Strength Training
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bhanrah posted 1 year ago.
I strength train whenever I'm too sore/don't have enough time to do anything else, which comes out to be 1-2 times a week, and it's purely for vanity. My endurance training takes presidence. I don't really like to work my legs with weights too far into the season because I feel like I am making them sore without the cardio benefit, although a lot of people do weights throughout the season. In conclusion - I don't think most triathletes have time for 3 strength sessions a week, I would fit it in when it feels right.
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rjnuck posted 1 year ago.
I use to lift weights very seriously (benching 385 at my max) and I would say for a triathlete it would be far more beneficial to lift after your aerobic workout. If you want to build bulk, lift before you do aerobic, but if you want to build lean muscle, lift after aerobic.
I now only lift after doing some cardio so that I can lean down. Right now, I'm 6'1, 225 lbs and 11% body fat. It just doesnt feel healthy anymore to carry that much extra weight even though alot of it is muscle.
An added benefit of lifting after cardio is that your heart rate will be higher while lifting than if you lifted before.
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oztrigal posted 1 year ago.
The reason Gym instructors say to lift before cardio is because it helps you burn more calories whilst doing the cardio.
I've always read that for endurance sports you should lift after cardio so that during your most important tri specific sessions you can maintain form better.
The training plans i've always see have strength on the same day as Swim. So Swim morning and strength evening or something like that. and Never leg weights before a key session like speed work.
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The Tortoise posted 1 year ago.
I always have done strength training before cardio, but that may be a carryover from my military days when that was just the way we did it. When I was lifting more for body building/sculpting purposes I stayed with that routine because if I lifted after cardio I would be too tired to push my muscles to their limit when I lifted. I have no scientific evidence whatsoever to back that up.
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Triguy98 posted 1 year ago.
I lift/ do my core routine in the morning and then ride in the evening. It's not so bad with the core stuff, but after doing squats and lunges, riding hurts/ just plain sucks. I feel slow and weak (not that that is unusual, just a little moreso.)
But on the days I dont have time to make it to the gym, I feel REAL strong on those same rides. The lifting works. It usually takes a few weeks to adapt to the workload you are putting on your body with the lifting, so take it relatively easy, you dont need to be pushing very hard for the first month or so. Just get your body used to going through those motions. And dont lift on race weeks.
Life is short. Play hard and get dirty doing it.
Ok, so my doctor INSISTED that I should strength train at least 3 times a week (I find lifting weights to be the most boring thing in the world) to prevent injuries. I tried throughout all of last week to lift weigths after my endurance bike/run and I was OK with it. A trainer in ym gym (not triathlon trainer, but body-builder kind of guy) told me that I will benefit much more if I lift weights BEFORE my cardio work-out. I tried it today and I really disliked biking afterwards.
Is it realy more beneficial for endurance athletes to lift weigths before working out? If not, how do you think I should fit strenght-training into my schedule? (I know this is a really complicated question to answer but I'd appreciate any general guidelines)
Thanks in advance
-Nayo