Running and bodybuilding are as inseparable as ham and eggs. It’s just that not all the jocks have realized it yet …
Bodybuilding is the fastest and best way to improve your physique. It’s hard to argue with this. You can transform yourself from a skinny bag of bones into an absolute superman with sensible heavy weight training. The Iron Game is so superior to all other types of physical exercise that the comparison becomes ridiculous. But iron training, as good as it is, isn’t perfect, and we honestly admit it.

Weight training, as most people understand it, has three major drawbacks. In general, if you do not pay special attention to these areas, then weight training

a) insufficiently stimulate cardiac activity;

b) do not necessarily develop a clear relief and

c) as a rule, do not develop noticeable endurance.

While the plaster falls from the ceiling from the indignant screams, I will explain what I meant.

a) Bodybuilding does not harm your heart. In fact, quite the opposite. Hard training strengthens your heart just like every other muscle in your body. The hearts of jocks are noticeably healthier than the average population.

But regular workouts, although they bring some benefits to the heart, still do not give him residual stimulation. To stimulate and strengthen the heart, light loads of a rhythmic nature, performed for half an hour or more, are best suited. Exercise of this kind gives the cardiovascular system the load necessary for outstanding heart health.

b) Weight training usually doesn’t give you much relief unless you’re doing it in a specific way for the relief. If you want, you can change the program to direct it to the terrain. If you try hard enough at the same time, you will most likely get a good relief. The problem is that it will leave you so weak and exhausted that it’s hardly worth it. Competitive bodybuilders who specifically train for relief turn into a fairly exhausted bunch by the start of the competition.

c) Athletes, in general, have more endurance than the average person. But again, training does not develop the kind of endurance that you can and should develop. As with relief, you can switch to a program with a high number of repetitions and develop endurance, but most likely, this will negate the growth of muscle mass. Endurance is developed with a very high number of repetitions, strength and mass are much less. You cannot effectively use both at the same time.

The solution to these three problems is to add sustained, rhythmic exercise to your weight training. It will strengthen your heart, sculpt and increase your endurance without making any changes to your strength training or slowing down your progress.

The best auxiliary exercise, far superior to others, is easy running. Running works wonders. It will improve your physique tremendously. It will add the finishing touches to your look and give you an elegant look.

Run at least two, and preferably three times a week. If you lift weights three times a week, run on your off days. You can run at any time of the day, early in the morning or at midnight if you want, it doesn’t matter. Running will take no more than an hour and it will be the best investment of time.