Would squatting heavy affect my run the next day?

Blacktie. · 03-05-2009 8:06pm #1

Would squatting heavy affect my run the next day? I am training for the marathon and am trying to keep up my weight lifting to minimise muscle loss during my training. Also should I focus on full body everytime I'm at the gym now as I'm not trying to push my weights up as much as I did due to the marathon training and all and I'm also not getting to the gym as much as I should due to exams and projects due?

Thanks for the feedback

Marathon Man · 03-05-2009 8:18pm

It depends. What do you consider heavy squatting?

Blacktie. · 03-05-2009 8:21pm

Well for me right now its 3 working sets of 5 reps of 90kg

Marathon Man · 03-05-2009 8:29pm

Blacktie. wrote: »

Well for me right now its 3 working sets of 5 reps of 90kg

Yep, I'd say you'll be grand. Thats probably a perfect weight and amount of work for Marathon training. I would only do it once or at most twice a week though and try to leave as much space between the squats and your next run as possible e.g. squat on Mon morning, next run- tuesday evening.

hooplah · 03-05-2009 8:56pm

Does it not matter what build / weight the OP is?

Zuppy · 03-05-2009 9:01pm

I would probably avoid squatting heavy before a key workout. Esp. if the weights are the night before an early morning speed session.

Usually if your following a marathon plan not written specifically for you. Or your not running very competitive times for your age group. You have only 3 key workouts in your training plan. That leaves a spare day for your serious lifting.

dioltas · 03-05-2009 9:02pm

Ya, 90 kg could be fairly heavy for the OP, he did say work sets. I find that my legs would be a bit stiff if i was running the day after squatting. That would just be playing astroturf soccer or something though, not training for a marathon or anything!

Hanley · 03-05-2009 9:14pm

If you're looking to preserve muscle mass and nothing more, you don't need to kill yourself. A full body routine is probably best for that purpose too.... Would minimise the amount of work you could do and hopefully cut down recovery times.

How long away is the marathon?

Zuppy · 03-05-2009 9:18pm

Or skip the heavy lifting and turn to Squat jumps to maintain some mass but add power. (my favourite exercise)

Would squatting heavy affect my run the next day?

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