"...your muscles are totally dead for days after the workout. I can't tell you too much about it because I quit after a few weeks, but that should tell you something."
If you stuck with it, you're body will adapt and you'd not have felt as bad. Every time I"ve started and stopped working out (for a couple months), after I start again, it doesn't matter if I only use my 1/2 my bodyweight for squats, my legs will be sore for days. After a couple weeks though, I'm back in the groove and can go to failure with well over my bodyweight and only be a little sore for one day.
I would heartily recommend
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Stephen
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