Advice on stregth training and muscle endurance training

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nel88

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Ok lads and lasses i've been attending a class twice a week at my gym called Push and lift, which is basically a class that focuses on biceps,triceps,shoulders,chest,upper/lower back,abs,buttocks,quads,calfs by basically doing a few diferent exercises for each one but for the period of a track so basically untill muscles are fatigued with free weights etc. Well as I understand being that the reps are well over 30 each exercise it promotes muscle endurance.

What I want to know is if I do muscle endurance training through the above workout and bodyweight exercises would this be adversly affected if I start doing 2/3 sets of lower reps with higher weight in order to try to gain a bit more strength? Not on the same day basically as follows:

Mon- Push and Lift
Tue- strength training
Wed-Circuit Training
Thurs-Push and Lift
Frid-Plyometric training

This is basically all in aid for improving running aswell, but before anyone says anything the above is to produce strength and muscle endurance.My press-ups and sit-ups are in amongst the above, I swim 4 days a week for between 50-60 minutes and runnning for exp this week coming i'll be doing 1 hill session, 1 interval session, 2x 5 mile runs and 1x 8 mile run.

Also is it true that pilates (i'll never live it down) helps to increase flexibility and benefits runners? Also its the first time i'll be doing plyometric training and so If anyone else has done it would appreciate their views.

Cheers lads and lasses
 
Endurance training won't be adversely affected by strength training. After all, muscular endurance is submaximal strength. Increase total strength, and your theoretical potential for endurance should go up as well (in practice, you do actually need to do the endurance training to get/keep your endurance, but strength will facilitate that).

What IS likely to adversely affect your results is that you appear to be doing resistance training 5 days in a row, and I suspect full-body work at that. This isn't going to give enough recovery to your muscles or your neural system.

What would probably serve you much better results would be something more like:

Monday: Push/Pull class.

Tuesday: Cardio.

Wednesday: Strength followed by plyometrics of the same muscles (eg heavy squat followed by jump squat, heavy deadlift followed by power clean, etc).

Thursday: Cardio.

Friday: Strength and plyo.

Question: Why are you doing so much cardio? By the looks of it, you could be getting about 3 hours of exercise in each day with the swimming and running on top of resistance training. It's probably safer to swim and run on alternating days.
 
I've passed all my tests to join the armed forces as an infantrymen, so basically im doing the cardio because their will be alot of running, so im up to running 10 miles,swimming over a mile and well the classes e.g. push and lift and circuit training have been taking care of themselves. I've just finished a similar program to this one which i'd do three sessions one day and two the next, then three again, then two again, then rest etc. I tend to do a run in the morning, then I swim a few hours after and then after work in the evening I do my free weight training and classes.
 
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