Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
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Balancing running and training?

masonman
masonman
Posts: 5
Joined: 2001/07/30
United States
2001/08/28, 10:41 AM
Anybody out there run and train on the same day? the only time i have to do either is in the evening after work and i'm wondering if it's better to run before working out, or vice versa?
theboowahs
theboowahs
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Joined: 2001/08/02
United States
2001/08/28, 05:32 PM
This comes out of Men's Fitness Magazine Jan 2001, pg. 110 issue:

"Unless it is the primary focus of your training, do cardio after, not before, you lift weights. Or do it during another part of the day, or better still, on a separate day. 'As a general rule, strength training has less of am impact on cardio than cardio has on strength training'"

And by the way, I am not a geek that just sits around and quotes magazines all the time - This issue has my year round workout program "2001-A Body Odyssey" which I refer back to often.
masonman
masonman
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Joined: 2001/07/30
United States
2001/08/29, 09:34 AM
thanks man. i appreciate the help.