Philosophical Vegan Forum

I already follow No Meat Athlete, but I am curious if anyone here would have any tips when it comes to running as a vegan? I know I will probably start off walking, but are there any good tips? Food choices? Increases in protein? Etc?

I am sure @BrimstoneSalad will have some good advice.

ThatNerdyScienceGirl wrote: I am sure @BrimstoneSalad will have some good advice.

I'm afraid that I kind of hate running as exercise, since I see it as more dangerous than the benefit it provides, both physically in terms of joints and the dangers of the road/falling/being hit by a car, and in terms of metabolic damage from eating and burning too many calories (burning the candle at both ends). People can get addicted to running and seriously overdo it.
I favor power walking (moderate activity), and swimming and calisthenics to build strength.

I see it as more important to be anti-sitting than pro-running.

In terms of diet, I would say to avoid what some runners do, which is just increasing calories without increasing nutrition.
Runners have a tendency to eat junky food like bananas, sugar, vegetable oil, to get more calories; It's better to eat more well rounded food, so nutrient consumption goes up proportionally. We don't absorb everything we eat, and when you eat a bunch of junk for calories, it can potentially diminish the value you get from other foods in your diet (eating junk as a separate meal can help ameliorate this, though).

brimstoneSalad wrote: I'm afraid that I kind of hate running as exercise, since I see it as more dangerous than the benefit it provides, both physically in terms of joints and the dangers of the road/falling/being hit by a car, and in terms of metabolic damage from eating and burning too many calories (burning the candle at both ends). People can get addicted to running and seriously overdo it.
I favor power walking (moderate activity), and swimming and calisthenics to build strength.

I see it as more important to be anti-sitting than pro-running.

In terms of diet, I would say to avoid what some runners do, which is just increasing calories without increasing nutrition.
Runners have a tendency to eat junky food like bananas, sugar, vegetable oil, to get more calories; It's better to eat more well rounded food, so nutrient consumption goes up proportionally. We don't absorb everything we eat, and when you eat a bunch of junk for calories, it can potentially diminish the value you get from other foods in your diet (eating junk as a separate meal can help ameliorate this, though).

I can definitely see that, I still want to do some running though. And I don't eat a lot of junk anymore, so that should not be much of an issue. I quite enjoy eating nutrient-dense foods.

Sitting IS something I do too much of, however.