Resuming your work out
June 3, 2009
At some point of time we may not be able to stick to our usual work out due to any of the innumerable reasons like work pressure, personal commitments etc.
A break from your routine may actually be beneficial. People assume that if you do not exercise for even a week you will become fat and flabby. A break of a few weeks from your regular routine helps you regain your strength.
It reduces the monotony and improves your commitment and urge to visit the gym. It helps prevent addiction to training, as training too much can be injurious to health.
Start slowly: When you get back to working out reduce the intensity of training by half or at least one-third for the initial week. This ensures you don’t overdo the exercise and end up with sore muscles and then not doing any exercise.
This is because when there is a gap in exercising your muscles have been forgotten and hence when you use them again it causes your muscles to become sore.
Go easy on cardio: Getting back to your cardio routine is much more difficult than getting back to weight training. This is because our cardio fitness is lost faster than muscle fitness. However, it can also be regained faster.
When you resume your cardio, vary the speeds with which you did them, being alternatively slow and fast. The time taken for slow and fast depends on your comfort level with the slow speed being more the longer you abstain from exercising.
Warm up: Before you start any exercise, you should warm up to avoid any muscle strain. Similarly, when you resume exercises after sometime make sure you stretch after exercising as it reduces the extent of soreness in the muscles.
Eat properly: Now that you are exercising make sure you include additional calories in your diet to make up for the burnt energy especially if you were dieting prior to exercising.
If you have reduced your carbohydrates intake, for the first few days post resuming take more than required to make up for the low carb prior to exercising.
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