Daniel Priestley

overstride is when you throw your leg out way in front of you and you land and that leg is a stiff leg so that a stiff leg means more force right um and uh and um and it's harder on your knees um and so if you and so a good runner lands uh with their with their shank with their tibia vertical so their ankle is below their knee when you do that pretty much everything will work out properly.

It'll mean that you won't land hard on your heel. It'll mean that your leg will be acting like an excellent spring. You won't produce a lot of breaking force. To me, I think the most important skill in running is not to overstride. So don't worry about how you're going to hit the ground. Just worry about your overstride. If you solve your overstride, you're more likely to run well.

It'll mean that you won't land hard on your heel. It'll mean that your leg will be acting like an excellent spring. You won't produce a lot of breaking force. To me, I think the most important skill in running is not to overstride. So don't worry about how you're going to hit the ground. Just worry about your overstride. If you solve your overstride, you're more likely to run well.

You do HIIT works every single day?

You do HIIT works every single day?

You know, I think you've got to mix it up. There is no one perfect exercise, right? I mean, I think what you do sounds actually pretty good, right? You've got a mixture of low, slow intensity, some high intensity. You want to have some strength training. You want to have some cardio. I mean, we never evolved to do one thing, and our bodies are too complex to benefit from just one thing.

You know, I think you've got to mix it up. There is no one perfect exercise, right? I mean, I think what you do sounds actually pretty good, right? You've got a mixture of low, slow intensity, some high intensity. You want to have some strength training. You want to have some cardio. I mean, we never evolved to do one thing, and our bodies are too complex to benefit from just one thing.

mixing it up is the obvious way to go, right? I think the bedrock for any kind of physical, I mean, you ask anybody, right? Cardio is the bedrock of exercise, right? It promotes the most health benefits, right? It's good for your burning energy. It's good for your cardiovascular system. It's good for controlling inflammation.

mixing it up is the obvious way to go, right? I think the bedrock for any kind of physical, I mean, you ask anybody, right? Cardio is the bedrock of exercise, right? It promotes the most health benefits, right? It's good for your burning energy. It's good for your cardiovascular system. It's good for controlling inflammation.

But there are different kinds of cardio in high intensity versus low intensity. And there's also strength training, right, which is also important. So, you know, there's no – look, we've tried to medicalize exercise, right? It's like there's a proper dose, right? You know, take this pill this many milligrams this many times per week, right? Exercise, it doesn't work that way.

But there are different kinds of cardio in high intensity versus low intensity. And there's also strength training, right, which is also important. So, you know, there's no – look, we've tried to medicalize exercise, right? It's like there's a proper dose, right? You know, take this pill this many milligrams this many times per week, right? Exercise, it doesn't work that way.

There is no optimal dose. Everybody's different. It depends on are you more worried about heart disease or Alzheimer's or diabetes or depression or are you previously injured? Are you fit? Are you unfit? It's impossible to prescribe exercise in this kind of medicalized way. It doesn't work.

There is no optimal dose. Everybody's different. It depends on are you more worried about heart disease or Alzheimer's or diabetes or depression or are you previously injured? Are you fit? Are you unfit? It's impossible to prescribe exercise in this kind of medicalized way. It doesn't work.

Well, anybody who isn't confused doesn't understand what's going on, right? You know, it's sad that there's such a debate, but that's how science works, right? So, as you know, I wrote about that in this book. Part of the explanation for the debate is that, again, what dose are you analyzing and what population in what kind of context, right?

Well, anybody who isn't confused doesn't understand what's going on, right? You know, it's sad that there's such a debate, but that's how science works, right? So, as you know, I wrote about that in this book. Part of the explanation for the debate is that, again, what dose are you analyzing and what population in what kind of context, right?

So pretty much every major health organization in the world recommends that you get 150 minutes per week of physical activity. That's kind of like the benchmark. That's what the WHO, the World Health Organization, considers the division between being sedentary versus active.

So pretty much every major health organization in the world recommends that you get 150 minutes per week of physical activity. That's kind of like the benchmark. That's what the WHO, the World Health Organization, considers the division between being sedentary versus active.

So, and a lot of people are unfit and overweight and struggling to be physically active, have struggled to get 150 minutes a week, right? So a lot of studies prescribe 150 minutes a week of exercise, walking, for example, a moderate intensity physical activity, and then look at the effects on weight loss. And guess what?

So, and a lot of people are unfit and overweight and struggling to be physically active, have struggled to get 150 minutes a week, right? So a lot of studies prescribe 150 minutes a week of exercise, walking, for example, a moderate intensity physical activity, and then look at the effects on weight loss. And guess what?

When you walk 150 minutes a week, which is what, 20 minutes a day of walking, which is about a mile, a mile a day, you're not going to lose much weight. You're basically burning about 50 calories a day doing that. That's a piddling amount of calories compared to drinking a glass of orange juice.