Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 382, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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would this be working too much?

popsail111
popsail111
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2006/01/23, 10:20 PM
I really want to start lifting heavy but sports keep getting in the way. In the spring this year I was wondering if I should try to start lifting heavier when I'm running for 2 hours a day. I would be able to lift before practice on monday, wednessday, and friday. Our track coach is a killer....he likes to run people till they can't go anymore.
wrestler125
wrestler125
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2006/01/23, 11:22 PM
So why are you running 2 hours a day? I can't think of a sport that would require that much energy systems work. Unless you mean 2 hours of practice.
I did 5 hours of practice a day while lifting heavy 2 days a week. Keep the volume low and the workouts smart. Learn to listen to your body.

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popsail111
popsail111
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2006/01/25, 10:35 AM
ok thanks. yea we have 2 hours of practice about 20-30 min of warm-ups and the rest of the time is either long distance, sprinting, or interval training.