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Fri, 11 Mar 2005 I'm a routine kind of person. Yeah, I know, this might be surprising to some of you. Honestly, though, I like to have things planned out, I like to know what's happening when, I like to feel completely in control of the forseeable future (this last part being key: I'm an unmitigated control freak; perhaps even Even though I like the control afforded by having a plan, I do tire of same old, same old eventually. That's why it's time for a new routine. By this, I mean a new lifting routine. Stop reading now if you just don't give a rat's ass. Since it's getting nice here (i.e., it's almost warm enough to ride my bike to the gym before dawn in shorts and a T-shirt), I want to start riding to the gym and back (5 miles each way) so that I'm getting a bit of cardio every day. Doing this with my current lifting schedule is nearly impossible while still getting to work at a reasonable time, though—my current split has me lifting 75 to 90 minutes four days a week. So I'm going to a new one, known as MAX-OT. The MAX-OT philosophy is that shorter sessions (30 to 40 minutes a day, leaning towards the low end of the range) with a 5-day split is much better for you. Moreover, MAX-OT claims that you should never train the same muscles within 5 days of each other, meaning that my current routine (3-day split plus full body workout on Saturday) needs a complete makeover. Not only does this change things up, which ought to break the plateau I've been seeing lately, it gives me time to ride to the gym and back every day. Total hotness. I start Monday. Damn, I'm excited. My only worry is that since I haven't been riding much, my ass is going to get sore. I did about 9 miles on my bike this morning (started around 6:15a or so) and I was OK (it was also a hillier course than the route to the gym), so I'm guessing all will be well. Hooray for controlled change. writebackSherv wrote I'm sorry, but... post a comment: |
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