Any fellow SL 5x5'ers & runners?

FrustratedYoYoer

singingflutelady wrote: »

Me. I restarted lifting and cardio 2 months ago after having to take 9 months off becuase of major health issues. I can't always lift 3 days a week as my disease (Crohn's) leaves me exhausted and in pain a lot and some days I just can't make it to the gym. I had to totally restart from the beginning. I almost died in January and was on Prednisone for 4 months and couldn't do anything for 9 months so I lost all my muscles and was very, very weak. I couldn't even stand up from squatting down to pick something up off the floor. I had listed heavy (not SL) for a little over a year before I had to stop and was almost at 2x bw for deadlift.

I am doing SL plus assistance lifts as I want to be able to do pullups again.

Now I am at 135 lbs body weight at 5'8 and want to lose some weight as I gained really fast on meds.

Squat 150
Deadlift 145
Bench 60 (always sucked at this)
Ohp 40 ( I have horrible horrible shoulder mobility which makes this sucky)
Row 95

I am doing a 5k to 10k bridge program and today did 18 min run/1 min walk x3. I run right after lifting as I find being chronically ill I recovery is slower than before and I can't always make it to the gym on non lifting days. I am running slow (5.2 mph) as the bouncing jars my intestines and that scares me. Before being ill I ran a 28:34 5k as a beginner (right after c25k) and a 43:20 8k. I want to be able to do a 10 k race in June and hopefully by then increase my speed up to what it was previously.

Hello, I'll add you. Well done on getting back to it after a break

girlinahat

I can totally agree with the idea that trying to do both is a struggle. I've never been a runner, and am planning on getting to at least week 6 or 7 of c25k before I tentatively pick up a weight - and even then I'd rather stay light and practice form. Last time I did both, even the first squat put me out from running for four days. Not until I am kneedeep into one programme will I bring in something else

arac62

I'm doing both!

before SL running was never been easy for me - I could finish 5K sometimes but it was slow and it almost killed me every time.

I had to stop running for a few weeks after starting SL because my legs would get super tired really fast but I did elliptical cardio instead.

Now that I've started running again, I've found that lifting has actually helped. I expected to lose some progress but my endurance and speed are better than before! I finished 5K easily after not running for over a month. I guess having a little less fat and a little more muscle makes a difference!

I'm not sure if more experienced runners would have a different experience, but I was surprised that lifting helped so much!

brianlundlarsen

The running gains from lifting are quite interesting. I did a 5K just around when I started lifting (had been to the gym 1 time). My running has been pretty stable since, though with a bit less miles since I cut a day out. I'll do another 5K in mid January and am curious to see if there is any improvement.

nutmegoreo

I just started back with SL tonight after a few months off, so I had to deload a bit: squat: 100lb; bench: 70lb; row: 80lb, my OHP was 50lb and deadlift at 130lb (those will also be dropped initially). I usually swim for cardio (I hit the treadmill tonight because I couldn't be bothered to drive to the pool in the cold), and I log all my exercise through FitBit, and make a note in my food diary here. I don't comment or 'like' food diaries. Actually, I'm not too sure why my friends keep me around! :laugh: I will support in other ways, my diary is open to friends, and I am relatively interactive outside the diary thing. I am here daily, but when work stress is taking over, I am less interactive.