Lifting and cardio

psmyth

Currently I play soccer two consecutive nights a week but I want to incorporate some gym work in the week as well. The lifts I'll be doing would be deadlift, squat and bench, along with press, chins, pull ups, dips etc. I'm looking at starting strength but is there anything else out there that I should be thinking about?

My plan is:

Mon: Off
Tues: Gym
Wed: Soccer
Thurs: Soccer
Fri: Gym
Sat: Off
Sun: Gym

Any issues with the above? Expect for the obvious soreness from squats etc when trying to run about

runawaybishop

psmyth wrote: »

Any issues with the above? Expect for the obvious soreness from squats etc when trying to run about

The soreness could be a big issue for you if you do legs the day before, which you will on SS. You might have to scale back to 2 days a week

Mon: Gym
Tues: Off
Wed: Soccer
Thurs: Soccer
Fri: Off
Sat: Gym
Sun: Off

Caliden

Take it from me but you should include time for stretching. Currently dealing with pesky hip flexors that I ignored for longer than I should have.

psmyth

runawaybishop wrote: »

The soreness could be a big issue for you if you do legs the day before, which you will on SS. You might have to scale back to 2 days a week

Mon: Gym
Tues: Off
Wed: Soccer
Thurs: Soccer
Fri: Off
Sat: Gym
Sun: Off

Thanks. Is it possible to do SS just 2 days? Don't remember reading that but I'll have a look later!

psmyth

Caliden wrote: »

Take it from me but you should include time for stretching. Currently dealing with pesky hip flexors that I ignored for longer than I should have.

Thanks. Something I've neglected in the past. What stretches are you doing? I have a foam roller too which I've found useful recently.

runawaybishop

psmyth wrote: »

Thanks. Is it possible to do SS just 2 days? Don't remember reading that but I'll have a look later!

Sure, SS is an A/B program - you can do it x2 a week with the A session on Monday and the B on Saturday - if you are not wrecked after soccer you could move the B to Friday instead to give you the weekend to recover.

psmyth wrote: »

Thanks. Something I've neglected in the past. What stretches are you doing? I have a foam roller too which I've found useful recently.

Have a look here
http://phraktured.net/starting-stretching.html
http://phraktured.net/molding-mobility.html

Caliden

psmyth wrote: »

Thanks. Something I've neglected in the past. What stretches are you doing? I have a foam roller too which I've found useful recently.

This video seems to cover most of them - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SZj7UcoCeg