Well I almost never get sore so I was a bit worried and I felt even worse yesterday but I went to kickboxing class anyway since I'd already rescheduled it and didn't want to take both of rest days back to back - and I was very surprised to see I felt better afterwards and today: no soreness. Hair of...

Just checking in -
Yesterday I tried heavier weights+less reps for the first time and today is the most sore I've ever felt the day after a workout! I was supposed to go kickboxing today but I've decided to take one of rest days today instead since I'm so sore. Improvement or a bad thing?

Well thank you to both of you - I've actually read an article just recently about how we get more muscle thanks to the little "tears" that happen when we lift heavy so lifting heavier weights does make sense- for me anyway, since I'm looking to gain more lean muscle mass. I wasn't actually...

So basically you suggest heavier weights, less reps? Well, I could try that since I always try to switch things up a bit too keep from getting bored and this seems like a neat way to avoid doing the same old stuff week after week. I'll try this next time and let you know how that goes compared to th...

swanso5 - really? That's too much? I've been alternating 3 days of this and 2 days of kickboxing with yoga on one of rest days (vinyasa if feeling energetic, yin if feeling sore or just wanna chill out) and I feel like it's just enough - I could probably do a lot more since I'm never very tired afte...

Yeah I get what you are coming from with the caffeine though I'm very attached to it haha so maybe I'll try to limit intake first instead of going cold turkey. And starting to carry some healthy snacks with me instead of going for candy bars on busy days, particularly when I'm running on zero sleep ...

Well it varies A LOT since I'm a law student, I sometimes get too busy to eat proper food and snack on very unhealthy stuff like candy bars, ice cream, chips etc. :( But that's usually just for the midterm or finals week, other times eating goes something like this: Breakfast: I usually have a veggi...

Thank you so much Boss Man! I assume you find the actual weights workout adequate for me then? Will doing it x3 a week hopefully help me gain muscle? Is there anything I need to watch about diet for muscle gain? Sorry I'm asking a lot of questions but since I played tennis before I believed I was st...

Also, I'm supposed to do this 3 or 4 times a week with a group fitness class (or maybe outdoor run?) thrown in for diversity, once or twice a week with 1-2 rest days per week. He said it was OK to do something light like yoga or walking on rest days if being completely inactive bores me - which it u...

Hello, I'm new to the site (just signed up actually) so hopefully I'm posting this correctly. I'm 20 years old, female, 5'4 (165 cm) and weigh 118 lbs (53.5 kg). body fat percentage is within normal range (closer to minimum) but muscle percentage is very low, like the bare minimum. I have flab espec...