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Have you adjusted your nutrition since picking cycling back up? That will play a role in your ability to recover, particularly if you’ve increased your general physical activity.
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Good point - Hobnob intake has increased slightly, other than that i'm probably eating enough (and healthy enough) to cover it - partial to the odd chocolate protein shake (with milk) for breakfast a few days per week for convenience too so should be getting enough protein. I used to commute a lot more up until the last year or two so hopefully my legs will bounce back a bit once the shock wears off.
mcJ78
Hi all - quelle surprise - I need a bit of advice on restructuring my training again... was going pretty well for a while but since adding a few midweek rides back into the mix i'm struggling a bit.
Can only make the gym twice per week, currenly either Monday/Tuesday & Thursdays - not ideal for getting hench AF but i'm 45 so neither is that. Sticking to the big barbell stuff & trying to do full body(ish) both days but varying weight / reps a bit to accomodate.
Currently doing 3x5 Bench (90kg), Squat (125kg), Press (60kg), Row (80kg) - i'm ~78kg for reference so reasonably happy where I am at present, been adding a kilo every week or two for the last couple of months but starting to struggle a bit having started cycling again - probably not getting a proper recovery as i'm doing something pretty much every day, the rides are fairly easy 20 milers but it all adds up to more fatigue.
Do I struggle on until I get used to the extra load, but concentrate on maintaining the current weights for now - or do I drop to 3x4 / 3x3 and try to keep adding a kilo or so every other week, more weight but less reps = less volume?
I know my situation is far from ideal & there's always going to be a compromise but I don't want to go backwards - what would you do? I probably want to prioritise bench as i've made decent progress with that & want to get a 1rm at 100kg (just beacuse) but my squats will probably need to drop a bit to accomodate the cycling - shoulder press & row are never going to be optimal due to the bench press on the same day, so happy to mix those up