Getting Back In The Swing

[Grape Ape]

Ok, as many of you may or may not know, a crapload of stuff went down with me over the past year that forced me to layoff. I haven't been in the gym the entire time, so I need some advice. First, I definitely know not to jump back into supplements, I'm going to try and gain back as much as I can before going back to that, however, what I would like to hear some opinions on, is the actual workout factor. When I was at my peak, after experimenting with many different types of splits/routines, I followed a 5 day on, 2 day off routine, hitting each bodypart once a week, and that worked just awesome for me then, but starting over, what do you guys think a good plan to follow would be? I was thinking maybe a full body workout twice a week or so for a couple few weeks, then go to a 2 on 2 off, and so on and so on until I build back up to the 5 day thing. It's been so many years since I had to start from scratch, I'm really not sure...What do you think?

 

[MikeS]

GRAPE-

This is how I start my PT clients off-but they usually are out of condition completely.
2wks full body 3x wk.
Then 6wks up-low split, each 2x wk.
Then regular bodypart spits, working each (except calves/abs) 1x wk.

The 6wks upper-lower body split Id reduce to 2-3wks for someone who has the past experience that you do.

 

[xcelbeyond]

You know it's just gonna take some time for your body to adjust. Just don't overdo and hurt yourself.

Muscle memory is a wonderful thing - it just don't come back overnight.

xcel

 

[timberbeast]

Back In the swing

Welcome back. I am just getting back myself. I am doing the same type of workout. I go light to medium on my workout twice a week. It comes back fast. just dont let your mind over power your work so as not to become injured. I had both my knees replaced. I think I will be able to get my legs back I will just have to train different. I did my first heavy work last week. I used two boards so as not to come down all the way. And kept it to just the two heavy sets.

 

[sabutar]

I feel ya brother,

I got back in about 2 months ago, dude, the first week was horrible, getting sick (probably over training), looking at the weaklings at the gym lifting more than I can, just gave me the drive to train harder, after those first two weeks, started gettn my groove back ( How Sabutar Got his Groove Back), now just like it used to be, looked at my old training logs, looks like I'm coming back stronger, its a beutiful thing. just hang in there brother, popn the cherry always hurts a little.