+ 9 Listen to your body
hey bros, i just wanted to share my findings from the past month, So I've been training for a while 10+ and i don't believe in over-training when your feed your body enough and you take 2 days off a week.. after going crazy ham for the past 16 months.. i was only taking a day or 2 off a week. i made a lot of progress and got to my personal biggest while staying lean.. but for the past month i was feeling tired all the time , not being able to sleep well..i thought fuck its estrogen so i bumped up my Ai... hoping it would go away then after 2 weeks my gains stalled . i was puzzled.. i knew my diet was on point and i was on the juice.
so i decided to focus on my diet, research, do blood work ,pray to Jesus considered a trainer and more drugs lol.. i was getting discourage and frustrated so my decision was to take 7 days off ..yes a whole week while ON.. i was horny like crazy .. bored, and very cranky so after a week off, i decided enough is enough and went in for a light work out.. I was pretty amazed my lifts got stronger, my focus was on point. and my pumps was insane...i definitely grew while sleeping on the couch and eating my sorrows away.. the only conclusion i came with was that i should have listened to my body a month ago... it was asking me to take time off.. my tendons was killing, i was getting weaker, and my mood was horrible..
so bros LISTEN TO YOUR BODY take time off when needed.. sometimes even with all the ASS and nutrition you can still get burned out.. lesson learned ill try never to make this mistake again. now its time to keep bulking cheers!!!
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Anon3-4 days a week
1-1.5 hours intence training
Trt dose cruise
4 week short ester blast cycles
Sex for cardio
Eat
Sleep
Works for me!
Great post
BigBmajI'm interested in this short ester blast approach. What kind of gains are you making with this protocol?
Run four weeks then off for how long? What TRT dose are you taking?
Tell me more.
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BigBmajAccepted, thanks.
We who love to train have a hard time not training. The facts are if you train hard, I mean really intense, each body part must only be trained every 6 days if you are a genetic freak, and probably every 8 days if you are a mear mortal such as myself. The effects of overtraining are subtle and accumulative, you don't know you are doing it until you've fallen off the cliff. Arther Jones, Mike Mentzer, and Dorian Yates have shown us the most efficient ways to train require the most rest between workouts. Muscle is built while resting. You are better off taking more time off than training too often! +1 great post
excellent points big ... I ve been trying to tell people that for years.. they don't want to hear it ..
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Yes Grrrrl. I look at it this way, when's the last time you saw a marathoner with any muscle mass. Then look at sprinters. Fr sent
yeah bro, my prob is that i love training. i use it as meditation..when im in the gym ..all my focus in its reps,sets and strict form.. any other problems i have in my life is forgotten until i leave the gym. im there for business that's it, i don't care if i come out as unfriendly...
ClassyChassisHa ha, I don't have to go to the gym to come across as unfriendly. (-:
People waste so much of their lives on idle chit-chat and mundane social interaction. So much of so-called entertainment and past-time is just looking for ways to waste time. The one commodity none of us has enough of. Most people don't approach their lives strategically at all.
Also, try looking at each moment as your last battle on earth. Because it well may be. You don't have to be in the gym to give the best of yourself in each moment.
Right on bro!
Yup tough not to train when it becomes your zen time. Dropping the intensity would be one way to avoid the overtraining. I read a interview with the great Serge Nubret where he did 20 sets per exercise 5 exercises per body part and would spend hours in the gym everyday. Listening to your body is good but much like over eating you don't realize you ate to much until 20 minutes after you have or you don't get thirsty till your dehydrated. Same goes for overtraining, when you feel it it's too late! It depends on your goals, if the zen time is more important than the results, and the working out makes you feel good most of the time then who's to say!
Bro, I think it is real wisdom to go to the Lord for His input that is always 100% spot on perfect. It is something I have been neglecting. Thanks for the post.
Seems like we are on the same page. I revamped my workout and lifting regimen. I started with reverse pyramid for a month. Then, I started lifting 50% of my maximum weight with increased reps for a week. From there, I have alternated back to pyramid and lifting 75% of maximum weight. My tendonitis has subsided. And, I feel as if I am getting better use of the muscle. I plan on increasing the weight soon, but I am taking it easy and going slower, which is going to be my major goal before and during the next cycle I incorporate into my regimen.
Yeah i think we are, i love lift heavy that's how i got big but,, i developed tendinitis from it.. my elbow, knees kills me. im currently taking naproxen to deal w/ the pain and inflammation.. i know that lighter weight is better for your joints... so i just incorporate both i always start light and go heavy for a few sets then go back down,, that way i get crazy pumps and feel like im actually pushing some serious weight around..
Excellent post. I've learned something new today. THANKS & i gave you some karma love
+1 good post bro
I have only been taking maybe a day off per week, some weeks no day off at all. I can really feel the tendons in my elbow/forearms are getting pretty angry. I took today off, maybe I should give it a couple more...Good post bro.
Yeah bro, do what feels right. if you cant even do push ups then your tendons are telling you "hey wtf im trying to rest" lol i recommend naproxen.. its prescription and works great on your tendons. also omega 3 should help w/ inflammation
ClassyChassisYeah, if you start losing your enthusiasm for lifting, start sleeping poorly, feeling blah etc, it's time for 7-10 days off. It will do you good. I mean, you could do some light active recovery stuff if you want, maybe check out the girls in the yoga class... But if someone is worried about losing all their muscles in a week, I have to wonder how much muscle they have to begin with. Ha.
its not the fear of LOSING muscle,, its the fear of not GAINING lol.