HELP! I am very drained after training!

[SSAlexSS]

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!

 

[EMAN]

What are you eating??

 

[SSAlexSS]

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!

 

[EMAN]

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

 

[Belial]

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.

 

[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).

 

[GenetiKing]

Sounds like you're either low on sleep or carbs.

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[DrSuperSaint]

you need carbs, but not too much mind you

 

[SSAlexSS]

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!

 

[Robboe]

Were you serious when you said that you spend one session on abdominals only?