Will medium intensity bodyweight exercises beetween hard running days hurt the recovery process?
Would it be better to do them on the hard days? Or better dont do them at all?
This is for runners training 7 days pr week, with hard intervalls 3 days pr week.
This is just an example of exercises I am referring to
http://www.youtube.com/user/60DayswithNatJones#p/u/0/sKH3KZCOm38
Bodyweight lifting and any other extras like core will definetely improve your form and make you stronger. On my college team guys have different preferences whether they like to do all their hard stuff on one day (ex. a workout, core, lifting) or spread it out (ex. days with only a workout and then easy run day with core & lifting). It's up to you.
Do them on hard days. Recovery days are recovery days.
yes. Want to keep my rec days easy. But doing BW exercises after hard intervalls is pain ;)
I definately thinks there can be some good value of doing this, especially core exercises and glute and some jumping exercises. And especially for short to middle distance 100-800m.
I think I will try to do them on hard days. If that doesent work I will go mostly for core exercises and not so high intensity and do them on rec days after easy running
and btw any favourite bodyweight exercises especially for runners?
Lateral pull-downs
Dumbbell bench press
Variations of arm raises with DBs
Plate squats
Running Arms
Pushups
Plate Lunges
Ralphy wrote:
Lateral pull-downs
Dumbbell bench press
Variations of arm raises with DBs
Plate squats
Running Arms
Pushups
Plate Lunges
Pullups & Chinups both >>>> lateral pull downs
It's not called a Lateral Pulldown. It's called a Lat Pulldown, short for Latisimus Dorsi Pulldown. There is nothing lateral about the exercise.
Again, Lat Pulldown or Latisimus Dorsi Pulldown. The Lat muscle is, or should be anyway, the prime mover.
You're better off doing pullups.
Alan