Overtrained?

[Jianxxx]

Been training 7 months straight without a week off and did a mock meet last week but went back to training and now even my 75% feels like a 95%. Week off?

[dnixon]

Been training 7 months straight without a week off and did a mock meet last week but went back to training and now even my 75% feels like a 95%. Week off?

Week off

/thread

[Jianxxx]

alright will do . thanks bud

[Jason2459]

why an entire week?

[runtocatch]

why an entire week?

Why not? Seems like a perfectly arbitrary amount of time to me.

[baxtej44]

not the O word.....

[Jianxxx]

i've been on sheiko for the past 7 months with consistent and sometimes pushing pass 100%. Also did more work than asked and did a mock meet last week so i REALLY drained out of my mind but i honestly have to will to go through the workouts rightnow however my body is not willing to co-operate ..

[mattdajani]

You aren't recovering from your workouts, that is your problem. Sleep more if you aren't getting enough, eat more, meditate, get rid of any big stressors in your life or learn how to deal with them better. If you can't improve on any of the above just drop your volume in the gym until you start feeling good. There's no reason to take a complete week off and detrain unless you just really want to. I haven't taken more than a couple full days off in the past year, you just have to know when to drop your workload in the gym or fix your out of the gym issues. I think if people tried to figure out ways to recover better rather than just take time off they would be a lot stronger.

[Doollas]

I think if people tried to figure out ways to recover better rather than just take time off they would be a lot stronger.

Awesome statement. There are dozens of things you can tinker with to help come back from a little over reaching. If you did sheiko for 7 months straight, I'd say that kinda thing is even more important for you.

[Jianxxx]

You aren't recovering from your workouts, that is your problem. Sleep more if you aren't getting enough, eat more, meditate, get rid of any big stressors in your life or learn how to deal with them better. If you can't improve on any of the above just drop your volume in the gym until you start feeling good. There's no reason to take a complete week off and detrain unless you just really want to. I haven't taken more than a couple full days off in the past year, you just have to know when to drop your workload in the gym or fix your out of the gym issues. I think if people tried to figure out ways to recover better rather than just take time off they would be a lot stronger.

Yeah i sleep more than 8 hours everyday and been eating plenty. My left knee has been bugging me like when i squat past depth , there's a little tweak that starts to ache alittle . Ever since i started locking out my knees for deadlifts , i've started noticing some knee pain but only on my left knee.
:/ I'm probably gonna not take the WHOLE week off. Probably will come back for WED's deadlift session .

[Jianxxx]

Awesome statement. There are dozens of things you can tinker with to help come back from a little over reaching. If you did sheiko for 7 months straight, I'd say that kinda thing is even more important for you.

I don't really know tbh ... i just feel like i need at least 4 days off but im getting ready to start another 3 month cycle so i thought maybe i should get more rest so i can put in more work in the long run.

[jdyqf]

I think this might be something to do with the amount of days you train a week, not the long term amount.

[Jianxxx]

I think this might be something to do with the amount of days you train a week, not the long term amount.

i train 3~4 a week and the sessions usually last 2~3 hours( including warm ups and post workout stretching)

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