn horrible conclusions from. But the best I can remember from stuff I read previously is that cycling has a higher traumatic injury rate compared to running (Measured by ER visits).
Running has a higher rate of non traumatic injury in the first few years of doing the activity then levels out to a similar level. Whether this is due to the injury prone quitting or the injury prone's body adapting is unclear
Running also works your muscles more than cycling or conversely you can cycle for a longer time at x% of your VO2 max than you can run.
Both groups have reduced all causes mortality than the general population at moderate volumes per week. Then in both groups those that have high weekly volumes have an increase in all causes mortality from the moderate group.