...I got round to doing some strength training again. Well, 15 minutes worth anyway. I have a few free weights which I use at home. The problem is I do it so rarely that each time I start again I have to use the teeny tiny weights. My aim is to try and do two lots of 15 minutes a week, and at least this week I have made some progress in that direction. I think that's been my aim for the last few months and the weights have not been employed very often at all.
Despite the fact I know that building muscle is great because then you burn more calories at rest, somehow doing weights feels like a lot more effort for not much gain. I suppose it doesn't help that I can only use tiny weights, as the effect of muscle building is reduced.
The other things with weights is that it can be hard to motivate yourself to do at home. Its not one continous movement like say the exercise bike, you have to think about each different exercise and its execution. I only have a couple of DVDs that use weights, generally DVDs are more cardio based. Its the Davina ones that use the weights and even then she focuses on low weights with high reps, rather than building up strength.
Oh well, I know I must try and do it so now that I've given it another go hopefully I can keep going!
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