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Daily Fiction: Running Leads to Arthritis in the Knees

Stop Looking for Reasons to Sit on your Ass and Start Finding Reasons to get up and do Something

A study of 114,000 people in the Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy shows that just 3.5% of regular recreational runners develop hip and knee arthritis, while 10% of non runners develop arthritis in those same joints. Message? You have no excuses, get off your ass...

Want to help your knees? Lose 5 lbs. Every 5 lbs. you lose is 35 lbs less impact on your joints every single step you take when running. EVERY SINGLE STEP.

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