"I love endurance!" So how do I build muscle?

The title of this blog may be somewhat misleading. Don't get me wrong, I intend to answer this question as well as a few others but I hope to answer this question for those who do not "love endurance" training while leading into more specific information on building muscle while maintaining the endurance training that you may or may not love so much.

This blog is in response to several questions my sister received on her facebook account from a fellow fitness enthusiast. My sister is in great shape, she however is a novice to the health fitness field in terms of fitness advisement. So she fowards these questions to me. She is however, the most motivated, passionate, and encouraging person I have ever met and it won't be long before she is an expert in the health and fitness field!

 

The individual who sent these questions to my sister loves endurance training. She regularly competes in 100 mile bike races and triathlons when the weather permits. She would much rather ride a mountain bike for 4 hours than do yoga for 30 minutes. She recently moved to Colorado and has had some issues with IT band inflammation so she hasn't been running in months. This person states her goals of looking to increase her muscle mass for the upcoming year and would prefer workout routines she can complete outside of a gym as she is unlikely to join a gym until her home sells. She asks "Do you think a steady circuit routine will be enough to get back what she has lost and stay in shape for the winter?"

 

I look foward to using multiple blog posts to answer these questions as there are several areas here which will need to be addressed. If you have any questions so far, please feel free to ask!

 

Thanks,

Joe