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well generally since easy days should be easy and hard, hard, i'd say lift on your hard days, making your easy days full recovery
Lifting weights will not make you faster.
LD
i think alan webb does them everyday. but that's him and everyone is diff. if you're trying to decide on whether or not to lift on hard/easy days, then i would recomend doing it on the easy ones. my way of thinking is that if you lift after a hard session, then you won't be able to lift as much as you could as you would be able to on an easy day. another thing, if you're a distance runner, then you should not be working too hard in lifting or you could be gaining too much useless muscle.
Cool, thanks a lot.
And there is alot of research that says that weight training imporves 5k running time. Tell that to Seb Coe. Not being critical or anything.
lifting helps prevent injuries and such and certainly does not hurt your fitness or speed, if done correctly. I lift hard after hard days and easy after easy days...it pretty much mirors my running. Working well so far too.
Of course lifting weights makes you faster. Stronger muscles output more energy, creating speed and stamina. You should lift every day, just different muscle groups, and be careful not to bulk up too much if you are a distance runner.
I always lift on my easy days and then mostly upper body and some lunges since I am prone to build muscle very easily.Its very important not to feel dead on hard run days and lifting plus an interval day do not make me feel light on the feet if you know what I mean :O)Thats my 2 cents worth ....
Lydiard wrote:
Anyone?
Geb lifts three times a week.
Lydiard wrote:
Cool, thanks a lot.
And there is alot of research that says that weight training imporves 5k running time. Tell that to Seb Coe. Not being critical or anything.
Most of the research is done on non-elites. Of course they will improve...they hardly train to begin with.
Luke Duke wrote:
Lifting weights will not make you faster.
LD
Lifting weights is not supposed to make you faster. It's supposed to make you stronger. And there are many benefits to being a stronger runner.
credible hulk wrote:
Lifting weights is not supposed to make you faster. It's supposed to make you stronger. And there are many benefits to being a stronger runner.
benefit 1: being faster
how are the following lifts for runners? I'd like to lay to rest conflicting reports:
Cleans
Pench press
Situps
Pullups
Pushups
Back Extensions
Hamstring Curls
Quad Extension
Squats
Calf-Raises
Military Press
Others?
Thanks!
hard days= hard. Thus lift after your hard day main workout. That is what I do and I come back ready for my next hard workout 2 days later. Blood volume is up after your workout, so that should be a bonus, too.
I lift on my easy days. I don't think it hurts my recovery.
Just did cirucit training after a hill workout... Was still able to do it just as effectively... hope it works for my recovery!
Stiff legged dead lift.Good eccentric exercise for the hamstrings.
lifteration wrote:
how are the following lifts for runners? I'd like to lay to rest conflicting reports:
Cleans
Pench press
Situps
Pullups
Pushups
Back Extensions
Hamstring Curls
Quad Extension
Squats
Calf-Raises
Military Press
Others?
Thanks!
I think you only need two weights exercises as a runner:
1) squats - proper full right down there squats with great technique. Feet flat on the floor with as straight a back as you can. The perfect exercise for the glutes. The power comes from there remember, not the front of the quads (ie don't bother with half squats or leg extensions)
2) stiff legged deadlifts - again straight back as you can. I do the squats first then use the same weights for the deadlift to try and avoid any strength imbalance which might cause injury. Great for the very top of your hamstrings which are called into play at high speed.
I'd do 3x10 increasing the weight by 5 kg per set. Take about 1 min rest during which do pressups (keeping arms as close to your sides as possible - build strength within your bodies area of movement - don't need wide arms as this isn't how you run. Then finish with a tri-set of 3x20 cruches,20 oblique crunches either side.
Bosch, Robert's your father's brother.