Please Scroll Down to See Forums Below Bros, Ive been feeling fatigued and been getting colds and sore throats alot. Ive had a few breaks from training this last year, the latest being a 2 week break in November. After two weeks i didnt feel any better. Im in the middle of another week off right now. What do you guys think? Do i need to take a long period off training...we all know how hard that is on the state of mind.
Overtraining??
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BOOEY
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I never heard of getting sore throats from overtraining. 3x/week should not overtrain you, bro - unless you're getting less than 1 hour of sleep every night. If not already, take 1g of Vitamin C every day, and some B-12 (someone help me with the dosage on this one). My colds usually go away when I take those two.
Sassy69
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You might also consider changing up your diet a little. You might be missing something nutritionally? Especially if you've been on a really high protein diet & haven't done a "cleansing" diet in a while, you might just need to clean out some of the stuff that isn't getting shuttled out for example, by the enzymes & stuff in things like fruit that are often left out of a restricted diet. Just coming off & eating "normal" (clean but a good variety of fruits, vegies, etc -- lots of color in the food) for a week or two can really help replace some of the stuff that is left out on a restrictive diet.
Also are you sleeping well? Do you have stuff on your mind that keeps you up at night? If you are taking thermos, you might consider laying off those for a while & cutting out any stimulants in your regular diet (e.g. coffee) for a while.
Also are you sleeping well? Do you have stuff on your mind that keeps you up at night? If you are taking thermos, you might consider laying off those for a while & cutting out any stimulants in your regular diet (e.g. coffee) for a while.
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The Shadow
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c gheller said:
iI'm no math major....but um.....
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UA_Iron
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I'd break that diet up 40/30/30 p/f/c and diversify - pretty much what Sassy said.
Shadow....sorry bro 60/20/20..you know what i mean.
Thanks guys for all the advice. Well to go into it a bit more. My liver enzymes have been up in the past and i thought that may be the cause, but iv esince rectified that and i still feel fatigued. Im taking 500mg vitamin c and ahigh quality multi twice daily as well as magnesiumand glutamine so i think that cuts it. Depressed? Well that one im not too sure about. Ive had things happen in my life That i havent been treated for ) that may contribute to depression but i dont feel sad...not sure. As for sleep well im a shift worker and im not the best sleeper but i say i would average 8-9 hours per day. The cleasing diet may be one to consider but im pretty sure thats not it.....as ive always eaten well.
Thanks guys for all the advice. Well to go into it a bit more. My liver enzymes have been up in the past and i thought that may be the cause, but iv esince rectified that and i still feel fatigued. Im taking 500mg vitamin c and ahigh quality multi twice daily as well as magnesiumand glutamine so i think that cuts it. Depressed? Well that one im not too sure about. Ive had things happen in my life That i havent been treated for ) that may contribute to depression but i dont feel sad...not sure. As for sleep well im a shift worker and im not the best sleeper but i say i would average 8-9 hours per day. The cleasing diet may be one to consider but im pretty sure thats not it.....as ive always eaten well.
lol, nah i dont work in a hospital. Ive tried upping the carbs and felt exactly the same. Ive returned to my usual 60/20/20 to compensate for the bf. Im thinking it is the shift work maybe. I work a night, afternoon, day rotating shift roster which is notoriously hard on the body. What do you guys think?
buttbeater
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you have to remember that when your body is repairing muscle all the time that does draw from your immune system, throw that in with being in a germ infested gym (99.9% are, think, how many people touch dumbells and barbells and they don't get wiped down!) and you have a recipe for constant colds. It is also hard to recover from a cold if you are breaking muscle tissues at the same time.
Nothing wrong with taking a bit of time off.
It's not so much the number of days you train but what you are doing to yourself over the course of the week. Total volume and intensity is key to regulate. There are plenty lifters who can train 6 days a week and more than once per day (all natural too), but the amount of volume and intensity applied is regulated. Example - I can overtain by squatting twice per week doing 10 heavy sets of 85% 1RM to failure but I could squat every day twice a day doing 1 set of 5 with 20% of my 1RM. Stuff like that matters a lot.
It's not so much the number of days you train but what you are doing to yourself over the course of the week. Total volume and intensity is key to regulate. There are plenty lifters who can train 6 days a week and more than once per day (all natural too), but the amount of volume and intensity applied is regulated. Example - I can overtain by squatting twice per week doing 10 heavy sets of 85% 1RM to failure but I could squat every day twice a day doing 1 set of 5 with 20% of my 1RM. Stuff like that matters a lot.
Id agree totally with this Bro. I know it good to cycle your training with regards to volume, intensity and or weight. Ive always had the mentality that if im not putting in 110% in the gym someone else may be therefor progressing more than me. I see guys in the gym day after day in the gym socialising training and a bit of everything, where as i always seem to be busting my ass. Im sure this as well as my full on life style contributes to my overtraining.Madcow2 said:
Keep in mind that there is a distinction between working hard and working smart. Most of the BBing routines that people post on this website are utter garbage and require anabolics to make an experienced lifter grow at all. Sure, they bust their ass in the gym but the program is crap. First you design a good program that addresses volume/intensity over the training cycle (working smart), then you work hard at it.
All of these train to failure, superset, isolation exercise nutcases are certainly working hard - but I don't think they are working smart nor do they have a good understanding of how to properly design a workout.
All of these train to failure, superset, isolation exercise nutcases are certainly working hard - but I don't think they are working smart nor do they have a good understanding of how to properly design a workout.
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