New! Intro & ? re:incorporating running
haanmom
Posts: 90 Member
Hi everybody!
I'm Amanda. New to the group and Stronglifts. I am starting at the beginning with lifting, but am not a total newbie. i was a college softball player and did prescribed workouts. A couple of years ago I started NROL4W but pulled a muscle in my back in stage 2 which started a whole cascade of issues related to my lower back, hips and hamstrings that took awhile to resolve. In 2012 I completed Jamie Eason's LiveFit Trainer which isn't necessarily "heavy" but I was moving some good weight by the end.
I've got tight hips and weak glutes so I need to be careful with weight progression and form - lesson learned from NROL4W!
Anyway, I'm excited to get started lifting again!
My question, and the reason I am not currently lifting: I am signed up to run my first half marathon in mid-May. I am NOT a "real" runner. In fact, I run because I had so much trouble running in the past that I honestly thought I literally could not run more than a mile. So for me running is about accomplishing something that my mind tells me I can't do. I've run some 5Ks and 10Ks, 1 ten mile race, and was on a 200 mile relay team a few summers ago (where I ran 13 miles broken up into 3 chunks over a 24 hour period). I am running a 10K tomorrow as part of my training, and following a training plan that includes 2-3 shorter runs (2-4 miles) a week and a long run (adding 1 mile a week) on Saturdays.
Is there anyone else here who lifts heavy who is also regularly running? I am telling myself that I should probably wait to start Stronglifts until after I finish the half marathon in May. My concern is overtraining if I am going to be running 3 or 4 days a week and also starting a new lifting program. But I'm impatient because I know it will be good for me and help me reach my fitness goals!
Someone please, reality check me!
I'm Amanda. New to the group and Stronglifts. I am starting at the beginning with lifting, but am not a total newbie. i was a college softball player and did prescribed workouts. A couple of years ago I started NROL4W but pulled a muscle in my back in stage 2 which started a whole cascade of issues related to my lower back, hips and hamstrings that took awhile to resolve. In 2012 I completed Jamie Eason's LiveFit Trainer which isn't necessarily "heavy" but I was moving some good weight by the end.
I've got tight hips and weak glutes so I need to be careful with weight progression and form - lesson learned from NROL4W!
Anyway, I'm excited to get started lifting again!
My question, and the reason I am not currently lifting: I am signed up to run my first half marathon in mid-May. I am NOT a "real" runner. In fact, I run because I had so much trouble running in the past that I honestly thought I literally could not run more than a mile. So for me running is about accomplishing something that my mind tells me I can't do. I've run some 5Ks and 10Ks, 1 ten mile race, and was on a 200 mile relay team a few summers ago (where I ran 13 miles broken up into 3 chunks over a 24 hour period). I am running a 10K tomorrow as part of my training, and following a training plan that includes 2-3 shorter runs (2-4 miles) a week and a long run (adding 1 mile a week) on Saturdays.
Is there anyone else here who lifts heavy who is also regularly running? I am telling myself that I should probably wait to start Stronglifts until after I finish the half marathon in May. My concern is overtraining if I am going to be running 3 or 4 days a week and also starting a new lifting program. But I'm impatient because I know it will be good for me and help me reach my fitness goals!
Someone please, reality check me!
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Yep, I run! I'm training for a 10 mile at the end of May. I run 2-3 days a week for 3+ miles on my non-lifting days. So far, so good!0
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You're probably not going to be able to do both at equal intensity for very long.
If you're serious about your marathon training, then my advice to you would be to start Stronglifts or another compound lifting program but stay on the lighter side for a while and force yourself to progress slowly until your half marathon is done, and then lift away!0 -
I do both, and they both suffer: I trained most of the way I up too a half last year and made much better progress.0
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You're probably not going to be able to do both at equal intensity for very long.
If you're serious about your marathon training, then my advice to you would be to start Stronglifts or another compound lifting program but stay on the lighter side for a while and force yourself to progress slowly until your half marathon is done, and then lift away!
This. I have a friend on MFP that does stronglifts, but it has to take a back seat when she is training for a race. When the race is over her focus is more on lifting.0 -
I am only in week 2 of SL but have been training for a half marathon at the same time. Has not caused any issues yet0
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The problem you eventually find is that endurance running & SL both require rest days so your body can recover the damage the training caused so you see improvements. If you're doing more training damage on your running rest days by lifting heavy and vice versa, when is your body supposed to recover?
You may want to look into nutrition strategies for triathletes and others who have to train more than once a day to figure out the optimum mixes of macrinutrients at each point.
I don't know if you're trying to lose weight as well, but I'd suggest that that will make it ridiculously hard to achieve any of your three goals successfully.0 -
Thanks everybody. I appreciate your experience and feedback. I am dealing right now with tendonitis in my foot because of over training, so I think taking into account your opinions and my own rational mind, I will plan to start Stronglifts in May after my race is over. In the meantime I will lurk around and probably start doing box squats to tighten up my squat form for when I do start.0
