Re: Newbie First Day - Question

[Guest guest]

If you're doing Pilates for stretching and cardio as an alternative

to the 20 MAS, that is fine. The only thing I would caution against

is overtraining a particular muscle group. I don't know much about

Pilates, but here is what happened to me.

I took a total body conditioning class the day after I did my LBW.

I knew that the TBC class emphasized lunges for the legs in an

intensive way. My legs were KILLING me with an agony I never felt

before, that night so I couldn't sleep, and for days afterwards.

Overtraining knocked my BFL program and my momentum off kilter.

that was a littlle over a year ago, and I'm just getting back to BFL

now.

So just make sure that if Pilates emphasizes a particular muscle

group, that you have allowed 4-5 days for that muscle group to

recover before doing Pilates. For example, if there is lots of ab

work in Pilates, make Pilates your ab workout. That is a

theoretical example only, I don't know whether Pilates gives you an

ab workout.

Jeff

[Guest guest]

I think this is good advice. Yesterday was my first cardio day in a long time.

I could only go 15 minutes on the Nordik Trak. I'll build up.

I've run 6 marathons, my last in 2001. I recall that when I started running, I

could not run a mile, and walked/ran less than a mile. Now I'm starting over

from scratch, one step at a time.

GK

fitjenb wrote:

If you were already doing these activities prior to starting BFL,

then feel free to continue them! Bill says that additional

cardio/sports is fine if you were already doing them before starting

BFL. If however, you were totally inactive before starting BFL,

then you might run the risk of overtraining. Listen to your body.

Some fatigue is normal during the 1st few weeks of starting BFL.

Any excessive tiredness though is a signal that you are doing too

much.

----- Kopycinski http://www.shireweb.com

[Guest guest]

I think this is good advice. Yesterday was my first cardio day in a long time.

I could only go 15 minutes on the Nordik Trak. I'll build up.

I've run 6 marathons, my last in 2001. I recall that when I started running, I

could not run a mile, and walked/ran less than a mile. Now I'm starting over

from scratch, one step at a time.

GK

fitjenb wrote:

If you were already doing these activities prior to starting BFL,

then feel free to continue them! Bill says that additional

cardio/sports is fine if you were already doing them before starting

BFL. If however, you were totally inactive before starting BFL,

then you might run the risk of overtraining. Listen to your body.

Some fatigue is normal during the 1st few weeks of starting BFL.

Any excessive tiredness though is a signal that you are doing too

much.

----- Kopycinski http://www.shireweb.com

[Guest guest]

You will probably be surprised at how fast you can achieve your

previous level of performance (and exceed it even). Muscle memory

is a good thing. If you've been in good shape, or just were

involved in fitness activities in the past, it's an advantage.

That's not to say that reformed couch-potatoes can't achieve awesome

levels of fitness... because they can and do! It's just nice when

you were previously active/working out and you see yourself fairly

quickly reaching a previous milestone, and then beating your own

PRs. *grin*

Jen B.

> If you were already doing these activities prior to starting BFL,

> then feel free to continue them! Bill says that

additional

> cardio/sports is fine if you were already doing them before

starting

> BFL. If however, you were totally inactive before starting BFL,

> then you might run the risk of overtraining. Listen to your

body.

> Some fatigue is normal during the 1st few weeks of starting BFL.

> Any excessive tiredness though is a signal that you are doing too

> much.

>

>

> ----- Kopycinski http://www.shireweb.com

>

>

[Guest guest]

You will probably be surprised at how fast you can achieve your

previous level of performance (and exceed it even). Muscle memory

is a good thing. If you've been in good shape, or just were

involved in fitness activities in the past, it's an advantage.

That's not to say that reformed couch-potatoes can't achieve awesome

levels of fitness... because they can and do! It's just nice when

you were previously active/working out and you see yourself fairly

quickly reaching a previous milestone, and then beating your own

PRs. *grin*

Jen B.

> If you were already doing these activities prior to starting BFL,

> then feel free to continue them! Bill says that

additional

> cardio/sports is fine if you were already doing them before

starting

> BFL. If however, you were totally inactive before starting BFL,

> then you might run the risk of overtraining. Listen to your

body.

> Some fatigue is normal during the 1st few weeks of starting BFL.

> Any excessive tiredness though is a signal that you are doing too

> much.

>

>

> ----- Kopycinski http://www.shireweb.com

>

>