Running and lifting - adductor soreness (Read 66 times)

Hi all, this is my first post. I've (32M) been running fairly regularly (2-3 days a week or more) for the last 2 years. Usually runs between 3 and 7 miles. I've also intermittently done weight lifting for many years, but less regularly than I run - maybe 1 or 2 workouts a week. I'm pretty careful to ease into the lifting if it's been a while to avoid injuries.

It seems like since I started running long distances (I consider 5 miles to be long!), I get much more soreness in my adductors after doing any kind of squatting, even if it's relatively light weight like 60 lb. I even strained my left adductor last year

I guess my question is, can long-distance running "weaken" your adductors because it's a different type of training from weight lifting?

The problem is probably not lifting on a regular basis

Agree with this. As you do it more regularly, you should notice a reduction in the DOMS (unless you are lifting heavier weights than normal).

Maybe overall muscle fatigue from running keeps your stabilizer muscles from firing and puts more strain on your adductors? I know anything that stretches a muscle under load will make it sore, my adductors are super sore from squatting for that reason, especially if i havent squatted in a while. I expect you're squatting very deep and that stretches the adductors, which is a good thing but makes for soreness.

Also, I didn't mention at first, but you might need to work on your recovery. Nutrition, quality sleep, and low stress are probably the cornerstones of that. For nutrition to repair muscle damage from training, all the micronutrients are key, but protein is king. Personally I don't like chewing a lot of meat for my protein, so I like protein shakes. (I always want good quality protein powder like these ones I found though, without chemicals and fillers) For quality sleep, make sure you get your 8 hours with a natural wake up time if possible and get to bed before 10pm with no screen use for an hour before that. Apparently if you go to bed later than 10pm, even if you do get "enough" hours of sleep, it's still not as high quality and you don't get rested and recovered as well.