I find that on the days I don't feel like going, and I do end up going, that I usually have a better workout overall. I think its mainly due to the fact that "well, I'm here, might as well make the best of it". When I'm working myself up to go, I tell myself that I will do something, even if it's not my usual balls-to-the-wall workout. But once there, things always change and I usually do better.
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09-22-2010, 03:43 PM #32
I can relate to this BIG TIME! I have had many days even while driving on the way to the gym... "why am I even bothering with a workout today??". And those are the times that I have some of the best workouts ever!
I have learned to tell myself that, unless it is a case of the body truly needing more recuperation time, any workout is better than nothing. Even if it is a moderate-weight workout, that is good......I would mix up the workout and try different things. That usually makes me feel more empowered towards my workout and it turns my thoughts around and I get that workout in.
It's a challenge, but the whole muscle building thing is ALWAYS a challenge.
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09-22-2010, 06:59 PM #38
That's how I am too. I shut off the world for an hour when I'm there.
Thanks bear. I would die on 3-4 hours of sleep. Don't know how you parents do it.
Funk that! I'd rather drink bleach than train in the morning.There will come a day when I tire of listening to 80's music. That day is not today.
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09-23-2010, 05:02 AM #40
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Truth...I say the same thing all the time.
My job stresses me out and, frankly, I have anxiety attacks now and then from it. Going to the gym is therapy for me. Just this morning I had a powerful urge to stay in my warm bed at 4:45 am and got up anyway like every other morning because I knew that without my morning exercise my day is much more stressful.
But I will say when I'm feeling run down I will skip a day unlike alot of guys who go regardless of how they are feeling.
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09-23-2010, 07:15 PM #47
I REALLY didn't want to get up and go to the gym this morning becasue I had a really bad sleep but once I got there I felt good and had a pretty good workout. When I first woke up I was like there is no way I can imagine myself getting up and lifting but then I knew I wouldn't be able to get back to sleep properly beacuse I would have been feeling guilty.
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09-23-2010, 07:29 PM #48
Today I woke up with a brutal chest/tricep w/o on the brain, put it on my calendar for 10:45, about the time for Pre shake, something came up that closed that only window for the whole day.
If going when you don't want to is sometimes rough, try not going when you are jacked to goDon't put that on me Ricky Bobby, don't you ever put that on me.
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For me being tired is no excuse for missing a workout. The gym is the only reason I can survive working at a desk all day dealing with all the crap I deal with. The gym is my excape from everything. The Crackberry stays in the truck while I workout. I enjoy the people at the gym and I do enjoy a good brutal workout. I don't have to worry about meeting payroll, paying bills, the lawn, the yard, etc... while at the gym.
That said, after working out for 8-10 weeks on a very regular basis and pretty brutal workouts. Sometimes my shoulders and hips just need a brake. So I'll take a few days off. It usuaslly works out to benefit me and I don't loose anything once I go back.
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When I feel like not working out, I don't. In most cases it's a sign I need more time for recovery. I will just take an additional rest day. I have being doing this since I started weight training. I can then work out at a more intense level, be it for emphasis on low reps with heavier weights or high reps with less weight. I also find the additional rest day is good to get my thoughts together for the next workout. I personally think recovery time can be just an important as work out time.
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Early this year my contract was terminated (after 14 years of service) because I became in their words too expensive. While in between jobs I started to go to the gym more frenquently mainly because I had more time to spend there.
Now I in the new job things are going fine in all aspects except in my diet, I'm eating at different times; it is a mess. Above all one has to show -or so is my thought- that is worthy, so I press myself twice or three times more than before to finish my assigments and perform better.
All of these elements are of course affecting how I feel at the end of the day.
I make my mind to force me to go to the gym or to the dojo. No buts, ifs, ...
I jump into the car and forget all the preasure of the day go there, and do my best, yes you had a rough week and you know what is not a bad idea to skip one or two days some times these days off help us rebuild our objectives and clear the mind, but once the mind try to play tricks again, then it is when you have to take control.An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded.
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09-25-2010, 04:35 AM #55
So true. You never really know how it's going to go, until you are 3 sets into a workout. I've had awesome workouts even being sick, and terrible workouts feeling fantastic and amped up on pre-workout drink. lol.
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09-25-2010, 08:32 AM #57
It's great when you can overcome your mind telling you to not do something. I have been having some struggles lately with mind over matter, when it comes to weight lifting...decided to change my overall routine, and today...for the first time in a looong time, I'm looking forward to weight lifting. Glad to see your workout went so well for you, despite you not really ''thinking'' you could do it!
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It's more a matter of experience, IMO. If you stick with it, after a couple of years of consistent training, you'll likely be the same way. If the norm for a person is to train on schedule, then that's what they do, come heck or high water. But like all other characteristics of successful trainees, it doesn't come overnight.No brain, no gain.
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