| Powerlifting on an endurance schedule?
I just started training with a triathlon coach in South Korea. I'm 5' 11" (180cm) and weigh 213 lbs (97kg). My BMI is around 30, so he's trying to get my weight down so that running won't put so much stress on my knees.
He's got me doing circuit training followed immediately by a 40 minute stationary cycle. So my heart rate gets up to around 145 and stays there for about an hour.
I'm starting to lose some weight, but I'd like to put on a little muscle mass as well. My coach won't let me lift heavy enough weight to work to failure on my circuits, so I'm thinking about supplementing my morning workouts with an evening workout (at another gym) doing some powerlifting (deadlifts, squats, bench, curls, tricep dips) with high weight and low reps.
Is there any reason that this would be a bad idea? Circuit training Monday through Friday, with low weight and 30 reps, plus powerlifting on Tuesdays and Thursdays, just to add a little muscle? | 
