Running and Lifting
 

I just want to know if Im screwing over myself:

So everyday I lift (mon - chest, tues - shoulders, wed - arms, thurs - back, friday- everything but back) and Im top of that Ill run about 4.5-5.5 miles a day. After each work out i take some of the whey protein and some creatine tablets but Im not seeing any real dramatic changes. Ive been doing this for about 2 months now and I guess I was expecting more quickly. By running so much a day, does this ruin my chances of getting bigger arms shoulders and chest? Im new to lifting as well.

Dont rely on that whey.

Eat regualr protein rich food. Take whey as insurance to make sure you got enough protein in your system, but that alone should not be your diet.


You need to eat to gain.

i've been taking it easy hte last month in terms of lifting, but I'm still noticing my arms are bigger, and stronger. I'm also not running as much, but i was doing 2 miles a day... i could've done more, but why spend so much time LOL.

damn the cold weather sucks :(

but yeah, high protien, low carbs, but not none IMO... lotsa fruit (a ton of workout energy there)

the running increases endourance of your cardiovascular system, and will kill fat.. but the free weights are there to use protien up more as far as I know...

Alright.....Ill just go buy a huge bag of chicken or something and work on that....I guess I just need to be patient.

nthfinity - Good luck on the 18th!!! (Im assuming your a UofM fan)

Go BUCKS! :D

I tend to focus more on endurance type exercises, rather than strength-building type lifting etc. Running shouldn't harm chances of muscles getting bigger. You're not really working out the same parts of the body.

Few tips I can recommend that I have learned over the last three months that have helped me get the results I was expecting.

Firstly, running is always good, it will help you loose fat not muscle!

Secondly, take protein at least three or four times a day for rapid results. Good time to take one serving of protein is when you go bed, it will help your muscle get nutrients they need to grow during the 8 hour sleep period when you won’t consume any food.

Thirdly, stay consistent when working out. Best way to do it is working out only one set of muscles a day (ex: chest, shoulders, legs...) But also remember to take 1 or 2 days off at the end of the week.

Also when taking creatine make sure to consume allot of water.

This should help!

Have to rest to give the muscles a chance to grow.

I tend to rest on Fridays, before I referee on Saturdays. And it's usually light exercise on Sunday (or no exercise if I'm buggered/otherwise feeling lazy). But like I said, I exercise mainly to improve endurance.

I've heard short but frequent workouts are the way to go. Less stress on the body each time around.

all the running is taking away your muscle, 4-5 miles is a lot every day. that is almost cross-country milage you are running. are slow/short days were in teh 4-6 miles a day. if you want to add muscle mass run only 1-3 miles every other day. and so some strength training instead of just distance. run stairs (run them) or hills ( sprint up jog down), do indian runs (i.e. on a track sprint 200m then jog 200m then sprint 200m and then jog 200m repeat that for a mile and rest then redo) , sprints, etc.

You have to make sure you do some running so you don't start gaining fat,

but like TNT said, doing 1-3 miles should be good enough.