Would More Cardio Damage My Lifting

POSSY

Hey all, just a quick question for anyone who might have some advice/insights.

At the moment my workout routine is very strength focused. I run a 6 day training schedule, hitting each of the following twice a week and 72 hours apart of lighter weight one followed by a heavier session (think of a modified westcoast approach).

1) Deadlift (back + shoulders)
2) Bench (chest + tri)
3) Squat (legs + incline bench)

I'm 5'11 and in or around 93/94kg. My preference would be to get down to 89kg, and to do so I wouldn't be against going for a run ever 2nd/3rd day. I think my cardio fitness is pretty good, given last week I did 5km no bother.

But, my main goal is strength. And given that I've seen some good gains on my lifts over the past month or so, I'm worried that adding too many runs to my schedule might harm the advances I'm making on my lifts.


I'm wondering is this a valid concern? Or, if anyone on here of a strength-mentality find that cardio has hindered their lifts or that it just doesn't matter?

Woofstuff

POSSY wrote: »

Hey all, just a quick question for anyone who might have some advice/insights.

At the moment my workout routine is very strength focused. I run a 6 day training schedule, hitting each of the following twice a week and 72 hours apart of lighter weight one followed by a heavier session (think of a modified westcoast approach).

1) Deadlift (back + shoulders)
2) Bench (chest + tri)
3) Squat (legs + incline bench)

I'm 5'11 and in or around 93/94kg. My preference would be to get down to 89kg, and to do so I wouldn't be against going for a run ever 2nd/3rd day. I think my cardio fitness is pretty good, given last week I did 5km no bother.

But, my main goal is strength. And given that I've seen some good gains on my lifts over the past month or so, I'm worried that adding too many runs to my schedule might harm the advances I'm making on my lifts.


I'm wondering is this a valid concern? Or, if anyone on here of a strength-mentality find that cardio has hindered their lifts or that it just doesn't matter?

I don`t know myself as I`m only starting off but it doesn`t hurt Tiger Woods. I would imagine he is fairly strong, although his main goal is not pure strength just strength for golf shots ha..

He does about an hour of cardio every day before weightlifting. http://web.tigerwoods.com/fitness/tigerDailyRoutine

Doing a bit of cardio before weights may be a good warm up as long as you don`t wear yourself out. Time consuming though.

mdwexford

Cardio after weights seems to be whats advocated mostly.

PizzamanIRL

All I know is you will lose strength if you want to lose weight. I cant imagine it would be a drastic loss in strength because its only 5kg but ill let someone with more knowledge give you a better answer.

dor843088

POSSY wrote: »

Hey all, just a quick question for anyone who might have some advice/insights.

At the moment my workout routine is very strength focused. I run a 6 day training schedule, hitting each of the following twice a week and 72 hours apart of lighter weight one followed by a heavier session (think of a modified westcoast approach).

1) Deadlift (back + shoulders)
2) Bench (chest + tri)
3) Squat (legs + incline bench)

I'm 5'11 and in or around 93/94kg. My preference would be to get down to 89kg, and to do so I wouldn't be against going for a run ever 2nd/3rd day. I think my cardio fitness is pretty good, given last week I did 5km no bother.

But, my main goal is strength. And given that I've seen some good gains on my lifts over the past month or so, I'm worried that adding too many runs to my schedule might harm the advances I'm making on my lifts.


I'm wondering is this a valid concern? Or, if anyone on here of a strength-mentality find that cardio has hindered their lifts or that it just doesn't matter?

Its not impossible to build strength and muscle while losing weight just extremely difficult. Just lose the 5kg . You should have it done in 5weeks and should not lose any strength if your not too severe with cardio or calorie restriction. And if you do manage to get stronger in that time great.

Nate--IRL--

I've dropped about 10kg over the last 12 months - for the most part all my lifts have suffered, however I notice recently I am regaining strength while still dropping weight slowly. I'm close to where I was now, but I don't expect to get the last 10kg on the lifts back until I start eating more.

In my experience cardio is not best used for controlling weight, food is the biggest factor there. The benefit I get from Cardio, especially Interval training, is improving my capacity for work. I find this has had benefited my lifting and recovery.

I suspect that initially if I was to start cardio from not doing it, lifts would suffer, but improve as fitness level increase. The only way to know is to try it. Some sort of interval training would be my recommendation.

Nate