Hello Experts.
I am currently doing four cardio workouts a week and three lifting workouts a week. Due to my schedule I can only life Monday - Friday. A “normal” week for me is Monday, cardio and lifting, Tuesday, cardio; Wednesday, cardio and lifting; Thursday, cardio; and Friday, Lifting.
But my schedule is uncertain and sometimes I have to do it all in four days instead of three. This week is one of those and I planned on: Mon, Cardio and Lifting; Tue, Cardio and lifting; Wednesday, two cardio sessions; Thursday, Lifting.
This weekend I had a moderate cold and slept like crap Friday and Saturday night. This isn’t too bad but I spent Saturday and Sunday restraining my deck on a hot and sunny weekend. It wrecked me. I felt terribly this morning.
But I went to the gym and did my planned cardio, and then tried lifting. My last warm up in squats which is usually like an RPE 4 or 5, felt like a 9. I had nothing. Rather than adjusting the load, I walked away from the squat rack and did a second cardio session. I’m over the cold, I should sleep good tonight, and I’m planning on lifting back-to-back the next three days.
Is this an OK strategy or should I have just pushed through on my scheduled lifts with a much lower weight on all my planned lifts? Does none of this really matter as long as I am getting in the gym? I’m not training for anything, I just try to be consistent and lose some weight (I’m 6’1”, went from 217 and a 40.5” waste in March. Down to 201 pounds this morning. I am shooting for <37”).