Originally Posted by Snicklefritz

Great discussion everybody.

I talked to the personal trainer I had started with at the office gym (think big big big company, so they are careful who they hire)
and said hey I need to figure out some other way to train since a week of soreness is too much. He said 3-4 days of soreness after a strength training workout is not unexpected but a full week is not normal. He said the weights were light so it was more likely the volume of the reps or the movement pattern that did it.

IMHO too many exercises involved the same muscles, step ups on a high box, leg press on a slide with 2 legs, then with single legs.

To me 3-4 days of what he thinks is "not unusual" is too much because it interferes with my ability to be consistent in the gym. Consistency is what I need in order to drop another 20-25 lbs. I'll give the guy one more chance, but if the next workout isn't more in line with what I described originally, I'm just going to stick to what I know works which is endurance on the bike or something similar in the gym. That is until I am close to my goal weight and can afford a few missed days from being sore.