running

cardio activity that, despite its huge popularity and cult status, is actually not that great for your joints, gradually destroying your knees, in particular, at an accelerated pace. searching this quickly online will tell you that you can avoid knee pain after running by "icing your knees" and "taking anti-inflammatory medication as needed", but this alone should tell you running is not actually healthy for you in the first place, for real! why not pick to have good knees when you are in your 80s? if you do insist in picking this activity, over kinder ones, like swimming, biking, or power walking, for example, as a challenge, to prove yourself or just because you wanna purely impress when prancing around in aesthetic athletic gear or mentioning your average pace, do be mindful to: select adequate shoes, take some supplements to help your joins, like glucosamine, avoid running downhill, always just uphill, build good form, to reduce impact and wobbling on stepping, skip running on asphalt and pick running tracks, thread mills or dirt paths that are even, and do a lot of leg exercises, to build up your surrounding muscles, so that they take pressure off the knees.