Strength and cardio

[riverrock]

I have gone for a run the past 2 days and enjoyed it alot. But, i like my heavy lifting. How much running at a moderate pace should I limit myself to in order not to affect my stregth gains?

 

[Protobuilder]

Great question. I'd think there's only one way to find out. LoL. I know you'd like a more definite answer or some well-thought-out formula, but honestly, I think you'll jsut have to see how much the running impacts your overall recovery and legs.

It depends on how far you run, how hard you run, how many hills you run, whether you're eating properly (taking into account your extra activity), how much volume your doing in your weight training, etc.

IMO, healthy people ought to be able to run 2 moderately-paced miles and still lift w/out much negative effect. If you can't do that, IMO, you need to get your cardiovascular system back into shape. LoL Two miles at a moderate pace shouldn't kill you.

 

[riverrock]

Great question. I'd think there's only one way to find out. LoL. I know you'd like a more definite answer or some well-thought-out formula, but honestly, I think you'll jsut have to see how much the running impacts your overall recovery and legs.

It depends on how far you run, how hard you run, how many hills you run, whether you're eating properly (taking into account your extra activity), how much volume your doing in your weight training, etc.

IMO, healthy people ought to be able to run 2 moderately-paced miles and still lift w/out much negative effect. If you can't do that, IMO, you need to get your cardiovascular system back into shape. LoL Two miles at a moderate pace shouldn't kill you.

Thats true. I went for about 3 miles, but didn't want to take it any further. Tomorrow I'll have that feeling you get when you hven't played a football mtch in 6 months and then wake up the following morning as stiff as a board!!!

 

[Cynical Simian]

As long as you're eating appropriately around the run (i.e. no fasted-state crap) and accounting for the extra calories burned, you should be able to do it pretty much as often as you want. If you haven't regularly run before, it might take a few days for your legs to become conditioned to the new activity, but assuming you're in good shape on the cardiovasular side it shouldn't be a problem beyond that.