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Well today was more hill climbing and a small amount of strength training. We have lots of humongous hills and mountains around here, so there is no shortage of challenging walks. Even with my relatively decent cardio conditioning, the climbs and descents are a bit strenuous.

For strength training, I've decided to just do one body part per day at about 30-40% 1RM until I have adapted my connective tissues and ligaments enough to perform heavy lifts again. A person should (in my view) normally go through an anatomical adaptation period before resuming a heavy training routine (i.e. before the hypertophy phase) so this will be my attempt at that. Because I am a bit time pressured lately, I'm going to have to restrict the weights to one body part per day since I am already spending up to an hour on cardio to encourage fat loss.

Anyhow, today's workout was:

Cardio:
1hr10mins brisk walking / steep climbs & descents

Strength:
6*12 close grip bench (triceps)
5*10 Seated Overhead Barbell Triceps Extension
4*10 kickbacks

Obviously both the volume and intensity of these weight bearing exercises are pretty low right now, but should be adequate for AA (anatomical adaptation).

We'll try this for a few weeks and see how it goes.

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