SQUARE ONE
[OLD] 2.16.12
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So the gym this afternoon was brutal!
Apparently, just two weeks away from the weight room was enough to force my body to re-enact the awful beginner’s soreness that I thought was already behind me.
I HURT. BAD.
I started the next phase of my workout plan today. After completing four weeks of the break-in phase, I have moved to the FAT LOSS I stage for the next 6 weeks. My body simply wasn’t able to comprehend what was about to happen to it. [Ugh.]
I had been doing 2 sets of 5 different exercises twice a week. The new regimen requires 3 sets of 6 exercises THREE times a week. My load just increased from 20 sets a week to 54 sets per week. It was insane. Same basic exercises, squats, lunges, deadlifts, rows, etc. Just now being done to exhaustion. And that is no joke. I wasn’t able to complete my last set of lunges (using only bodyweight!). My hamstrings were shaking so hard, had I taken one more step I really think I would have ended on the floor. No, seriously! I had to let several people pass me on the stairs heading out because I was moving so slowwwww. Each step felt like the last one before my stumble down to the bottom.
Tomorrow should be fun. Woohoo (not)! I doubt I get much done in the way of cardio, but I intend to walk quite a bit and stretch out these leg muscles. I guess it’s time to strap the pedometer back on. 10K steps will be no joke in my current state. I’d settle for half that right now.