It's Holistic

[Gem]

Originally Posted by Sarian

LOL! You've come a long way, though, Gem! I admire you! You have to start somewhere and you have and doesn't it feel great. I've slacked off terribly the last month or so and it's not good. Now I'm trying to get back to it. Get back in shape. It's like I've become so weak. Did you know that even a two week break you lose it. Pretty much what I did. thankful for muscle memory though! But I just got weak again...even with running. I feel like a potato now. When my daughter gets off to work, I'm going to do a work out, then get on with my day.

It's good to have a rest day to let those muscle tears heal. you will remain persistent and consistent and be one of the stronger ones. You have truly inspired me to get back on the horse.

Yep, starting on the machines is good because the machine keeps the lift straight and you only have to control the motion, and that's good just to start getting the body moving and conditioning the muscles. The step to using free weights is a big one, as you have to completely control the weight, and that's the step I'm taking now. For blokes it will be an ego issue of trying to lift as heavy as possible, but as I said, big mucho ego isn't allowed in the gym. The 'Goldilocks weight', for me, is one I can lift 15 times without losing any control, but it's really at the limit on the 3rd set. Heavy doesn't really matter, and that's pretty hard for a guy, because all guys have a big mucho ego. Don't deny it, guys.