Which teams put you on a program where, in addition to the strength training, you are also supposed to do a certain number of steps per day, a run, etc?
I'm trying to have a structured program that includes cardio.
Before I get started, though I have very limited knowledge about weight training, I have almost no experience. Ladder is teaching me how to actually do weight training, and it's only been a few months.
Anyhow, I was just reading, in a group for Fitness over 50, that as we get older, progressive overload can set you up for injury. Meaning, after awhile, even if the muscles can handle the weights, the joints can't.
I'm a woman in my 50's, and my natural build is lean and my body builds muscle fairly easily. I know this because I used to be a runner. I'm strong, and my bones are also strong.
However, I'm currently overweight and need to lose about 40 pounds of fat.
Over the last year, every time I start strength training, the workout feels fine. But then over the next few days, I'm inflamed and fatigued. It takes me several days just to recover from one workout.
Before I joined Ladder, I was doing Bodi's 25 minute Speed Train, and I had the recovery issue. Which meant I couldn't follow the workout schedule.
So here at Ladder, I at first tried the workout as written, and was running into the same inflammation issue.
So now it seems that going lighter, sometimes much lighter than recommended, is working better for me until my body builds up the stamina.
Like I said, I'm strong, so I can lift much more. But my body can't recover fast enough.
Can anyone else relate to what I'm saying?