slow start....suggestions??/

girlinahat

need some advice. I am all set to start Stage 1 workout 1A today, and the cold that has been festering for about a month is here slowing me down. PLUS, due to various events over the next week or so ( a wake, a housewarming (mine) etc.) I may struggle to be able to fit in a second workout, and at the end of the month am off to Spain for a few days to walk Camina del Rey (youtube it, then go and change your pants........)

so I'm thinking, I go tonight as planned, and do as much as I can manage of workut 1 (maybe only 1 set of each) to get a feel for it and the weights I'll use, then fit in other workouts if possible over the next couple of weeks, and see these as form practice sessions, before starting fully when I get back from Spain? I don't want to lose momentum by delaying my start, but want to do this properly.

Or should I just head full pelt into fitting it in whenever I can knowing that events will always conspire against me (I struggle to say no to people...)

Any ideas?

karensoxfan

I just started today, so I'm not an expert at all, but I'd probably wait to start until at least your cold is completely gone. I think the book also says you should try for at least 2 lifting days/week, so if you don't think you can do that, that's another reason to wait.

When you do feel well enough and have a chance to get to the gym, I think it sounds like a good idea to do 1 set of each move to learn them.

I hope you feel better soon, too.

Beeps2011

You can still do stretching, etc., to get ready for lifting, while you are feeling under the weather!!

Remember to STRETCH - the older I get, the MORE I need STRETCHING (particularly AFTER a work-out!).

laurarpa

And... if you haven't been doing any form of these, do some bodyweight squats and lunges and pushups every few days for the next few weeks until you start the program. This would be a GREAT prep for the workouts. See if you can work up to 3 sets of 10 of each. Work on your form. (And if you already do/can do them, keep doing them)

girlinahat

stretching and bodyweight stuff sounds good. I didn't start last night, but I do Yoga once a week and climb also - my trip to Spain is likely to include a fair amount of climbing (interspersed with sipping sangria around the pool......)

thanks!! Frustrated that I haven't been able to start properly yet.