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The Running Thread (pg. 4)
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| nrjizer |
| quote: | Originally posted by NeoPhono
I don't run anymore, I cycle. I've been racing for a couple of years now. I put in about 150 miles a week during the season, not including races, but right now I'm indoors on a trainer building my aerobic/anaerobic base for the season. I can tell you one thing, you shouldn't do more than about 2 high intensity anaerobic routines a week. Your body needs time to recover in order to build endurance, and if you do that every day you're going to fatigue yourself in no time. You will also lose muscle that way too. If you're just starting out, I'd limit myself to 1 high intensity anaerobic workout a week. |
Well, couldn't you counter muscle loss with weights and protien/carbs? I pretty much lift and run 4 or 5 days a week now. |
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| NeoPhono |
| quote: | Originally posted by nrjizer
Well, couldn't you counter muscle loss with weights and protien/carbs? I pretty much lift and run 4 or 5 days a week now. |
It is possible, if you really feel like you must train with such high intensity so often, but it is a really inefficient (and dangerous) way of going about things.
What is your primary goal? To lose fat, build muscle mass, increase fitness or some combination of these? High intensity workouts, such as running and especially sprinting do not burn fat, but glycogen (carbohydrates) and you'll be doing little to lose fat that way. If you want to increase fitness, I'd suggest interval training (easy jogging with bursts of high intensity sprints) thrown sparingly into a workout of moderate intensity excercise. If you'd like to gain muscle mass while losing fat, I'd recommend jogging with weight lifting. It really depends on what you'd like to do.
The most important thing is to give your body time to recover, which is often forgotten. Not doing so leads to injury and also burn out. How many people start a hectic workout routine, only to give up a few days or weeks later? If you push your body too hard too often you will be too fatigued and will most probably quit. If your body is not given time to build off of those high intensity work outs, it will quit too.
I guess in summary, you *could* train as hard as it sounds like you want to, but there's no reason why, either from a benefits or an efficiency standpoint. |
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| nrjizer |
Well, the thing is I'm in pretty decent shape as it is, so it's not brutally exhausting for me to run. Running feels good to me, even when I'm really tired and lazy, when I go out and run I feel great. So I figure I may as well run 5-8 miles a day, 4-5 days a week and give it a try, if I can handle it... no harm no foul?
I'd like to lose this last bit of fat, but I'd also like to have really really good cardio strength. Just gives me a lot more pleasure out of life in general to be in good shape, it just gives me a lot of energy in other activities (skating, partying, staying up real late and lanning, whatever). But I want to be in incredible shape, so I figured I'd start doing big time running.
And I don't really see myself getting really worn out. I've aggressive skated a lot for the last 3 years, and before that I played a load of soccer, so that means my legs are pretty conditioned and can take the work (with the exception of my calves, but they're coming around).
So, I guess I'd like to all three - get really fit, get really strong, and get really lean. |
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| NeoPhono |
| I think I probably misunderstood what exactly you were doing. I thought you were going out and spriting repeatedly to exhaustion on a day to day basis, which would be bad. However, going out and jogging/running should be no problem. It's just those workouts that leave you completely wasted that you have to watch out for. |
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| avikonen |
| I enjoy running especially with some great tunes. Use to run a lot of cross country and track when younger. Trying to get back into it. Hope to run at least 20 miles a week this year. |
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| nrjizer |
| quote: | Originally posted by NeoPhono
I think I probably misunderstood what exactly you were doing. I thought you were going out and spriting repeatedly to exhaustion on a day to day basis, which would be bad. However, going out and jogging/running should be no problem. It's just those workouts that leave you completely wasted that you have to watch out for. |
Ahh. I just like to sprint the last leg for the hell of it. |
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| beats and beeps |
I run to school in the morning.
Then I walk home for lunch.
Then I run back to school after lunch.
Then I walk home from school.
Tada. |
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| ::TranceVanDyk:: |
| quote: | Originally posted by TranceSpeeder
this is my thread, i run track and run one hr a day. |
1 hour?? in track practice?? we'de be doing 6 days a week, 3 hours aday, saturday two hours. in the beginning of the season, for us, its called vomit week, and guess what everybody who didnt keep up their training did?? |
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| ::TranceVanDyk:: |
| quote: | Originally posted by beats and beeps
I run to school in the morning.
Then I walk home for lunch.
Then I run back to school after lunch.
Then I walk home from school.
Tada. |
u run after lunch? |
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| djRocket |
| quote: | Originally posted by ::TranceVanDyk::
1 hour?? in track practice?? we'de be doing 6 days a week, 3 hours aday, saturday two hours. in the beginning of the season, for us, its called vomit week, and guess what everybody who didnt keep up their training did?? |
here's a cookie! |
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| Snagglepulse |
| I workout at my local YMCA and run for 30 minutes on treadmills. The rest of my workout includes the elliptical machines and weight-lifting. |
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| TranceSpeeder |
| quote: | Originally posted by ::TranceVanDyk::
1 hour?? in track practice?? we'de be doing 6 days a week, 3 hours aday, saturday two hours. in the beginning of the season, for us, its called vomit week, and guess what everybody who didnt keep up their training did?? |
dude, i never said in track.. i said in my spare time. but in track which will start soon, its gonna be a bitch. |
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