Thread: Running while body-building

Eat

If you don't keep the calories in your body, your body doesn't have anything to build muscle with. When you are running and training on the track team, you are allocating your caloric intake to those activities, and your muscles don't have anything to feed on to grow. You will have to eat massive amount to continue to do all of your activities AND to gain muscle mass. When I am bulking, I do almost no cardio. At most, once a week.

What kind of running are you training for on the track team? Distance? Sprints?

Originally Posted by BlackDogStrut

I've always been a runner, and I would definitly not want to give it up. But I decided recently that what I really want to do is to gain some muscle mass, but continue to run and simultaneously train for my schools track team. I was wondering if these two things work against each other. I go to the gym about 4 days a week, and run about 3. I'm concerned primarily about two things: overtraining my legs, and burning off all the carbs and protein I've been gorging down for my body-building routine while I run.
Thanks for any feedback.

how far are you runnning ? that's what really makes the difference. the further you run the more cortisol is released.

Tons and tons of food, and you willl make gains...

Watch the carbs though, they can make you sluggish on your runs if overdone...

Maybe you should train for strength not size,
this way you will still be gaining/growing,
but you will remain fit and flexible not bulky and immobile