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Originally Posted by SensibleChiefsfan
Okay.... so, hitting the gym solid for three months. Workout legs lightly once a week. I was trying to ease into it because after the first workout of doing squats, lunges, etc... I could barely walk. Considering I am in real estate.... um, walking is important.
I also do the eliptical, the treadmill, the crossclimber, the stairstepper and the stationary bike. I do at least 30 minutes of cardio per day, and on days when I have extra time, I crank out an hour or more of cardio.
So, Weds, I go in and do squats and lunges and needless to say, I feel like a weeble wobble.
I was scheduled to do legs again tomorrow. Do, I just buck up and do the workout? Should I let my legs rest longer? Should I try to go lighter at first? I am not going all that heavy, just starting at a plate on each side and then working up on squats.
Anyways, I don't have chickenlegs, but I also don't want to ignore them while I work on everything else.
Any advice would be golden.
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First off, you have the right idea by not ignoring your legs. There are a lot of people who never train them. And believe it or not that is where a majority of your power comes from and also where a majority of testosterone is released. however, you wanna be very careful with those legs as well. You could be overtraining your legs from both weights and by doing excessive amounts of cardio.
My best advice to you would be, if you still feel that your legs are sore don't train them. It would be a very wise thing to do to rest them longer. Even it means taking a break from both cardio and the weights, do it. Its always a good thing to do just to be on the safe side. Its probably the best thing and imo it'll prevent yourself at risk of injury. At the very least, go very light so you don't put a lot stress on those muscles. Its one thing to train hard, but its another to be smart. And this is no implication that you're stupid. you're learning because you haven't done this in a while.
Your body is giving you a message by saying that your leg muscles are sore and it needs rest since you've basically ripped the tissue itself and its going through a recuperation process. Sometimes, the amount of rest you need varies. And the thing I find is, sometimes, the harder you train, the longer it takes for your body to fully heal and recover. Really, I wouldn't train them, wait till they fully recover. Listen to what your body is telling you and go from there.
I must say though that is A LOT of cardio you're doing. Try not to do to much cardio or else you're at risk of burning muscle and overtraining. I recall in one of your previous posts you said your bodytype is ectomorphic. So really you don't have to do that much cardio. You are going to have no troubles getting lean because of your bodytype. However, If you want to put on muscle, or build mass, you should be doing a lot less cardio. Keep your cardio to a minimum. You will get ripped easily even from not doing that much cardio, but putting on muscle will be a challenge for you, and it will be that much harder if you're doing that much cardio.
*Please don't get offended from me saying this, I think you need to make adjustments into your program.