Lifting after a 4 month break

[email hidden] wrote in news:1139866700.286903.23690
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Greetings,

I was on a solid split routine, each body part getting hit every 4
days. I've lifted weights ever since 1998, but I haven't lifted weighs
in the gym really since September.

I am going to go back to the gym though. Now shall I jump right back
into what I was doing (as in same split/exercise not same
weight/intensity), or do I have to go back to a beginner routine 3X per
week each body part for 3 months?

Neither.

Work your way back up to your previous intensity and volume over a couple of
weeks.

Hugh

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Exercise is a dirty word. Whenever I hear it, I wash my mouth out with
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On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 23:03:26 GMT, Hugh Beyer <[email hidden]>
wrote in misc.fitness.weights:

Quoted message said:

[email hidden] wrote in news:1139866700.286903.23690
@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

Quoted message said:

Greetings,

I was on a solid split routine, each body part getting hit every 4
days. I've lifted weights ever since 1998, but I haven't lifted weighs
in the gym really since September.

I am going to go back to the gym though. Now shall I jump right back
into what I was doing (as in same split/exercise not same
weight/intensity), or do I have to go back to a beginner routine 3X per
week each body part for 3 months?

Neither.

Work your way back up to your previous intensity and volume over a couple of
weeks.

Or longer. I'd actually recommend working out 5 or 6 times the first
week back but do VERY LITTLE volume and intensity each workout. The
second week I would drop the frequency and up the total volume and
intensity. Continue on the third week with your normal routine but
only increase the volume and intensity a reasonable amount over the
previous week.