Or not.
Okay, did the bike today for a 20 minute workout. Averaged 14.5 mph but my ass still hurt a lot. I presume that as I strengthen up my glutes my endurance on the bike will improve. Have no evidence, yet, that this theory is going to hold up however. After 15 minutes or so I can totally feel some sort of pain start to go down my legs. So as much as I want to really do long cardio workouts via bike, seems I'll have to go for short(er) burst ones in quantity instead of one long quality exercise.
Speaking of gloves, I guess this is another area where age is starting to rear its ugly head but I need some weight lifting gloves. Not that my hands are not "toughened" up from use, though I do try to lotion them!, I'm finding that my hands are starting to show compression marks after lengthy sets. Given that a large part of my routine is low weight/long repetitions this is likely to be a problem unless I take it seriously.
Additionally, not sure if this has a cure, after a really good upper body workout the lower half of my hands (ring finger + pinky finger half) develops some serious ache. I've always suffered some level of repetitive stress with my hands and wrists. I worry that I might be adding to that problem with all the upper body work I've been doing.
About the compression marks on your hands- I don't know about you, but that usually happens to me when I'm dehydrated. Are you drinking enough water? Even so, weight lifting gloves are a good idea anyways.
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