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Well, they don't call it a "dreadmill" for nothing, Floydy!Re: Post your daily exercise routine
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Great Stuff Surfermom......Re: Post your daily exercise routine
Bob, a great run for you today. I'm sure it's the 'getting back into things' scenario after Christmas. We all feel ropey the first day, but after that it's business as usual.Re: Post your daily exercise routine
Back into the gym again early this afternoon with a legs workout. Sticking to my usual 5-6 exercises (five today as I didn’t do calves), I decided to crank things up a notch by adding some quite considerable weight to the existing high rep sets plus doing some extra sets to the usual single sets. Going quite heavy on some exercises, I’m definitely regaining the strength I lost whilst, importantly, not affecting the knees. As long as I keep myself strictly symmetrical as I lift.Re: Post your daily exercise routine
Well done, Floydy! It sounds like you are already reaping the benefits of being back into the swing of things. I know you want to go heavy, but listen to that voice of wisdom inside your head .Re: Post your daily exercise routine
Another awesome workout Floydy, but I have to ask, don't you ever get stiff muscles? If I break out the dumbells and do a few curls I can't straighten my arm for a few days afterwards.Re: Post your daily exercise routine
It's all about streching and using a good technique when lifting, Bob. The term 'DOMS' you may have heard of - Delayed onset muscular syndrome. That is the strange happening that causes stiffness in the muscles usually a day or two after exercising, being worse if the muscles are not being kept active. This is why we shouldn't train the same muscle group on consecutive days - the body needs to rest and that's what promotes growth and recovery.Re: Post your daily exercise routine
A good hour’s workout on the chest and triceps this afternoon, ditching the high rep sets in favour of a gradual progression up the weights instead.Re: Post your daily exercise routine
Thanks Floydy. Yes you're right, it's been a long time since I suffered any muscle stiffness after running. With endurance running lactic acid builds up in the muscles and makes them less efficient and eventually they grind to a stop, followed by a few days of stiffness. The more training you do the longer it takes for the muscles to fail. I always thought that with weight lifting you deliberately break down the muscle so it repairs stronger than before?
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