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Strength training 3: I’ll put on too much muscle and be too sore!

The Run Smarter Podcast

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The Benefits of Strength Training for Runners

strength training is not going to reduce your VO2 max performance, it doesn't reduce your capillarization or reduce any oxidative enzyme activity. Diet is the number one important factor when it comes to fluctuating in people's body weight. I was hanging at around 78 kilos, training for a marathon and didn't drop one kilo to stay consistent at that 78 kg range. And then as soon as I changed my diet, four weeks dropped that amount of weight,. which was very surprising to me. If we look at the opposite side of the spectrum, a gym goer who wants to put on muscle mass and want to put on weight, they usually eat seven or eight meals a

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