How to get acclimated to lifting weights quickly?

[SoIcyGang]

I have not lifted since COVID started. I finally bought a home gym.

I plan to do the candito 6 week program.

The problem is that I already know from previous experience, that I will be so insanely sore specifically on the squat/DL day, that I won't be able to squat again for at least 10 days.

What I'm thinking of doing is just doing week 1 of the program, and only doing 1 or 2 sets. And then doing 3 sets the week after, and the entire program correctly on the the 3rd or 4th week.

Is there any other way to do it though?

[genericname85]

for me personally, the best way is just doing it every day. i go with a 5 way split plan that includes a day of cardio. that way you're never in the situation where you think about extending your rest period or postponing a day of working out which for me personally was the biggest reason i stopped doing it. like if "working out" is a rigid part of your daily schedule that you're not allowing yourself to remove from the schedule, you're not tempted to just slack and stop.

[SoIcyGang]

Thats definitely true. I don't want to go so many days without doing anything. I'll just have to be sure to fill up the days so I don't get de motivated. Thank you.

[genericname85]

i think you should still expect a 2-3 week period to get into the swing of things. at that point you should be used to the serotonin hit that you get from succeeding with your workout, so at that piont it actually becomes a little difficult to just stop, which is great to stay motivated.

[SoIcyGang]

I thought serotonin makes you go to sleep? Lol

[genericname85]

nooo lol xD that's the bodies happy drug. it's your brains chemical to reward itself for good behavior.

[WarrenH]

If you’re not eating, sleeping, or recovering enough, you won’t make any gainz!

Alternatively, why not workout 2x week, upper body day & lower body day? That way you don’t live in the gym, you can go HAM on work days, and you’ll have ample recovery time between workouts.

[Little_Bumblebee]

I'm thinking that you shouldn't push the heavy weights too early. Start off easy.
Remember to get your protein, stretch and sleep the required hours.

[SoIcyGang]

Well the thing is they aren't that heavy though. Also I suppose if I used a lighter weight, I would simply do more reps and push it hard anyways and be sore as hell.

So maybe I should just not go all out. Do a few reps, but not max reps.

That sounds good actually. Thank you =)

[Little_Bumblebee]

Hope you figure it out :)

I'm trying to get back at lifting weights myself, I had to deload a lot since I trained last

[SoIcyGang]

Yea it's hard to know what to do lol. And I have a tendency to suffer paralysis by analysis. But I've learned to overcome it enough. Just gotta keep lifting even if I'm lost and confused. I'll figure it out as I go!

[Little_Bumblebee]

Hhaha yeah same. I feel like I continuously hear about what's good and what's bad and it goes back and forth and I get paralyzed.
You've got this!

[normalice]

Start light and go for a brief run before and a longer run after you are done lifting.