I discovered in the last few weeks of half-marathon training that neglecting my core strength not only leaves me vulnerable to the lower-back strains I'm prone to, but also hampers my running performance. So I bought a stability ball and started doing some core exercises with that. Because of the aforementioned weak back, I think I want to work on that for a couple of weeks before trying actual lifting of heavy things.
One thing that's distressed me about trying to find a lifting site I like is that there seems to be this "us vs. them" mentality between lifting and cardiovascular exercise. One of the commenters on (I think) Stumptuous said that whenever she sees a middle-aged woman running down the road, she could just cry because it's such a waste of time and effort. As, y'know, a 37-year-old woman running down the road, that really made me not want to go back there. If anybody knows of sites or books that are actively supportive of both lifting and CV exercise, I'd love to hear about them.
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One thing that's distressed me about trying to find a lifting site I like is that there seems to be this "us vs. them" mentality between lifting and cardiovascular exercise. One of the commenters on (I think) Stumptuous said that whenever she sees a middle-aged woman running down the road, she could just cry because it's such a waste of time and effort. As, y'know, a 37-year-old woman running down the road, that really made me not want to go back there. If anybody knows of sites or books that are actively supportive of both lifting and CV exercise, I'd love to hear about them.