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can't seem to quite recover from lifting
I've got a bowflex, and I love it. Since Christmas, I've been on the following routine:
On MWF, I do bench/fly/shoulder shrug/narrow and wide lats. On TTS, I do back/crunch/oblique/reverse crunch/reverse curl/curl/trunk/calf raise. 3x a week I'm rowing for 20 minutes and I stretch every day. I'm a juggler, so my triceps have always been in the best shape on my body. I see no reason to work those...
The trouble is that my pecs/abs don't seem to recover. Even though I'm not sore the next day (making me think i'm not over doing it), if I exert on off days I feel the burn. I started taking 2 days off each week - thereby not really doing MWF on MWF (if you know what I mean). But it's not really helping.
I don't feel that I'm overdoing, and I am definitely getting toned and I feel much much better. I don't have any particular fitness goals, I just want to be in good shape. Which I've never particularly been. I eat a pretty healthy diet - veggies, protein every day, junk food only rarely.
Is it cause I'm old (41), and just don't recover like I used to? Or is that normal and I don't know it because I've never worked out regularly before? Appreciate any thoughts...
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