Lifting Help

GayLubeOil · 2018-03-03T09:50:47+00:00

You should listen to your body. People are overly doctrinal with fitness. If your body isn't responding do something else. You can grow from a workout that your not psychologically engaged with.

throwaway4target-yay · 2018-03-03T08:40:25+00:00

There's nothing wrong with giving your body a rest. It seems like you have been fighting the good fight and you have wracked up some battle scars in the trenches. That needs to be addressed. Just don't confuse recuperation with letting yourself off the hook. Slowing down really can be the fastest way forward on occassion.

Pick up yoga. Maybe do that instead for a day or two in your routine for a while. It will work miracles for the soreness and lethargy and all the old wounds that haven't quite healed. Plus once you are good at it you will meet and impress a shit ton of incredibly, erm, 'open', incredibly limber, young yoga girls. Doesn't that sound good to you?

Captain_Save_A_Hoe_ · 2018-03-03T14:04:52+00:00

Do bodybuilding type exercises for fun instead of completely giving up.

wracky272 · 2018-03-03T18:39:49+00:00

I also powerlift and for the intensity of those movements, going to the gym every day is not only overkill, it's actually hindering you.

You build muscle while recovering, not while exercising. Typical powerlifting methods average 3-4 days in the gym per week, with a deload every fourth week. This won't feel like "enough" time in the gym, but it is if you're following prescribed volumes (particularly for the 3 competition lifts). Make sure you're getting plenty of rest, water, and calories.

If you stay on your current path, the injuries will continue to pile up, and your gains will stagnate.

I made a lot of the same mistakes, don't fret too much about it. Slowing down and getting proper recovery has led me to a 1400 total in about 2 years.

HannibalBacara · 2018-03-04T02:15:33+00:00

If your muscles are really that sore you should be resting them. A tip I haven’t really seen mentioned on TRP much is just taking a full week off from lifting.

For every 10-12 weeks lifting I take 1 full week off where I reduce my food intake and just rest up and do at most cardio from sports.

After that week off I come back to the gym and then I feel so good. Trust me on this. It’s almost like a reset button.

The hardest part of this for me was first of all going to the gym was part of my daily routine and not going for a week sucked.

Secondly during this break you can’t let yourself stop going once the week is up.

Godspeed

Title	Lifting Help
Author	LiftToSuceed
Upvotes	2
Comments	5
Date	March 3, 2018 8:24 AM UTC (8 years ago)
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