Okay, so here's the deal. Earlier I made a post about my concern about my possible un-fitness and its relation to a week of fencing camp, asking what I should do to make it as easy on myself as possible.
Well, I just doubled my problem.
I'm actually doing another week- back to back, so that I have to skip the last day of the first camp and drive 8 hours to the second, eventually getting there at 1 am. I have to start the next day at 9. I told my friend who also fences about my plan, and he promptly told me I would die, because he was quite sore after camp last year despite the fact that he was in good shape. Unfortunately for me, I'm crazy, and decided to do it anyway.
So, what do you think? I have unlimited time at my disposal. If it takes running four hours a day, I'll do it. If it takes putting my weight loss on hold so I can build some muscle, I'll do it. My questions are: Should I increase my protein intake to facilitate muscle building, or keep my caloric intake low so that I'm as little burdened by fat and bulky muscle as possible? How much can I exercise a day before it starts to be detrimental? What about pliometrics? I've been doing one set after my short and fast workout every other day- should I do two or three sets? Increase it to every day? I know those exercises will target fencing muscles, but I'm not sure if they do much for endurance. That, and I don't want to be at a point where I never build muscle because I've torn up my entire lower body.
Any advice is much appreciated!