I did a twice-through of the weight lifting routine Thursday, and it affected me alot more than expected. The first time through, I did sets of twelve reps. This is the second week I've been using a bigger weight on every muscle group, too. The first time through felt great!
The second time through, I knocked the weights down to a weight equivalent to two cycles ago. Each cycle is a three week period that I do one specific amount of weight per muscle. After three weeks (or when I feel appropriate), I add weight. So, all in all, I went to where I started a couple months ago, which felt really light. I did three sets of ten on everything, and it still felt easy.
It seems that the extra muscle is starting to eat into the extra fat I have right now. It's hard to tell because I can't stay away from all the cookies at the meetings I go to. If there ever was a real cookie monster......
By Friday morning, my body was already telling me that I overdid it. I wasn't incredibly sore, but there was definitely some soreness. The heavy soreness moved in later in Friday. As I write this on Saturday morning, I am quite sore. Just one more recovery period that might keep me off the bike today.
But I'm still hoping to get out on the xc skis with the boys in the cruiser today!
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