Posted: Wed 16 Apr, 2008 3:23 pm
I enjoy weight lifting and have been doing it for years on and off, but I've had to put it second to fitness and endurance exercise now because how I was before I'd be completely useless to the RM.
Now I still do weights as often as I did before, but rather than doing low reps at maximum weight I aim for high reps at a lower weight to build stamina. I'm also doing press-ups, pull-ups and sit-ups every day (bar weekends) as well as running every day (bar weekends). I've found that I'm still making small strength gains but I've lost a fair bit of weight (mostly fat) and look a lot better for it as well as being a lot fitter and having more stamina.
Now I still do weights as often as I did before, but rather than doing low reps at maximum weight I aim for high reps at a lower weight to build stamina. I'm also doing press-ups, pull-ups and sit-ups every day (bar weekends) as well as running every day (bar weekends). I've found that I'm still making small strength gains but I've lost a fair bit of weight (mostly fat) and look a lot better for it as well as being a lot fitter and having more stamina.