|
If you are an active person who runs and cycles regularity, adding lifting will probably be really easy. I enjoy playing sports but I am constantly out of shape and I struggle with balancing the routine of workouts and other stuff, even though that's inexcusable. You're already way ahead of the game if you can manage an established routine.
I had a pretty good streak where I did a variety of plyometric type things and I saw a lot of success when I stuck to it. I did 100 pushups program, as well as lots of chinups every day. I felt great and I never lifted weights, it's a shame I didn't stick to that.
I have weightlifted with a friend of mine who is rehabbing from shoulder surgery but is an experienced lifter and naturally very strong. I greatly concur with what has been said about breathing. It sounds stupid, I guess i'm a tard, but I actually have a lot of trouble with breathing right and counting my reps .... yup. Definitely make sure you can overcome that!
Definitely do not push too hard. Experienced weightlifters, even on a light weight, will have better form and stronger muscles in places you didn't even know about. I was working out with my friend and he proposed an interesting ab exercise that involved getting on my knees facing away from a pulldown machine (rope handle thing, not the lat bar), and then basically doing a crunch towards the ground. It was a great AB workout for him, but since I wasn't accustomed to lifting weights at all, i thought my forearms were going to explode - I wasn't used to having to grip shit and didn't have the requisite forearm strength. I'm an unathletic weakling but it's a point of note.
I'm surprised no one said anything about diet, but maybe it's because since you're active and healthy you already manage that well and no-one has bothered to mention it. Still, eating lots of protein is a subject that (in my experience) people who lift weights love to tell you about. After any kind of workout I usually have a decent amount of yogurt with some protein powder.
|