Ok, I'm kinda new at this, so bare with me here.
I started doing some light weight training after PT from my knee surgery, and enjoyed it, so I've been doing it more and more regularly now at OSU. I've been lifting for about 45 min 4-5 days a week now for around a month and a half...typically focusing on the chest, back and arms. I do leg press and squats sometimes, but my knees are still kinda fragile, and I don't want to hurt myself, since I don't typically have somebody to lift with.
Anyways, about a month into it, I started to notice a difference in the way that I looked, and felt, which was exciting. I was able to increase the weights and/or reps on most of the machines. However, over the last two weeks, I feel like I'm hitting a wall.
Right after starting to lift, I feel a lot weaker than I did a few weeks ago, and I'm not able to perform at the same level, in terms of weight, or reps. I don't really feel different when I'm not working out, but there seems to be a noticable drop in my strength and energy when exercising.
Why might this be? Do I need to change my diet? Is it possible that I'm over doing it, or not doing the right things? Would the cold weather have anything to do with it? Would I change the way I warm up or cool down?
Surely I'm making some newbie mistake. Any insight would be awesome.
I started doing some light weight training after PT from my knee surgery, and enjoyed it, so I've been doing it more and more regularly now at OSU. I've been lifting for about 45 min 4-5 days a week now for around a month and a half...typically focusing on the chest, back and arms. I do leg press and squats sometimes, but my knees are still kinda fragile, and I don't want to hurt myself, since I don't typically have somebody to lift with.
Anyways, about a month into it, I started to notice a difference in the way that I looked, and felt, which was exciting. I was able to increase the weights and/or reps on most of the machines. However, over the last two weeks, I feel like I'm hitting a wall.
Right after starting to lift, I feel a lot weaker than I did a few weeks ago, and I'm not able to perform at the same level, in terms of weight, or reps. I don't really feel different when I'm not working out, but there seems to be a noticable drop in my strength and energy when exercising.
Why might this be? Do I need to change my diet? Is it possible that I'm over doing it, or not doing the right things? Would the cold weather have anything to do with it? Would I change the way I warm up or cool down?
Surely I'm making some newbie mistake. Any insight would be awesome.