Running: Up & down an incline vs flat land

[Rembrandt Brown]

If you were to run up a hill and then down the same hill, does it burn more, less, or the same amount of energy as you would expend running an equal distance on flat land?

For example, consider if you were to run 100 meters up a hill and 100 meters back down vs 200 meters on flat land.

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[Rembrandt Brown]

I would have guessed that the ease of running downhill would be more significant than the difficulty of running uphill.

Uphill​

Jack Daniels, author of "Daniels' Running Formula," estimates that for every percent of incline you experience in an uphill, your running time will slow by 12 to 15 seconds per mile. Building hill running into your training will help to reduce this and make it easier for you to tackle any incline.​

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Downhill​

Daniels estimates that downhills will help you improve your time by approximately eight seconds per mile for every percent gradient of decline. Even so, it's important to acclimate your muscles to running downhills. Downhill running requires heavy use of your quad muscles. Building these muscles during training will reduce muscle soreness and potential for injury while racing.​

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[Amajorfucup]

I would have guessed that the ease of running downhill would be more significant than the difficulty of running uphill.

Riding a bike, Yes. Manual running, No.

Good morning you fat muthafucka.

 

[ViCiouS]

I would have guessed

 

[Mrfreddygoodbud]

I would have guessed that the ease of running downhill would be more significant than the difficulty of running uphill.

Uphill​

Jack Daniels, author of "Daniels' Running Formula," estimates that for every percent of incline you experience in an uphill, your running time will slow by 12 to 15 seconds per mile. Building hill running into your training will help to reduce this and make it easier for you to tackle any incline.​

​

Downhill​

Daniels estimates that downhills will help you improve your time by approximately eight seconds per mile for every percent gradient of decline. Even so, it's important to acclimate your muscles to running downhills. Downhill running requires heavy use of your quad muscles. Building these muscles during training will reduce muscle soreness and potential for injury while racing.​

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Muthafucka are you

Out chea putting in work...

Or eating 2 dz dunkin donuts watchin

YouTube videos of kniggas running ..

Talkin bout you gonna start working out next week

 

[Rembrandt Brown]

I've done plenty of flat running and recently stumbled onto some hills.

 

[Rembrandt Brown]

"I just wanna be some positive energy to you."

Listen to the song motherfuckers and reform your fucked up attitudes.

 

[Costanza]

I fly down hills, I think people are built differently.

 

[Temujin]

It depends on how fat you are and whether you are rolling downhill.

So if your huffing and puffing up hill and roll down then it's about the same. But if your fat and you are running back down it's just as hard to keep your fat ass from rolling as it is running up hill so I would say it's twice as hard if your fat and you don't roll.

 

[Costanza]