Myth #2: Building muscle will make you slower and less flexible.
Contrary to what you might think, building a significant amount of lean muscle mass will make you faster rather than slower.
Muscles are responsible for every movement your body makes, from running to jumping to throwing.
Why am I building muscle so slowly?
Your calorie intake: If you don’t eat enough calories on a daily basis, you won’t build muscle even if you eat a lot of protein.
Your training regimen: If you’re trying to build muscle, you should know about two key strength training concepts: frequency and volume.
Does muscle make you faster?
The quad muscles help you straighten your legs, and they help bring your knees up to your chest.
Your quads play an important role in your body for speed training.
The stronger your quads, the faster you’ll run.
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You can still run a good 10K, half marathon or marathon while carrying around the right amount of muscle, but I’d say that extra muscle will hurt you more than it will help you. .”
Does lifting make you slow?
1) Weight training is always as heavy as possible and therefore always done slowly.
2) Weight training makes you gain weight and thus this slows you down.
Not all weight training is the same.
Just like you don’t run 400m at the same speed as you run a marathon (unless you’re Eliud Kipchoge maybe).
More muscle = more power and more economy of motion, which means faster.
However, if the muscle is gained in the context of a general increase in body size (not only muscle gain, but also overall weight) then yes, you will slow down simply because you are carrying more weight around.
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Should stretching hurt?
Stretching should not be painful.
Pain should not be part of your healing process.