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Lifting is getting difficult now, which I guess is the exact point of the programme. I'm still riding though, and getting on the bike with fatigued muscles is a bit frustrating.
It's fun though, so I'd like to keep doing it in some capacity.
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Oh yeah, I get ya. I leave the gym sometimes like a T-Rex. All curled up in a ball of hurt. It goes away pretty quick and then I'm often high from the exercise. It's different to the spent satisfaction you get from a big ride, it's like "ARGH! I could lift that fucking BMW and drop it right on your head! RRRRRRAARRARRR!" hahaha
hippy
The lifting is getting hard or cycling is getting hard? I started going to the gym because the evidence indicates that strength work makes for faster cycling. I continued going because I found it much better mentally (and probably physically) than suffering like a dog through shithouse conditions over winter when I'd usually be playing my HTFU cards. These days I'm sick and tired of ruining equipment and spending hour after hour out in the cold and mentally I find the gym different and fun, so a proper off-season activity that's probably not doing much harm.