Running in layers

[ContiJack]

Does anybody here find you're getting a more satisfying workout and training session by running and working out in layers over the summer months?

Instead of cutting back, I continued to run in layers (and oh did I sweat) over the last few months....usually sauna suit shirt and pants under a sweatshirt topped with a hoodie and two pair of sweatpants.

I read elsewhere that guys have found this to be good training...thoughts?

[Exige Jr]

Only do it if you can handle it, otherwise its dangerous.

When I did it I found that I sweat more, but went slower around the course of the run. So I would say that overall its not as beneficial as just running freely.

Remember that in the ring, you wont be restricted. If you can keep a really high tempo by running without extra layers, this is going to transfer straight into the ring.

I wouldnt really recommend it also because as soon as you get home you drink and replenish the water lost anyway...

[1_Punch_KO]

I love to run in a t-shirt under a sweatshirt but only in colder days usually in winter and fall. During summer, since it's already hot enough, if I run in layers, I sweat so much that my clothes get a bad smell to them that's hard to come out even after washing it, so I usually just run in a t-shirt and shorts or sweat pants.

Running regularly in layers or sweat suits won't help unless you need to lose some water weight before a fight. I still do it because I fell it's good mentally.

But if you're doing it besides making weight, it's all mental and is preference.

[SquareCircle]

i always run in this big sweat jacket with a hoodie then I put on a headband over the hoodie so it doesnt move around. when i spar i take off my shirt and can go 4 rounds now. month or so ago I could only go 2 rounds but then again I was wearin a shirt then when I sparred, too.

imo, if you run with layers, then spar with no shirt or anything, it makes sparring easier on the stamina, i dont get tired as quick it seems.

but ppl have heart murmurs running with layers so I dunno.

[ContiJack]

I used to do it to cut weight for wrestling too, but then got the advice that it would help build stamina and mental determination. Didn't believe it at first, but after several days, I wanted to keep pushing myself. Always drank lots of water when I got back from the run.

A few times I even added running gloves and tried to use a neoprene mask too, but that was just too much. Usually when I spar, I just wear the sauna suit under 1 layer of sweatshirt/sweatpants. The gym's been pretty hot lately, though.

[PunchDrunk]

Exige's right. You perform better with a good water balance in your system. It'll hurt your training output if you do it all the time. Only do it to lose the last 3-5 lbs. before weighin, if it's necessary.

[NJFighter91]

I like to run in a sweat shirt or something only when it's really cold and hard to build up a sweat. And cold I mean less than 50 degrees.

Otherwise, you just lose too much water that's not needed to lose unless you need to make weight.

[ContiJack]

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[fraidycat]

Here in the Pacific Northwest it gets cold as **** in the fall and winter. It doesn't drop down past freezing, and it doesn't snow, but from November-February it will get right to a few degrees above freezing and then rain, usually sideways; often the rain in the early mornings is mixed with snow or hail, and it's driven by a wind right off the water on my hill that just knifes through whatever you're wearing. Miserable.

Last year in Jan-Feb I wore UnderArmor cold gear, smartwool (Merlino) socks with polypropylene liners, rain pants, cashmere-lined deerskin gloves, and a heavy fleece hoody with a wool watchcap underneath. I know I'm keeping up on my workouts when I have a TON of laundry to do in the winter.

During the summer and early fall, I just run in a pair of polypro shirts (in the morning) and fleece cut-offs. One good thing about living here is that I'm comfortable in shirtsleeves down to about 50F; it was 43 this morning when I hit the stairs and I was sweating after five minutes.

[Pork Chop]

yeah, here in Texas the gym regularly breaks over 100 degrees Fahrenheit during the summers. Right now it's a "cool" season as the gym's only 90 degrees. working out in layers would probably kill me.