Cardio Corner – Can Weight Lifting Benefit Cardio?

By admin on Feb 09, 2010 in Cardio

Cardio vs. weight lifting or adding weight lifting to cardio?
You may have friends or family who are hardcore runners, and if they’re like most runners, they probably shun lifting. Wait till you tell them about the following study.

The research
Researchers from Edith Cowan University (Perth, Western Australia) found that when subjects trained for 10 weeks with both endurance training and weight training, they shaved almost two minutes off of the time it took them to run three kilometers (about two miles). Those who only performed endurance training without weight training over the 10-week program were able to cut just a little more than one minute off of their three-kilometer run time. The researchers concluded that the subjects who weight trained increased their muscle strength, which allowed them to run faster. This means that if you combine some endurance training with lifting, you may end up being faster than those skinny, run-only types. So, tell any runners you know to follow you to the gym.