What hinders gains?

[spikemydog]

number 1 to me stress!!.... i can actually see the muscle get smaller the day after a bad day of mental and physical stress..

 

[Trendsetter21]

Poor diet and training hinders gains.

 

[Slyder190]

marriage

 

[702daswoll1]

all opiate based painkillers inhibit gains.

Please enlighten us on this...

 

[702daswoll1]

bump.

 

[eddymerckx]

number 1 to me stress!!.... i can actually see the muscle get smaller the day after a bad day of mental and physical stress..

+10--at least from mental stress + lack of sleep--not been to the gym in a month (b/c work) and i am certain i am small enough to slip through the grates in the sidewalk

 

[the_alcatraz]

Besides alcohol and AI/SERMS, what hinders gains while on?

Overtraining, undertraining, not enough sleep, shit diet.

 

[gautho]

Besides alcohol and AI/SERMS, what hinders gains while on?

stress which leads to elevated cortisol levels will eat a physique like a fucking cancer......ie relationship/marital problems, financial instability...etc.

 

[goku_kakarot77]

stress . thats is so true, i can see me physique turn shitty and shitty by the day when im stressed or depressed

 

[nzrodney]

stress which leads to elevated cortisol levels will eat a physique like a fucking cancer......ie relationship/marital problems, financial instability...etc.

+1 Stress is one big factor in limiting gains. Question is, how to deal with it if you have huge workloads & the stress of running , in my case, your own business. Answer - sell up. Problem is I had two offers crash in the last 2 weeks, so I'm still stressed LOL. Lifes a Bitch, Then you marry one!