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HELP! I am very drained after training!

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HELP!

After I train (I do it 3x a week 30-45 minutes max per workout) ... And few hours after my workout I feel DRAINED!!! I feel like falling asleep right there! It is hard for me just to stay awake! It is like I drank 20 bottles of beer or something!

Help! What can it be??? I am NOT OVERTRAINING. (3 times a week, 1.5 hours per week.) I traning session is abdominal only,
which is not heavy.

What is happening? Can someone explain!

Thanks!
 
Originally posted by EMAN:
What are you eating??

1 can of tuna + lots of oat meal before school. And 4 cans (225 cals each) of meal replacement at school. 1 litre of milk, 1 litre of water. Banana, lots of carrots.
At home I eat big meat on a stick, yogurt ,
lots of cheese like thing... And sometimes I drink protein shakes.
I probably have to eat a bit more things I guess...

So what you are saying is that I lack food?
WOW! interesting suggestion! Thank you!
 
I know when I feel drained it has to do with lack of sleep or lack of food. Both are as important if not more than the lifting itself in my view
 
For me it's almost ALWAYS lack of sleep. If I don't sleep enough on non-training days, I'm usually okay. i guess my metabolism slows to compensate. But on days when I hit the gym hard, if I didn't sleep enough the night before I'm WIPED out. I've slept away entire afternoons after the gym because of this.
 
Get at least 7-8 hours of sleep every night, and if you are still feeling drained try taking a short (1-2 hour) nap during the day.

If you don't have time for the nap, try getting to sleep a bit earlier. I try to get to sleep by 12am at the latest (and that is hard to do in college).
 
Sounds like you're either low on sleep or carbs.

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Originally posted by LeviathanX:
Get at least 7-8 hours of sleep every night, and if you are still feeling drained try taking a short (1-2 hour) nap during the day.

If you don't have time for the nap, try getting to sleep a bit earlier. I try to get to sleep by 12am at the latest (and that is hard to do in college).

Thanks for some advice! But I usually get AT LEAST 9 hours of sleep!

it is not unusual for me to sleep for 12 hours.

Thanks for the info!
 
heh I do that, one of my days consists of cardio and abs only, mainly because I like to go everyday and I needed to split up my routine more to allow for rest.
 
Originally posted by Robboe:
Were you serious when you said that you spend one session on abdominals only?

Yes. And sometimes that is good choice, coz once my abs were sore for a week!
Also I do side bends with 60 pound dumbells.

Is that bad?
Reply please!
 
Originally posted by SSAlexSS:
Yes. And sometimes that is good choice, coz once my abs were sore for a week!
Also I do side bends with 60 pound dumbells.

Is that bad?
Reply please!

So you do all of your other muscles in two days and then spend one day doing abs alone. Using two day splits can be quite beneficial (i.e. day one: upper body, day two: lower body) but then to do abs for 30 minutes is quite unnecessary.

You'd be better off keeping your 3 day split (mon, wed, fri or whatever you currently have) and splitting the body parts up. Doing your upper body in one workout would most definatly leave you drained. Doing legs has always left me drained, but not as bad as you put it. You may not have an up to scratch diet if that is the case. make sure you're eating enough to fuel your goals (whether it be muscle gain or weight loss - dieting on too low calories can be 'suicidal' for your muscle mass you already have).

Back to the split: Do something simple like:

Monday - back/biceps
Wednesday - chest/triceps/abs
Friday - legs

splitting the upper body up like this may stop you feeling really drained, but if not, it could be your diet.

Also, you haven't posted your rep/set scheme. I suggest doing 2-3 sets per exercise and 3 exercises for larger bodyparts (chest, legs, upper Back - Lower back requires deadlifts or squats alone per week) and 1-2 exercises for smaller bodyparts.

Go to failure on every set.
 
Originally posted by Robboe:
So you do all of your other muscles in two days and then spend one day doing abs alone. Using two day splits can be quite beneficial (i.e. day one: upper body, day two: lower body) but then to do abs for 30 minutes is quite unnecessary.

You'd be better off keeping your 3 day split (mon, wed, fri or whatever you currently have) and splitting the body parts up. Doing your upper body in one workout would most definatly leave you drained. Doing legs has always left me drained, but not as bad as you put it. You may not have an up to scratch diet if that is the case. make sure you're eating enough to fuel your goals (whether it be muscle gain or weight loss - dieting on too low calories can be 'suicidal' for your muscle mass you already have).

Back to the split: Do something simple like:

Monday - back/biceps
Wednesday - chest/triceps/abs
Friday - legs

splitting the upper body up like this may stop you feeling really drained, but if not, it could be your diet.

Also, you haven't posted your rep/set scheme. I suggest doing 2-3 sets per exercise and 3 exercises for larger bodyparts (chest, legs, upper Back - Lower back requires deadlifts or squats alone per week) and 1-2 exercises for smaller bodyparts.

Go to failure on every set.

That what my original training schedule looked like. But I feel that twice a week is good. I may be wrong on that one.

Also this is what my upper body schedule is like.

I do 2-3 sets of bench press at 105 pounds.
(about 10 reps each set)
A bunch of dumbell flies. Few sets and using 10-7-3 rest pause system. (it hurts).
I finish my chest workout with pec deck vertical flies. I start with highest weight I can do with my burned pecs. 155 pounds. I do 10-12 reps. Then I immeadetely switch to lower weight and do more sets with no rest.
I do that for a while. After that set I fall down on the floor unable to do 1 pushup! Oh no! Then I do my back workout.

3-4 sets of One hand bent over rows . I use 90 pound dumbells for 8 reps. After that I do
flies for back of my shoulders. Also I sometimes do a bit of T-Bar rows. I finish with standing rows with 80 pound barbell.
ANd my last workout is for upper traps. (shrugs) with whatever poundages I feel like it. Sometimes I go for power with 90 pound dumbells. Sometimes I go for reps with 40 pound barbells.

That is my upper body workout.
My lower body workout consists of squats and stiff deadlifts. Some of the squats are done on 10-7-3 system. After I do my sets I usually am lying down on the bench dying.
I am telling you 2 sets of 10-7-3 is horrible! Try to squat 10 reps , go halfway up and wait for 30 seconds, then do 7 reps, wait for 30 seconds and do 3 more reps.
KILLS ME! I squat from 130 pounds to 40 pounds (depends if it is normal squat or some
super kill quad-a-thon)

I stiff leg deadlift 225 pounds for 10 reps.
I can almost do one stiff-deadlift for 235-250 pounds).

aND my CALVE WORKOUT SUCKS BIG TIME! Do 5-6 sets of 20 reps using heaviest weighjt you can. After I did that my calves were sore for a WEEK!

And for my abs workout I do crunches, bicycling stuff. Knee raises with 20 pound dumbell. And leg raises with some weight on it. Also I do side bends with 60 pound dumbells. 12 reps for 5 sets or so

Anyways, that is how my work-out routine looks like. Any constructive criticism is welcomed :)
 
If you are progressing then fine, stick with it. If not, i feel all of the knowledge i can give you i have already written in the previous post.
 
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