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To make a long story as short as possible, my gf and I quit smoking for New Years. It was a tough first couple weeks, but now we're both going on 7 mos. smoke free. In April we joined a gym, hoping to lose the quit smoking lbs. We got hooked up with a swole trainer, and have replaced a very bad addiction with a very good one. We're lifting 4x a week now. They give us "fitness assesments" every 8 weeks to monitor progress. I've lost 10 lbs of fat and gained 15 lbs of muscle in 12 weeks. Went from 18% bf to 13%, and improved everything else. GF improved a lot, esp. in strength, but I don't know her #'s. My squat went from nothing to 2x6 @285, hers is 2x12 @145. RDL's from nothing to 2x6 @ 265, hers is 1x12 @ 105 (and she's getting over a back injury!) Flat bench is by far our weakest lift. I'm 2x8 @145. Hers is 2x10 @75. Still, it's better than sitting our fat a$$es on the couch. I'm 25 yrs. old, 5'10, now @ 190-ish. I've lost 2.5'' in my waist, gained 2'' in my quads, 4'' in my chest, and 2'' in my biceps. My shirt sleeves have all gotten shorter and tighter!
She's 22 years old, putting the muscle on, and is starting to burn the fat. Her efforts are definitely showing as well 
Our split:
Day 1: Chest & Tris, 1/2 hr. of intense cardio
Day 2: Quads & Front & Lat Delts
Day 3: Rest
Day 4: Back & Bi's, 1/2 hr. of intense cardio
Day 5: Hams, Calves, Traps, and Rear Delts
Day 6: Rest
Day 7: Rest, sometimes 1/2 hr. of cardio
Anyhow, here are my questions:
1) We're not really sore after a workout. I mean, we walk out of the gym sore, but after an hour or two we're both fine. The day after is when we both feel it the most---hurts to comb your hair, walk, etc. Forget about stairs! Is this pretty common, to recover like that after a workout, and then feel it 24 hrs later?
2) Do any of you get jittery, shakey, edgy, and just "not right" after more than 1 or 2 days away from the gym? After our 2 days off, we're crabby and jonesing to get back to the gym. Is this normal too?
I've learned a ton from reading the board here. Keep it up! This club is much better than Marlboro's, and the members here seem to last longer too!
She's 22 years old, putting the muscle on, and is starting to burn the fat. Her efforts are definitely showing as well Our split:
Day 1: Chest & Tris, 1/2 hr. of intense cardio
Day 2: Quads & Front & Lat Delts
Day 3: Rest
Day 4: Back & Bi's, 1/2 hr. of intense cardio
Day 5: Hams, Calves, Traps, and Rear Delts
Day 6: Rest
Day 7: Rest, sometimes 1/2 hr. of cardio
Anyhow, here are my questions:
1) We're not really sore after a workout. I mean, we walk out of the gym sore, but after an hour or two we're both fine. The day after is when we both feel it the most---hurts to comb your hair, walk, etc. Forget about stairs! Is this pretty common, to recover like that after a workout, and then feel it 24 hrs later?
2) Do any of you get jittery, shakey, edgy, and just "not right" after more than 1 or 2 days away from the gym? After our 2 days off, we're crabby and jonesing to get back to the gym. Is this normal too?
I've learned a ton from reading the board here. Keep it up! This club is much better than Marlboro's, and the members here seem to last longer too!
