Thread: help, anyone? i have to run, and its messing with my leg days

What do your leg workouts entail right now? In terms of exercises, reps, sets, etc.

Maybe spread your leg workout across the week and do like one exercise on monday, another tuesday, and another wednesday?
Also take glutamine & creatine they help with recovery & improve stamina if you drink enough fluid

well for my quads i squat 4-5 sets like 10-8-8-6-4reps some front squats 4 sets 10-15 reps leg ext 3 sets with a drop set at the end, all high reps for the hams leg press ( feet high) 4-5 10-8-8-6 stiff leg dead lifts 4 10-15 and then my leg curls. my work out will very but i like to focus on the quads one workout and the hams the next work out i just have never felt like i could get a good work out on both in one day, i do like the idea about splitting it up, and thanks for the supps idea, my creatine is in the mail thanks guys

Don't listen to me straight away. You want preferably a moderator; preferably P-Funk when it comes to real life & gym clash.

Btw I meant monday/wednesday/friday.

During the soccer season this is how I used to do it. Except I'd only do it twice a week. I'd do stuff on monday when I didnt have anything to do with football & then wednesday when I had football(soccer) practice. That would leave 3 days between my most recent leg exercise and the football game, and i'd leave a day for the glycogen to be restored. I didn't have much DOMS because I split it up, not focusing on only one muscle. Eg Monday Squats, calf raises & SLDL, wednesday Deadlifts and Leg Press.

Cut the volume, cut the isolation crap, keep the intensity high.

2-3 sets of quad dominant, squats or front squats (work on keeping the weight on the bar, don't go lighter with higher reps or anything).

2-3 sets of hip dominant, RDL's or something similar, same scenario. Keep the weight on the bar, drop the volume.

Maybe a little bit of extra work like 1-2 sets of isolation stuff or unilateral leg work at another point in the week. Tough to organize without knowing how your week plays out in terms of training/running.

That will help maintain the muscle/strength for a fair amount of time.

At this point in time you shouldn't really expect to be putting on lots weight or anything. Concentrate more on maintaining the strength/mass you have acquired and when you can switch emphasis from running back to lifting you can start to increase the volume and such again.

It would also help to see your whole workout of course. And food is important. I don't know if you get to really choose how much/what you eat in the Marines, but that much running can put you in a significant caloric deficit and start to mess with recovery.