how much running is too much running?

[vcdquality]

Hi everyone. I have been doing alot of running atm. mon - 40 min jog, tues - intervals - wed 40 mins jog thurs - intervals fri - 40min jog and sat 40min jog x2 Sun rest. I do weights also mon to sat. Just wondering how much running do i need to do before i start burning muscle. Really dont wana lose muscle

[Truds]

When do you do your leg session in the week? (Reason I ask is to see what sort of recovery time you are giving them before throwing in the interval session - I assume the intervals are sprints?) It will also depend on how many calories you are taking in as well.

[drizzt]

Hey mate, have you started doing legs yet? Seen the PT you were after? If so, what did he think? How's the nutrition looking?

I think you've got to weigh up where you want your strengths to lie for Rugby (assuming that is still your goal). If you want a bit of a cardio/speed focus, then by all means continue what you're doing with the running and use the weights to supplement it. However I still think cardio 6 x days (sometimes twice per day) and weights 5 x days is overtraining a tad - especially at the intensity you're shooting the cardio out at. You need to find some sort of balance and IMHO peg one of the two back a little.

I stumbled across this article on Bodybuilding.com forums. have only had time to read the first page but I'd suggest giving it a look and you might pick up a few ideas