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News / downhill running
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Oct 23, 2014
Downhill running benefits last 6 weeks
Read more →A study done on downhill running found that one bout of downhill running on a -10 degree slope for 30 minutes, as expected, caused soreness otherwise known as DOMS (delayed onset of muscle soreness.) The maximal soreness was at 42 hours post-run. What might have been unexpected is that the benefits of just one bout of running downhill offered protection, or less soreness, following the same run 30-minute run for up to six weeks. Scientists theorized that the effect might be due to an increase in the number of sarcomeres or an increase in Z band (Z line, Z disk)...