Weight lifting before or after running?

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Wriggling Snake Aug 2012 8:48pm, 21 Aug 2012 2,810 posts	0 Wriggling Snake tend to use running as a warm up for weights/core, then warm down with a run too, recovery pace.
Velociraptor Aug 2012 8:56pm, 21 Aug 2012 21,294 posts	0 Velociraptor I'd want to come into any sort of resistance session completely fresh, so wouldn't do any running/cycling beforehand.
Fenland Runner Aug 2012 9:04pm, 21 Aug 2012 13,927 posts	0 Fenland Runner I'm agreeing with WS, easy 'jog' warm-up, then core/AA.
olde english Aug 2012 9:48pm, 21 Aug 2012 52 posts	0 olde english Tricky...i only do weights within circuit work 2 keep me bikini fit so I prefer pre easy run to get the old joints moving. Doesnt slow me down, actually allows me 2 get going a little quicker.
Gobi Aug 2012 10:24pm, 21 Aug 2012 48,432 posts	0 Gobi In reality I don't really run and lift weight at the same time. I like to keep things in their box.
James1982a Aug 2012 9:23pm, 22 Aug 2012 7,995 posts	0 James1982a "stressing the nervous system"? How does that one work?
Hackett Aug 2012 11:54am, 23 Aug 2012 630 posts	0 Hackett I dont like running long duration at the gym. So what I tend to do is run to the gym 1.5 miles and then do my weights and then run back. Find this easier at the moment as I seem to have lost my MoJo ... So running to the gym + home gives me a goal so to speak.
Loca Aug 2012 12:13pm, 23 Aug 2012 2,049 posts	0 Loca I guess it depends on what your main aim is. As Gobi says whatever you do second will suffer. So if you want to maximise strength gains then do weights first, but if you want to improve some aspect of your endurance or running fitness, then do running first.
may Aug 2012 1:32pm, 23 Aug 2012 894 posts	0 may One of my key sessions years ago was to combine weights and treadmill in the gym prob around 1 1/2 hrs with 3 x1 mile at hard effort at average 5.50 pace ..the mile efforts I would do after each set of weights..this worked for me as at that time I was doing low mileage and was running 38 for 10k and 1.24 for half
Mrs Winkle Aug 2012 1:37pm, 23 Aug 2012 6,476 posts	0 Mrs Winkle I do both - sometimes before, sometimes after. Depends on what my "schedule" at the gym is that day.