No- if you train properly, it can only help you.

No. Not unless you hurt yourself jogging! I jog and train and have found that it helps my drumming in a lot of ways. First, my overall cardio-vascular and muscular endurance is greater than it was, allowing me to get through long rehearsals/sets without becoming as fatugued as before. In particular, exercises designed to strengthen your core muscles in your trunk (front and back) help a lot with posture and endurance behind the kit.

Moreover, with cardio-vascular exercise, you are getting lots of oxygen to your extremities which helps with nervous system response times and sensitivity. In simple terms, this means that you are feeding the nerves in all the parts of your body with good stuff which can only help your ability to develop and maintain the neuro-pathways used in drumming, or any activity for that matter.

Another, sometimes forgotten, aid to my drumming has been the practise of focussing attention that is required to properly weight-train or even jog well. There are running classes available at many YMCAs which are really interesting, actually. You'd think that running is pretty intuitive, but the classes can help you learn to think about and use your body in a different way. You can learn a lot about how your body processes food and oxygen when doing strenuous activities (like a 3-4 set night). Armed with this info, it's easier to make decisions about rest, food, etc. that can help you get through a long hard night of high-intensity playing with greater ease and less stress on your body. Also, in order to do weight training exercises, you need to be able to focus intensely on one small area of your body. This practice is easily transferred to concentration on the muscles used in drumming when learning/maintaining techniques and new patterns.

Finally, the raised endorphine levels associated with cardio-vascular and weight-training excercise keep my moods elevated and help me to get motivated to play and practice even when I ought to be fatigued or I'm feeling too 'busy' (sometimes a codeword for being stressed-out and run-down...). I find I can go-go-go a lot more than I used to be able to. And for those of us who are juggling a job(s) with a music career, the increased energy and feeling of well-being  is a big bonus. It doesn't take much, maybe an hour a day, but the payoff is huge, IMO.

If anything by doing these excersizes especially running your muscles will be more built up and with your legs,if they are in great shape should help for you to accomplish some sweet pedal work.

I run too and find it helps both my motivation and endurance.  As far as your lifting, I would say just try to keep your flexibility also.

Hey Boomka - that's a lot of good information you provided!

I'm addicted to working out. I run, lift and it never affected my playing in anyway period. If anything it makes loading and unloading my gear (Especially my hardware bag) alot easier.

Actually the one Drummer who even has diet tips and workout advice is BOBBY ROCK. He has a video out called the Zen of Drumming, check it out. I think even Billy Cobham lifted, Clayton Cameron and Dave Weckle, all of those cats look like they're in great shape. Enjoy your what you love doing drumming, working out whatever it is live your life the way you want.

Don't worry.

I've sprinted on professional levels here in holland (yes, we sprint too over here) and trained almost every day, till I got two muscle injuries in my left hamstring and left quad. I've stopped because of those injuries. But it has never affected my drumming, not then and not now. Nowadays I mountainbike, cycle and workout in the fitness. I have to say it's a bit less stressfull to the body than the 400 mtr. Just stay in control. Don't overtrain yourself. After 3 hours on the track don't try drumming. Do it before your training or the day after. And be sure not to train again the day after a heavy battle on the track. Resting means letting your muscles rebuild themselves. And that's as important as the training itself.