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Endurance Running and gaining weight

ztuins
ztuins Posts: 9 Member
edited December 2024 in Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
Can I do endurance running and still gain weight?

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  • Jcl81
    Jcl81 Posts: 154 Member
    ztuins wrote: »
    Can I do endurance running and still gain weight?

    As long as you eat enough calories.
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,438 MFP Moderator
    I know a lot of runners who do. Just gotta eat a lot.
  • sculli123
    sculli123 Posts: 1,221 Member
    Google a guy named Alex Viada. He's jacked and strong as hell (700+ lb deadlift etc) but also runs marathons and even ultra marathons.
  • enterdanger
    enterdanger Posts: 2,447 Member
    Yeah. I gained weight when I was running like 25 miles a week. (I know that probably isn't endurance running for most people, but it is for a middle aged, pudgy, mom). My secret....finish every run with beer. lol
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    yes, eat in a calorie surplus.

  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    If you can eat all the food!
  • sculli123
    sculli123 Posts: 1,221 Member
    enterdanger wrote: »
    .finish every run with beer. lol
    I might do that tomorrow. lol It'll be the first day back running in a couple of months.
  • enterdanger
    enterdanger Posts: 2,447 Member
    I can't drink right now since I'm cooking baby #3, but I like to finish my jogs with a buckler NA....they are the least heinous of the nonalcoholic beers I've been able to find nearby. If you run and drink, have one for me.
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