23-05-2012, 09:17 AM
I know... but aside from my running aspirations, I somehow still want to maintain or even develop a little bit more my overall muscle & fitness, in the end I come from a bodybuilding lifestyle, remember? hehe
I'm well aware that strength and endurance don't mix very well... but I like them both
I have kind of short and small legs and that makes my upper body seem a little bit off-balance with my lower body. In the past I tried to train leg hard with typical heavy moves like squats, dead lifts, leg curl and leg press, also calves training trying to hit different angles and seeking burning... but even if I improved in strength, size was not a big difference, specially with calves, they are impossible for me.
Since I had a lot of soreness and hypertrophy the days after leg training, when I started to run faster and had to do intervals and long runs I started to drop leg training because I could not perform well on both things, in the end, if I were to choose, running is my priority now. But I'd like to introduce a little bit of it back again, maybe more into the 12-16 rep. resistance-range and not as heavy-dutty like before.
I guess that there may be some holes in the schedule where I could fit a little bit of this leg training where there is enough time to recover? What are your thoughts on this?
I'm well aware that strength and endurance don't mix very well... but I like them both
I have kind of short and small legs and that makes my upper body seem a little bit off-balance with my lower body. In the past I tried to train leg hard with typical heavy moves like squats, dead lifts, leg curl and leg press, also calves training trying to hit different angles and seeking burning... but even if I improved in strength, size was not a big difference, specially with calves, they are impossible for me.
Since I had a lot of soreness and hypertrophy the days after leg training, when I started to run faster and had to do intervals and long runs I started to drop leg training because I could not perform well on both things, in the end, if I were to choose, running is my priority now. But I'd like to introduce a little bit of it back again, maybe more into the 12-16 rep. resistance-range and not as heavy-dutty like before.
I guess that there may be some holes in the schedule where I could fit a little bit of this leg training where there is enough time to recover? What are your thoughts on this?