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What is the purpose of building strength if you are afraid to use it? Think about it.
This is a good point, and can often highlight the different mentalities between lifters who lift for sport and competition, versus others who lift for aesthetics or general fitness and health. I tend to lift for fitness and health reasons. I just feel better when I lift, mentally and physically, and the strength helps with even mundane aspects of every day life. I receive far more respect and have far more confidence than I did before lifting. But you're right, if I can't even walk without fearing I'm damaging progress in the gym, what's the point?
Appreciate the responses in this topic, as it helps to keep everything in perspective.
I recently starting using a treadmill desk. I just hate sitting for long periods of time, and I'm so much more productive and alert when I'm using my treadmill desk. I'm walking about 4-8 miles a day. I've noticed I'm having a hard time making some strength gains and the leg workouts in particular are harder at the gym lately. Although I have noticed that as my body is getting used to all the walking, my legs aren't as tired by the time I get to the gym. Do I just need to take in more calories (already am eating 500-1000 calories more per day since using the treadmill desk), or is all this walking tiring out my muscles before the gym and hindering my gains? I also do HIIT on my days off from lifting which is about 3x per week. When I first started all this walking, I actually couldn't even squat my normal working sets, but after a month of using the treadmill desk and getting used to all the walking, my squats are back where they were before I started using the treadmill desk. Except now I can't seem to increase my squat at all from where it was.
I know too much cardio can hinder strength gains, but walking at 1.5 mph for four hours isn't really cardio, right? I take frequent sitting breaks too.
Dump the treadmill and start using a stair climber or a stationary bike.
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