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Another question about working out...maybe too much? (Details inside)

Asked by tranquilsea (17775points) February 2nd, 2012

I’m back into the swing of things as my legs have completely healed and my knees are back at 100%, yay!

My schedule is as follows:

Mon/Wed/Fri – 6k run (running intervals to get my stamina up)
Tues/Thurs/Sat – weight training (fully body with 24 step-ups, 50 sit-up with weights, 43 mountain climbers, 24 burpees, 24 kettle bell swings in between each muscle group and it takes about 2 hours to do).

What I am finding is that my runs are killing me unlike they were when I was just running with no weights on the off days. I know I’m expending a great deal of energy with this schedule but I really want to improve my runs.

I wonder if I am over doing the weights a bit with all the stuff I do in between each muscle group and whether if I halve the repetitions I do whether it will improve things. It is something I’m going to try.

Does this schedule seem like overkill? Any suggestions on how I can improve my running and the weight training at the same time?

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