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Thursday 12 November 2009

Weight Training Hurts

No, not the actual part in the gym, but 36 hours later. I know I'm not getting any younger but these sessions are taking longer than I expected to recover from. I assume that means they are doing some good?
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4 comments:

Sags said...

The old weights can leave you feeling like a steel girder eh?! The trick is to start off very light and build up slowly. We often feel like we can push it fromthe start; it even feels ok. But when we have cooled down and had a night's sleep, it comes back to bite!

14 November 2009 at 17:36
Turbo Man said...

I think the body needs to get used to it. I'm not lifting big weights and not doing any leg weights at all; only useful if you're a track sprinter apparently - discuss.

14 November 2009 at 18:33
Daz Sharpe said...

I've never done weights but often consider it, its a tough call and I keep thinking it should be done and should try it as somthing different to the same old routine through the winter, only prob is i'm worried I would either damage myself or end up with too many slow twitch fibres and loose the speed????

18 November 2009 at 10:41
Turbo Man said...

Hence no leg weights for me. There are some lengthy threads on TriTalk about the pros and cons of weight training; it seems it's good for running and track sprinters but no good whatsoever for endurance cyclists. You really do have to read the detail and then make your own mind up.

18 November 2009 at 21:31

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