I suppose I want growth. At the moment I am doing what you said, low reps and high weight. Normally around 15 reps, using a 30kg barbell, one after the other. I'm just wondering - is it counterproductive to follow this routine daily - do my muscles need to rest, even if they aren't aching? I am not 100% focused on becoming faster on the bike, I just want to balance out my upper and lower body muscles. Do you think it's worth following what i'm doing right now, only working my muscles to exhaustion during each session, so they're rough the next day? Or maybe it's better to do little and often? Or is it basically nothing to worry about, as the results will be the same..
@lpg
I suppose I want growth. At the moment I am doing what you said, low reps and high weight. Normally around 15 reps, using a 30kg barbell, one after the other. I'm just wondering - is it counterproductive to follow this routine daily - do my muscles need to rest, even if they aren't aching? I am not 100% focused on becoming faster on the bike, I just want to balance out my upper and lower body muscles. Do you think it's worth following what i'm doing right now, only working my muscles to exhaustion during each session, so they're rough the next day? Or maybe it's better to do little and often? Or is it basically nothing to worry about, as the results will be the same..