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OK, I'm finally at the point where I can start lifting again. It's been several months now since I could stick to any type of training regime due to health issues. I'm fat. I'm weak. I lost lots of mass and my core suffers the most, especially my back. Due to my stupid thyroid issues over the past 6 months or so, I'm probably at 20% BF right now :elephant: :cursin:
Mainly the cardio will be the hardest on me for a while since my endurance is way down. So, I plan on doing 2 sessions of 3/4 hour each in AM and late afternoon 4x a week to start. My lifting will be mid evenings. I will be on a moderate carb intake for a while and base adjustments from there. I want to gain back mass but I really don't want to seriously bulk until I lose some of this extra baggage. I definitely have the drive to get back to at least where I was 6 months ago (in other words, I'm pissed off about it, lol) but the hardest part will be being patient as I drop fat and gain back some mass gradually.
Tomorrow I will find out what my new working poundages are again. I'm glad I have built a home gym cause I'd really feel like shit in a public gym, lol. I think that the worst part of all of this is that I seemed to have forgotten proper form. I even practiced tonight with deadlifts and squats using a broom handle to check and I couldn't seem to get the right feel for it. Hell, I was even tired doing just that. That's how bad my body had gotten. I'm also hesitant to use any real weight on these until I'm certain I won't injure myself. Another long layoff would just crush me :mad: Has anyone else ever had a long layoff and feel awkward regaining proper form? I think it will come back as I get used to feeling the muscles working again but I never considered that this would happen to me. I guess I'll start out slow and see what happens.
Mainly the cardio will be the hardest on me for a while since my endurance is way down. So, I plan on doing 2 sessions of 3/4 hour each in AM and late afternoon 4x a week to start. My lifting will be mid evenings. I will be on a moderate carb intake for a while and base adjustments from there. I want to gain back mass but I really don't want to seriously bulk until I lose some of this extra baggage. I definitely have the drive to get back to at least where I was 6 months ago (in other words, I'm pissed off about it, lol) but the hardest part will be being patient as I drop fat and gain back some mass gradually.
Tomorrow I will find out what my new working poundages are again. I'm glad I have built a home gym cause I'd really feel like shit in a public gym, lol. I think that the worst part of all of this is that I seemed to have forgotten proper form. I even practiced tonight with deadlifts and squats using a broom handle to check and I couldn't seem to get the right feel for it. Hell, I was even tired doing just that. That's how bad my body had gotten. I'm also hesitant to use any real weight on these until I'm certain I won't injure myself. Another long layoff would just crush me :mad: Has anyone else ever had a long layoff and feel awkward regaining proper form? I think it will come back as I get used to feeling the muscles working again but I never considered that this would happen to me. I guess I'll start out slow and see what happens.
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