How to avoid losing muscle during long distance running?

eroo

Well I'm bulking up until Februrary(****e weather,me no run!!),which means I'm just going to concentrate solely on weights until then.Now,I plan on running a 15 miler in late July/August,so I'll start training for that 1-2 weeks after I finish bulking.What I would like to know is;how can I prevent muscle loss while training for it??I would appreciate any input/advice you can offer!

Regards
-eroo:)

conceited

I don't know anything about you or your body type, it's conditon, so it's harder to answer it.
Generally what you do if your running long distance is increase your carbs, your protein , fats and vitamins (iron#)etc to compensate for your running and lift heavy .

jayoo

simply eat enough carlories to match those that you are burning.

conceited

I think calories is to vague,you can get calories from eating cardboard.
I'm sure he understood my post anyway.

jayoo

actually no its pretty simple actually, calories out versus calories consumed full stop. he asked how the actual action of training would be negative for running, and the answer is simply that it will burn large amounts of calories, plus the long duration of calorie burning will put body into a catabolic state, in simpler terms your body will view your added muscle mass as a hindrence to the act of running, it will just be dead weight.

of course there are other factors involved, i mean the amount of time you spend running will leave you with less time to lift weights.

to increase you cardio you cud try doing supersets and circuts, these will use the muscle and increase cardio, if you dont believe me then try supersetting bench press and squats, it kills

conceited

Wrong Jay,thats not what he asked at all. Go read his post and stop with the lectures.:D

jayoo

actualy my last post was in response to your post in which your on about eating cardboard.

his post was bascialy that he will bulk then train for a run. since he will be adding muscle it is a given that he will be eating correctly and doing his heavy compounds. so the one difference will be that he will have to add more calories to make up for the ones that he burns while running, and still have enough for muscle recovery and growth, and this is excatly what i said.
i also mentioned a way to increase cardiovascular compacity without doing the usual cardio such as running, ie supersets, and i will also add tabatta.

plus it is universally known that people who start internet arguments, such as yourself, are just making up for their own sad lives, i mean come on look at any youtube clip and as you scroll u will see the jelous comments, im sure you have made many.

cheer up, someday you will get to be the big spoon

conceited

Your full of suprises . First a lesson on exercise. Now a psychology lesson ,make less assumptions, and try grow up a small bit.

jayoo

Ah now, that probly is one of the worst come backs in history, first of all it was a post asking for advice, so saying that i give advice is stating the obvious just a little bit. But i think you should lead by example and show how grown up u are by not replying anymore, i mean we all know that ur a dumbass, u dont have to continue to show us with your stupid posts, go eat some cardboard.

on a revelant note, tabatta is an excellent method to increase ur fitness, and your endurance,

Dudess

Isn't Michael Phelps' diet (full of processed stodge with added sugar) based on that model? Lots - and I mean LOTS - of calories but enough activity to burn them?

jayoo

well i cant comment on him as i dont know, but a lot of endurance athelites eat sugary foods during matches/races. i read that skittles are used alot, jelly babies as well. though this kind of eating is only to provide instant energy while pushing yourself. when in the rest period their diets would be excellent. while in the states i used to see some very very big guys eat sweets while in the gym.

smashey

jayoo, Read the charter. Anymore abuse will lead to a ban.

Infracted.

g'em

conceited infracted also, your behaviour on the board in the last couple of days has been less than pleasant, reign it in or find somewhere else to troll. Attack the post and not the poster.

Roper

Easy, if you're doing 10 miles, do every second mile running backwards. That counteracts the weight loss running forwards. Well one would assume it would anyway.

I have a similar problem re. keeping mass on. There's no easy answer that I've found anywhere. If the bulk of your work is long distance then your body will principally adapt to that stress. The answer really is calories. I've found the best results from fast release carbs straight after my run. I'm talking chocolate cake here, but I'm sure there's a healthier alternative .

jayoo

this very question is a constant problem for many gaa players. they have to put in the training and the matches, then train with heavy weights, then eat a hugly bulking diet to account for calories burnt and to provide a surplus to produce muscle.

it must be remembered that muscle increase is the hard part, muscle maintance isnt that hard. if your providing your body with enough calories then it has no need to want to shed muscle mass.

so if you really train hard and add some lean muscle, then there should be no real reason why you would lose it. just try to add some intense cardio into your bulking program, maybe twice aweek, this way you wont lose all your fitness while bulking.