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i dont know how much you lift a week or anything but i do bench 4 times a week and i max out on the last time of that week. And also i do dumbell curls every day and i do different dumbell exercises also. And I max out at 150(bench) if you were wonderin.

Im a college runner, and your probably wondering why im on the High School forum, but i was just looking around. Im really big into lifting weights, pull ups, sit ups, all of that stuff. I max out at 225, curl about 75, and also do alot of dips. To be honest with you all, i havent' really been hurt by the lifting either. If anything it makes you feel more complete and stronger which builds you mentally. What you have to watch out for is focusing on one group more than the other. As you work out your chest, you have to work out your back, not the same day but work it out the next day. Your back is one of the most important, if not the most important, part of the body. If you just workout your chest, your gonna obviously gain muscle, which is weight gain. Your chest will pull forward and will create a pull on your back. Trust me when i say this, even if you dont feel it, it will happen. Ive experienced back problems because of the fact that my back wasnt strong enough to support my upper body. Just figured i'd fill you in. Lifting won't hurt your running if you do it correctly, but there is always a time to be causious. Goodluck guys and keep up the good work!!

I'm also a big fan of weight lifting. People tell me its going to slow me down, but until I see that i actually start getting slower, I am going to continue lifting. The fact is though, that it is really hard to gain muscle mass as a runner. However you will gain some muscle mass, but your strength will definitely increase. I only weigh 165lbs yet i can bench 200lbs. The biggest thing when it comes to lifting weights is being consistent. Also, mix up your workouts every month or so that your body doesnt get too used to it otherwise your improvements will start to slow down. Eat A LOT! get as much protein as you can, whey protein is a good supplement. if you want to get stronger and bigger, do about 4 exercises per muscle group, do 4-5 sets of about 7-10 reps on as much weight as you can handle. i will use a certain weight on an exercise until i can do 4 sets of 10 reps, and then i will increase the weight by 5 or 10lbs. like i said, the best thing you can do is be consistent. only lift 3-4 times maximum per week because you need to let your body recover, doing too much will impede your progress. good luck!

my experience w/ weights...

last track season and this summer i loved lifting; i lifted 3-4 times a week, ate all the protein i could find, was benching 200 when i only weighed 155, running more than ever, and just felt really healthy. there was a big issue tho. i was painfully slow!

i couldn't figure out why b/c i was definitely in the best shape of my life. when school started i stopped lifting except for "off" days b/c i didn't have the time. i slowly dropped 15 lbs even tho i was still eating 3000 calories a day, but as i was running off my biceps and girl getting abs i was getting a lot faster and running took a lot less effort.

what i recommend to everyone is to have a "bulking" stage in your off season when doing base training. but as your season approaches start doing lighter weights less often; as the muscle you spent countless hours building goes away you'll pick up speed w/o adding any extra effort.
-hint for gaining muscle, eat something right after you lift, and eat a Banana lathered w/ peanut butter right before you go to bed

i am a junior and i am currently starting up for track again and our sprinters lifted weights yesterday. i am really far behing other boys that i used to be nearly equal to. i eat tons of protein but i have not gainged any weight or strength since last years track season...any help would be nice, if possible give me a email uhs_polevault_king@yahoo.com

thanks

Sasquatch wrote:

I am real into lifting weights and i would like to see if other runners lift like i do.

I used to love lifting weights when I was in college and right after I graduated. At my peak, I would hit the gym 6 days a week in addition to running and could max out at 225 while I weighed 170. After finally hitting 225, I messed up my shoulder and would reinjure it every time I would get my max up into the 215-220 range. As long as I kept running, I never got too bulky because it would take too much weight to fill out my body frame (6'3"). The heaviest I ever was came at the end of a 3 month running layoff due to a knee injury when I weighed 185 and was fairly well put together. I shed most of that bulk when I began running again. If you keep running, you probably won't get too bulky unless you're deliberately trying to do so because building muscle mass requires A LOT of energy. There's a reason power lifters will eat as many as 9000 calories a day. When you run, you're using up a chunk of that energy that could've been used to build muscle.

Nowadays, I don't lift too much because my gym membership expired, and I didn't feel like renewing it. Also, I've taken up cycling along with the running, so I rarely have much energy left to do any intense weight lifting. Whenever I feel like it, I'll do push-ups, chin-ups, and some lighter lifts using the curling bar.

Weight lifting should be a big part of training in any sport you do. Cross country is a sport where you want to have strong muscles obviously but you don't want to be to bulky. If I do lift, i usually go for repetitions instead of weight. Say like 3x15 or something similar to build endurance.

yeah i lift every day except sundays but i do my arms and abbs one day and my chest and leggs the next you gatta remember not to life the same muscel every day or it will never have time to re build. i usally do curs (hammer and bicep) then for abbs i do planks and sit ups. for cheast i do bench but i only due low weight with high repts and on the last day i do 120 in sets of 6. i only max out when i have very little time to work out.

13gentj wrote:

Every night I just do 100 push ups and 17 or 18 pull ups. Ocassionally 60 sit ups.

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I love to lift weights besides the fact I'm a runner. I went to state for powerlifting and took 8th place in my weight class and I'm only a freshman.  I was a mere 18 seconds off getting my letter for cross country and I took a weight training class during the season (still a freshman). Those people who say lifting weights and strength training slow you down are kinda wrong. Just sayn'.

My cross country training program lets us lift three times a week, but we generally focused on core strength and lower back to help maintain good posture during a race. We also do pool workouts to help increase our lung capacity.