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Title: Bob can i do long distance running and still build muscle
Post by: blackbillions on September 10, 2008, 05:35:53 PM

Bob is it ok for me to do running for my cardio? i want to build muscle and loose fat, i dont want to look like a bodybuilder, i want to look like more of a fitness model. i want to jog abou 20 miles a week

Title: Re: Bob can i do long distance running and still build muscle
Post by: NaturalWonder83 on September 10, 2008, 05:36:28 PM

youll be fine

Title: Re: Bob can i do long distance running and still build muscle
Post by: avesher on September 10, 2008, 05:43:01 PM

Bob who  ?

Title: Re: Bob can i do long distance running and still build muscle
Post by: tommywishbone on September 10, 2008, 05:44:56 PM

I'm just Tom, but I still have the answer. No.

Edit: Any muscle? Yes. Bodybuilding type muscle? No.

Title: Re: Bob can i do long distance running and still build muscle
Post by: NarcissisticDeity on September 10, 2008, 05:48:30 PM

Quote from: blackbillions on September 10, 2008, 05:35:53 PM

Bob is it ok for me to do running for my cardio? i want to build muscle and loose fat, i dont want to look like a bodybuilder, i want to look like more of a fitness model. i want to jog abou 20 miles a week

excessive cardio burns muscle

Title: Re: Bob can i do long distance running and still build muscle
Post by: NaturalWonder83 on September 10, 2008, 05:49:59 PM

Quote from: NarcissisticDeity on September 10, 2008, 05:48:30 PM

excessive cardio burns muscle

not if u take right amt carbs and bcaa before

Title: Re: Bob can i do long distance running and still build muscle
Post by: Hypertrophy on September 10, 2008, 07:29:57 PM

There was a bodybuilder, Johnny Fuller, from the 70/80s  that actually ran a marathon. I think Tommy Wishbone knew him. (Johnny died a few years ago from cancer.)