JP Fitness Forums - View Single Post - how long should the recovery be after lifting before a game, activity, etc?

Mon · 06-13-2008, 03:47 PM

I have no coach right now. I am my own coach. I am not on a college team at the moment. I am going to give it a try again trying out for my JC in the fall and the coach at the JC is not really an expert at lifting and I know that for sure. My JC also has an inexperienced athletic trainer when it comes to weightraining. In the fall, we were given a lot of machine exercises and stuff that we should not even be doing. I even posted the lifting schedule once online on a softball forum and the members even agreed that it was a poor written program and I did not even follow it (it was just given to the girls to do on our own). I am not going to trust my JC because they do not have a real strength and conditioning coach. If it was a UC, it would be different. We all usually do things on our own at our JC away from the softball field.

I am really afraid to start lifting again and my performance being affected again. Eversince I stopped lifting since june 7 (last day of spring semester), my speed and everything came back. Based on experience, everytime I try to lift, my performance decreases. When I don't lift, it goes back to where its supposed to. I want to lift in a way I will get results and actually improve. Thats the main reason why I am making this thread. There is no way I am going to let anything affect my performance again.

I am working at a grocery store now (a bagger and also clear carts in the lot), so I do a lot of lifting already with my upper body and I have noticed each day, everything I lift and curl up (like a bicep curl) to put into the cart gets easy and easier to do. I am also thinking its improving my performance on the softball field as far as throwing goes because my throwing strength/power/distance is improving.

If I ever go into the weightroom again and I see decreased performance happening, I probably won't be lifting anymore. I want to get as much info from you guys as possible, so that on my last attempt doing weightraining and sticking to a program will be successful. If not, I just won't go to the weightroom anymore. I hope that getting the advice I get from you guys will improve my performance. I want to get as much advice as I can before I actually start lifting again, so I know for sure that my performance will not decrease and trust myself.

06-13-2008, 03:47 PM	#7 (permalink)
Mon Coppa Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 577	I have no coach right now. I am my own coach. I am not on a college team at the moment. I am going to give it a try again trying out for my JC in the fall and the coach at the JC is not really an expert at lifting and I know that for sure. My JC also has an inexperienced athletic trainer when it comes to weightraining. In the fall, we were given a lot of machine exercises and stuff that we should not even be doing. I even posted the lifting schedule once online on a softball forum and the members even agreed that it was a poor written program and I did not even follow it (it was just given to the girls to do on our own). I am not going to trust my JC because they do not have a real strength and conditioning coach. If it was a UC, it would be different. We all usually do things on our own at our JC away from the softball field. I am really afraid to start lifting again and my performance being affected again. Eversince I stopped lifting since june 7 (last day of spring semester), my speed and everything came back. Based on experience, everytime I try to lift, my performance decreases. When I don't lift, it goes back to where its supposed to. I want to lift in a way I will get results and actually improve. Thats the main reason why I am making this thread. There is no way I am going to let anything affect my performance again. I am working at a grocery store now (a bagger and also clear carts in the lot), so I do a lot of lifting already with my upper body and I have noticed each day, everything I lift and curl up (like a bicep curl) to put into the cart gets easy and easier to do. I am also thinking its improving my performance on the softball field as far as throwing goes because my throwing strength/power/distance is improving. If I ever go into the weightroom again and I see decreased performance happening, I probably won't be lifting anymore. I want to get as much info from you guys as possible, so that on my last attempt doing weightraining and sticking to a program will be successful. If not, I just won't go to the weightroom anymore. I hope that getting the advice I get from you guys will improve my performance. I want to get as much advice as I can before I actually start lifting again, so I know for sure that my performance will not decrease and trust myself.