Yeah, im on the same wagon here, but with different (aka MUCH worse ) numbers, for me it would be perfect to be at 25m 5K and 1.5BW squat.
So I need/want to toss some needless weight, but i don't want to waste away, i like the strength and muscle mass levels that i am now. So i was thinking some diet modifications together with increasing running mileage would help me do a nice decomposition. Enough spamming, will take it to my journal. Good to see you lift LBSS!
If you keep lifting, you won't waste away. your fat will waste away though
Tons of muscular runners around here. A few of them are very fast. Most aren't, but still drop some decent numbers - so they have really good fitness, but aren't specializing in running.
If you want to "waste" away however, like me - Kenyan style, don't lift
You will only maintain the mass you need to perform, so you will get very light. People who continue to lift, while putting in significant mileage per week, look way different. Here's an example:
This is a photo (from our race Saturday) of my 800m friend (50 y/o, 2:07 800m). He lifts, sprints, and runs:
Not the best photo, but he is huge (compared to me) in person. Very muscular, huge legs etc. That's an example of someone with solid physique development and near-elite age-graded 800m ability, and solid mile/5k ability.
He mentioned several times, "I (him) need to squat more", so he's big on leg development for 800m. He's asked me several times why i'm not lifting etc.. I say I don't lift because the Kenyans don't. That's it. If the Kenyans lifted, i'd lift. So since executing their blueprint, it means no lifting. For running, the Kenyans are my Verkhoshansky. They've got it figured out, all I need to do really, is just emulate.
Here's an elite woman runner in the area too, she lifts 5x/wk and has insane running stats, American Records etc:
(obviously a fake weight lul)
Look at her next to other masters women:
Huge.
I talked to her a few weeks ago. She said specifically, she has to lift 5x/wk now just to maintain her LBM, because of her age. She said she used to get away with 3x/wk, but now she needs 5x/wk. So, very relevant to this discussion.
She's huge for a female runner, in person. I mean she probably has more LBM than me........ lmao.
EDIT: both of these runners I posted are members of "The Atlanta Track Club", they usually represent them at races/meets. He has their red jersey on. Sonja is a pro/pro-masters.
pc!!
