Does taking breaks while running take away from overall gain???

Question

I like to run about 2 or 3 miles a day and I was thinking about stopping every quarter mile to lift weights and do some crunches.

Will this take away from the loss of calories and rate at which I build leg muscles???

Answer 1

I dont think you should do your ab workouts, or lift lifting while you run (breaks i mean)--i think that will take away from your actual workouts.  Finish your run, or run afterwards..

Answer 2

You won't get a lot of cardio endurance built up by doing this,  if ya want to do all the above just run before working out maybe 1.5 Mi. then work-out with weights and do some crunches.......then do another 1.5 to 2 Mi. afterward.  You will see better results doing this.      Good Luck

Answer 3

Taking these breaks does not affect the amount of calories you are burning.

I don't know if it affects the way you will build muscles.

Most people either lift before or after running it is more convenient.

Answer 4

no, it wont take away from calorie burning or muscle building but will affect  fitness

Answer 5

You should concentrate on working up your cardio endurance. It's a gigantic part in general fitness.