Originally Posted by
kel
Hello all,
I just restarted SS in mid January after taking months off due to illness/losing 20 lbs. I am a little over 6'3 and am sitting at 170 lbs right now (yes, I'm aware this is quite thin). I haven't really noticed this too much, but as the weights have started getting heavier I find it takes longer, and longer for me to get out of the gym. At the beginning I could pretty much finish in an hour, including warming up and stretching beforehand (I do < 10 mins rowing maching, then warm up sets with stretching in between). In the past week, I've noticed that I literally take 2 hours to finish everything. Let me clarify, that I am only doing the 3 main lifts a day. My work sets are as follows:
Squat - 225
Deadlift - 225
Bench - 155
Press - 105
Clean - 115
I tried to hustle through the workout today, and ended up starting my first squat work set literally 30 minutes after stepping into the weight room. I did my first work set, and felt good about it. I tried to keep my rest under 10 mins. in between work sets, but I failed miserably on the 2nd, only getting 2 reps and dumping the 3rd. The bulk of my time is spent on squats, from the moment I step into the gym to the moment I finish my last work set with squats is usually at least in hour.
Should I be worried about working out for 2 hours at a time? Is this normal? If not, what the hell can I do to cut down the time?