I want to share with you some of my activity for today. I think this is a good and balanced workout routine for me and one which I’m using quite a lot recently.
This involves doing short and intensive strength workouts, no more than 30 minutes long each. However, I also walk 30 minutes to the gym and 30 minutes back home, before and after the workout.
I wouldn’t have done this had the gym no been 30 minutes or so away by foot. Had it taken me an hour I wouldn’t have walked all the way. However, now that I’ve begun doing this workout I like it more and more. I find that the walking clears my mind off my work and eases any tension I have right out of me. When I get to the gym I don’t need to do any warm up exercises as the entire walk has done enough to bring my heart rate up.
In the gym I do 2-4 sets per muscle group. I usually do more sets for the big muscles (legs, chest, back) than for the smaller ones. I focus on form and not weight as the most important thing for me right now is to maintain my current body weight and muscle formation and nothing more. I am not interested in losing more fat or getting much bigger muscles.
After the workout, walking back cools me off nicely and allows me to eat my post-workout meal without overcompensating myself and stuffing myself full of calories. Overcompensation is a big issue for many people and one which is preventing them from shedding weight.
Overcompensation happens when you eat too much after a workout and negate the calorie burning effect of the workout that you just finished and, in so doing, avoid losing any weight.
Again, I find that walking after my strength workout is done is a great way to stop this from happening to me, so try it out.
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