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Back-to-back gym classes - bad idea?

ceiswyn
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I’ve really loved gym classes since I started doing them in January. In that time I’ve worked up from getting out of breath after some light aerobics and dance, to still having energy left after BodyCombat.
I want to get back to that properly flattened/exhausted post-class feeling, so I was wondering whether it would be reasonable to go straight from my ‘STRONG’ by Zumba class to the BodyCombat class that follows it - basically an hour and a half of supposedly HIIT, with a ten-minute break in the middle.
Relevant additional information:
- in the past I used to do a dance class a few hours after ‘STRONG’, and that was fine
- I sometimes do two gym classes in a day, but I can only do classes at all three days a week because that’s how often I’m in town. The other days act as rest days / I just walk or do some bodyweight strength work
- I can’t change to a higher intensity class due to scheduling and what my gym actually offers. I already do BodyPump on another day, and that DOES flatten me
- I have bone damage to one ankle, which will act as an early warning system if the impact is too much for my joints - I’m mostly curious as to whether there are any other factors I haven’t considered
I want to get back to that properly flattened/exhausted post-class feeling, so I was wondering whether it would be reasonable to go straight from my ‘STRONG’ by Zumba class to the BodyCombat class that follows it - basically an hour and a half of supposedly HIIT, with a ten-minute break in the middle.
Relevant additional information:
- in the past I used to do a dance class a few hours after ‘STRONG’, and that was fine
- I sometimes do two gym classes in a day, but I can only do classes at all three days a week because that’s how often I’m in town. The other days act as rest days / I just walk or do some bodyweight strength work
- I can’t change to a higher intensity class due to scheduling and what my gym actually offers. I already do BodyPump on another day, and that DOES flatten me
- I have bone damage to one ankle, which will act as an early warning system if the impact is too much for my joints - I’m mostly curious as to whether there are any other factors I haven’t considered
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Nothing wrong with testing yourself. Sometimes I do double classes. If you have the energy you will be fine!2
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Thanks for the reassurance
A couple of my friends have been muttering about overtraining, but I think they’re making some inaccurate assumptions about my off days.
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People at my gym go straight from BodyPump to a Spin class. Try it and see.0
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Give it a shot! If it was a bad idea you'll definitely know the next day, and then you can take it a little easier next time.
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AllOutof_Bubblegum wrote: »Give it a shot! If it was a bad idea you'll definitely know the next day, and then you can take it a little easier next time.
That’s what I was thinkingWorst comes to worst, I can always duck out halfway through BodyCombat and go for a recovery coffee-and-cake...
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