Can any of you lovely people answer this - what's the best way to strength train and combine running. Is it best to combine in the same day Ie AM run and PM weights and then a rest day or alternate days ie Monday run Tuesday weights etc etc
Any advice welcome xx
hi their if i was you i would run in the morning clearer air and do weights in evening or do running one morning then the weights on the next night so your legs recover from one and so and such like hope this helps i've hadn't run for years now to many illness take care BIGALAN X
I was thinking on those lines run in the morning then the next night weights that way I'm doing something each day with the odd complete rest day x
hoped it help you take care bigalan
If you are starting out then alternate days probably wise. When your volume builds up you have to combine. I try to do this as logically as possible though - eg not doing long run or intervals the day of or day after Leg day, for example, and if I have done a realy long run then I schedule complete rest day (hoho in a much as such a thing exists) the day after.
I've always done kettlebells and spin classes so wanted to combine with the new running scedule as this is the first time to running
Aha, well it gets more complicated adding HIIT and circuits nto the mix and not overtirning yourself - it's not so much the pverall workload as much as scheduling light load/heavy load. I used to do Spin 3 times a week and Kettlercise on a Saturday, which made it very tricky slotting in harder run days. If your running load is light, it doesn't matter so much. The amount of leg strength you will already have from spin will be more than adequate and you will not need any major recovery time musclewise form your runs.
While we are on the subject though, I do recall being puzzled by the fact that it made a huge difference which order I run and spin: If I run first and then spin it is absolute murder on the legs during spin, but if I spin first and then go for a run I feel strong and run better.
Strength and Conditioning programming is a strange and arcane dark art tbh. I read extensively on the subject (obsessively, according to my wife) and the more I learn the less I know. Fascinating stuff though.
Thanks Rignold it's so complicated I even asked my son whose studying sports science at uni and I was told to man up !!
My running load is low I'm only at w5r3 tomorrow morning but really enjoying it
I was thinking Monday kettles Tuesday run Wednesday kettles Thursday spin Friday run Saturday complete rest Sunday run (maybe Friday off) ???
What do you think
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