Results From 5 Months of Strength Training

After decades of running as my primary form of exercise, I decided to get into weight training last year. My main motivation was curiosity. I wanted to see if I could build my strength consistently if I made an effort to do so. I approached this as another deep dive exploration. It’s been nice to do a deep dive that doesn’t involve depriving myself of food or sleep, in contrast to last year’s 40-day water fasting experience. 🙂 Previous Strength Training Experience The last time I did a significant amount of strength training was around 2003 when I did some group training at a private gym for several months. These were grueling workouts that included a 15-minute spinning warm-up, a 2-hour weight training session with dozens of pyramiding sets and sometimes circuit training, and a 15-minute spinning cooldown. I did these workouts about twice a week on average. I got significantly stronger during that time, but I didn’t like the workouts after a while. The trainer was into the Body for Life approach, and I found that style of training too time consuming relative to the results I got. It was often exhausting to do dozens of sets for every workout. And carving out time for a 2.5-hour workout multiple times per week wasn’t easy. It was nice to try this for a while, but I didn’t find it sustainable. I couldn’t see myself doing such workouts on a long-term basis. I experimented on and off with other strength training approaches over the years ...
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