Running & leg workout

**PizDoff** · Posted On: 1/11/2004 9:24pm

So it worked for you guys? That is good to hear.

I forgot to mention, by you should know this, stretch after working out.
This should be after the warm down again.
Stretch before you go to bed and after you wake up....

And for the weighted exercises ENSURE GOOD FORM to get the best out of the exercises and prevent injuries.

Example here, as you didn't answer these questions:
"What are your goals?"
My personal goals are to gain weight. I'm not doing martial arts right now, and I couldn't give a damn about cardiovascular endurance. Therefore I only do like 5 min of bike and maybe some stationary jogging (according to your facilities.) Then a couple BODYWEIGHT SQUATS to get the blood flow and simulate the exercise.

Obviously those who want to lose weight more will do more cardio.

"Are you on gear?"
If you don't know what that means.......then......yeah, don't inject anything into yourself!
Those on gear will obviously recover faster, as the body has more testosterone.

"How long are you running?"
I think I explained that. :)

**poet** · Posted On: 1/11/2004 9:29pm

Originally posted by PizDoff
I forgot to mention, by you should know this, stretch after working out.
This should be after the warm down again.
Stretch before you go to bed and after you wake up....

I always do. Don't get old...er

**Nid** · Posted On: 1/12/2004 11:19am

Other than warm-up/cool down

Don't run. Running's pointless...at best. Unless you need to get good at running.

**Haksaeng** · Posted On: 1/12/2004 10:37pm

Piz - Great advice as far as using some light running to get warmed up. Gets blood flowing and gets your fast twitch muscle fibers hot and ready to go.

LIGHT running cannot be emphasized enough. I ended up tearning my ACL because of over training. I was trying to lean down as much as possible to prepare for a stretch of tournaments (what would have been my first in ten years). So I was running two miles on M,T and Th, F. I was doing heavy up leg workouts on Tue. and Th. (warming up on the treadmill for 10 min) and upper body workouts on M and F. And MA 1 - 2 hours on M-Th, and Sat. I was in great shape but had pounded my leg muscles so much they could no longer stablize my knees like they should.

Keep running on leg days light. It ain't worth surgery and then sitting out a year doing light forms and therapy. I about went fucking crazy.

***TaeBo_Master*** · Posted On: 1/13/2004 9:50am

I run Monday through Friday morning, then I eat breakfast and stretch, then lift weights (don't lift on Wed.) And I haven't had any problems. But then again, I only do bodyweight squats (because I don't have a squat rack or a spotter...). However, I do do heavy deadlifts and they haven't had any ill effects yet..