Before being quarantined, I would use a rower for my cardio on both GPP days. I don’t have access to one now, so the only thing for cardio I can think of is running. I never run. It hurts my shins, and they’re ridiculously sore for nearly a week after (I’m assuming/hoping that it’s just due to me not running ever, and the more I do it, the less sore I’ll be). How would y’all recommend I ease into this? Is jumping right in to 30 minutes of running a good idea? Will it effect (affect?) recovery for my leg workouts on my lifting days?
Flash,
In general, I’d recommend easing into it by jogging 1x/wk for the steady state cardio. Ideally, you’d do something like run 1 min, walk 1 min- not because you’re getting out of breath, but because you need to work your way up to the volume load. I’d plan on increasing the run interval by ~10s each week while decreasing the walk interval by the same. I’d also LOVE IT if you could find a small grade or hill to run up, as this seems to be more tolerable.
-Jordan
Awesome. Thank you for the reply and for all the content y’all produce. Stay safe!