[B B]

When I trained for a marathon several years ago, I did just that. I did 2 full body weight sessions a week, and then fitted my running training around that.

For example:

Mon – Rest

Tues – Full Body

Weds – Short distance run

Thurs – Mid distance run

Fri – Full Body

Sat – Short distance run

Sun – Long run (increasing distance each week)

Thank you Clare!

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Love the running Clare! I’ve been trying to incorporate it more and more into my routine recently, I’ve actually been thinking about moving away from a 4 x U/L to a 3 x FB split.

Reasoning being not having an all out lower session which may take a bit away from running, and it also allows me to run 3 days rather than 2.

Something quite rewarding about trying to balance both disciplines

[B B]

I would train upper lower personally as the sessions will be shorter

2 chest press

2 lateral

2 pushdown

2 lat

2 rear delt

Session 2

2 ohead press

2 pec dec

2 pushdown

2 upper back row

2 rear delt

That would take me an

Hour ish

Legs

2 leg curl

2 leg ext

1 leg press

2 calf

2 bicep

That would be an hour ish too

That will be my split when I back off from bb and only want an hour lifting so I am ok to do bjj/ boxing in the evenings

Would you run that 3 sessions a week as U / L / U, or add in a second lower day for 4 gym days a week?

I think so many people (myself included) who don’t compete or ever plan to compete get stuck in the spinning wheels phase, changing routines, watching the latest youtube vids etc. When a simple set up like above would suffice to give you most of the gains you need for every day life (and the beach ha)

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I imagine the fatigue feeling is from the fact you are almost anaemic and struggling to get oxygen around your body plus running low testosterone levels.

What is your current dietary intake like?

Are you in as surplus or deficit ?

Hi Hilly, I’m currently in a surplus trying to gain approx 0.5lbs per week. 3200 cals, 250P, 350C, 85F from a variety of good food sources.

I’ve felt like this for a while, I spent the first 6 months of this year cutting so I thought it was just that, but now I’ve been in a surplus for a decent period I’ve realised its not just diet or training fatigue, its something deeper.

[B B]

Hi Kuba,

D3 – 92.7 nmol/L

Thyroid
TSH – 1.54 mIU/L
Free T3 – 4.1 pmol/L
Free Thyroxine – 15.8 pmol/L