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[Vheran]

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5 weeks in to Clarence Kennedy's intermediate powerlifting routine (12-13 weeks). When I was on deployment I got half way through with some great results and then decided i wanted to do long distance running. because of that i got super skinny again with great stamina, but a year back home and i decided to join a gym and get back into it.

Anyways, my question is, if I'm lifting every other day am I fine to run a couple days a week in between? My instinct is just to listen to my body but i'm afraid of destroying my knees or something in the process. Thanks!

[Mead]

Originally Posted by Vheran [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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5 weeks in to Clarence Kennedy's intermediate powerlifting routine (12-13 weeks). When I was on deployment I got half way through with some great results and then decided i wanted to do long distance running. because of that i got super skinny again with great stamina, but a year back home and i decided to join a gym and get back into it.

Anyways, my question is, if I'm lifting every other day am I fine to run a couple days a week in between? My instinct is just to listen to my body but i'm afraid of destroying my knees or something in the process. Thanks!

If you don't already have knee problems I wouldn't worry too much about running a few miles a couple of times a week. The only problem you're going to run into is powerlifting gains while doing too much cardio. But as I've said in the past, it all depends on what your ultimate goals are. You will have like a hybrid crossfit build, which is great. You'll hold onto stamina and have some functional strength. I would argue that doing a bunch of cardio and trying to be a competitive powerlifter is going to be extremely difficult. But what do I know? I'm just a random bro science troll. Figure out what your goals are and do some research on how to best attain them.

[Vheran]

Originally Posted by Mead [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If you don't already have knee problems I wouldn't worry too much about running a few miles a couple of times a week. The only problem you're going to run into is powerlifting gains while doing too much cardio. But as I've said in the past, it all depends on what your ultimate goals are. You will have like a hybrid crossfit build, which is great. You'll hold onto stamina and have some functional strength. I would argue that doing a bunch of cardio and trying to be a competitive powerlifter is going to be extremely difficult. But what do I know? I'm just a random bro science troll. Figure out what your goals are and do some research on how to best attain them.

Thanks Mead that makes sense to me. I only run maybe 5 to 10 kilometers a week at the very most now. Putting on weight has always been an issue for me so i'm trying to organize rest days + lifting days + running where I'm getting *some* kind of caloric excess with my increased eating. I'll keep updating as far as weight goes but Ive been plateaued at a cool 147-150 unfasted. these next 4 weeks i'll be lifting more intensely so hopefully I'll see that go up.