More than the fear that my gym might increase the fee is the frustration of a regular lifter.
Same thing can be said about nearly any other form of exercise. It requires consistent effort to improve, any breaks will result in stagnation.smoulder wrote: ↑Wed, 21 Jul 2021 10:46 amMore than the fear that my gym might increase the fee is the frustration of a regular lifter.
Long breaks which happen frequently are a set back. You keep having to start almost from scratch each time. During the time off, all you can do is cardio. And some body weight exercises which have limited carry over to training with weights for a more advanced lifter.
I just took a month after the last closure to get my body acclimatized to the heavier weights and was planning to hit personal record territory when the latest news of a closure came.
No doubt that's true. What I meant is that at least for some activities, you can focus on something which is not the activity but which is related and will help to maintain your performance once you restart.Lisafuller wrote: ↑Thu, 22 Jul 2021 10:41 amSame thing can be said about nearly any other form of exercise. It requires consistent effort to improve, any breaks will result in stagnation.smoulder wrote: ↑Wed, 21 Jul 2021 10:46 amMore than the fear that my gym might increase the fee is the frustration of a regular lifter.
Long breaks which happen frequently are a set back. You keep having to start almost from scratch each time. During the time off, all you can do is cardio. And some body weight exercises which have limited carry over to training with weights for a more advanced lifter.
I just took a month after the last closure to get my body acclimatized to the heavier weights and was planning to hit personal record territory when the latest news of a closure came.
True. It can be especially hard to keep your progress going without the proper lifting equipment.smoulder wrote: ↑Thu, 22 Jul 2021 11:15 amNo doubt that's true. What I meant is that at least for some activities, you can focus on something which is not the activity but which is related and will help to maintain your performance once you restart.Lisafuller wrote: ↑Thu, 22 Jul 2021 10:41 amSame thing can be said about nearly any other form of exercise. It requires consistent effort to improve, any breaks will result in stagnation.smoulder wrote: ↑Wed, 21 Jul 2021 10:46 am
More than the fear that my gym might increase the fee is the frustration of a regular lifter.
Long breaks which happen frequently are a set back. You keep having to start almost from scratch each time. During the time off, all you can do is cardio. And some body weight exercises which have limited carry over to training with weights for a more advanced lifter.
I just took a month after the last closure to get my body acclimatized to the heavier weights and was planning to hit personal record territory when the latest news of a closure came.
With weightlifting, it's very hard to mimic sufficient force generation through some other activity without just getting under the bar. I wouldn't say that it is impossible, but it takes quite a bit of creativity to make implements that can do that for you - and most likely, they will be big pieces of junk that occupy precious space inside your house.
While I have been doing cardio for general health as my main activity during these gym closures, it's totally unrelated to lifting.
Note that I'm not saying that lifting is the only such fitness activity which has these challenges - there probably are a few others, but I'm highlighting this one.
Examples of things that people normally do in gyms that don't require them to exclusively go to a gym - cardio equipment and all those group dance classes. Instead of running on a treadmill, I could jog at the park. Instead of dancing in a group, I could do that at home - there are plenty of YouTube channels that cater to it.
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