tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124160833070692205.post7833659074663073476..comments2024-03-13T16:01:43.373-04:00Comments on An Aging Athlete Living With Cancer: Bodyweight 500Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124160833070692205.post-84204199392108706862008-07-27T11:19:00.000-04:002008-07-27T11:19:00.000-04:00Most of my strength workouts are not based on time...Most of my strength workouts are not based on time. I use a lot of workouts from a book called The New Rules of Lifting. There is a version for women as well that my wife uses for most of her lifting workouts. <BR/><BR/>I use lifting for two primary purposes. The first is that lifting helps me to drop fat mass, a battle I constantly fight. When I only do long, slow workouts, it's easy for me to gain weight. Lifting or short interval work is a much different kind of stress that helps me with my weight.<BR/><BR/>Also, I'm 20 years older than you are, and I've run 40K miles in the past 23 years. I've started to notice creaks and groans from the body and I started to worry about injuries from accumulated miles and advancing age. Last year, I decided to try lifting to see if it would help me to balance out some muscle groups and hopefully help me to stay injury free. I was very surprised to see that I started to see benefits in my running as well, especially on the ups and downs. So, I try to lift 3 times per week now, but if I use iron for all 3 workouts, it takes a lot out of me. By doing the fast bodyweight day for one of my 3 workouts, I don't end up so beat up from the gym.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, the lifting certainly has a vanity element, but it helps me as a runner as well. When I was your age, I didn't lift at all and I stayed healthy. But, I'm finding it more valuable now.<BR/><BR/>As for Stone Cat, it's a great race that I've run 4 times. It's not super hilly (1250' of climbing per loop), but the trails are technical - way more technical than Pineland Farms. I'd suggest finding some technical trails to train on and spend time there focusing on footwork and getting your muscles adapted to the odd foot placements that you'll make on tough trails. You have a great base as your cycling has shown, but trail runs on tough trails can really beat you up if you don't train on similar terrain.<BR/><BR/><BR/>DamonDamonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16393751713576765589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124160833070692205.post-24824281937554874842008-07-26T15:19:00.000-04:002008-07-26T15:19:00.000-04:00I think it would take me 45 minutes just to do the...I think it would take me 45 minutes just to do the pull-ups alone! Man, it seems like everyone's doing their strength training for time these days, but the day I thought I'd see an ultrarunner do it...!<BR/><BR/>Is the weight training just a vanity thing, or do you find it helps with your running. I'm going to try to do the 50 at Stone Cat this year. Any suggestions other than just "run a lot"? Body weight exercises for time?Speed Racerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10906299857341904683noreply@blogger.com