Second Day Back at the Gym

Today my friend and I did our second training session together after returning from a whole week of resting. We decided to take that long a break because we felt that our bodies should recover properly before we break it back down again. We both thought that allowing that much time for rest in the first week for muscle recovery was a good decision and know there will be plenty of time to be consistent in our training as we both have trained before. It has been some time since I did any heavy resistance training and was reminded today of how hard the first few sessions are.

Today I was lifting weights that I once considered to be in my light-medium range, I found it quite amusing knowing that I will look back at this moment at some point to measure how far I have progressed. The workout session was a little over one hour which was longer than what we intended and the pace between sets were reasonable a little slower than we liked.

After the first day back I could not move my arms very well for almost four days and my body ached as my muscles were repairing itself, the physical pain should be more bearable this second time around. My apetite dramatically increased and even though parts of my body was in pain I felt pretty good about myself.

Some Personal Reasons To Start Working Out

Sometimes I find myself feeling very exhausted and tired, I also find myself feeling very unmotivated as well, this feeling usually happens when I don't do anything physical for a while. This absence in physical activity happens to effect my eating habits directly as I start to become a bit of a slob and make poor food choices, these choices are usually quick meals mainly from fast foods, junk foods and sometimes I just choose not to eat any meals at all.

I notice a big difference when I am more active, I happen to feel an amazing high when I exercise, not just from the physical effects, but from the mental chemistry going on in my body, it makes me feel more happier and confident towards challenges that are presented to me at work or at study. These are just some good reasons that I can come up with at the top of my head for why I should take up resistance training again.

Even though this schedule means sacrificing some valuable time in my already busy time table, the benefits I believe outweigh any reasons not to start training. The time allotted is only 45- 60 minutes of my day which really isn't too time consuming, with maybe another 30-45 minutes into preparing and cooking workout friendly meals in advance. The tradeoff I believe is still definitely worth it, not just for its benefits but mainly because it happens to be fun.