Always tired in Gym?? I do eat enough

[caz7]

I eat a full serving of Optimum serious mass a day (3-4 shakes). Breakfast, pre workout meal and dinner.


I seem to feel very tired and lacklustre when working out.

I cant seem to figure out why,

[Corbets]

I eat a full serving of Optimum serious mass a day (3-4 shakes). Breakfast, pre workout meal and dinner.


I seem to feel very tired and lacklustre when working out.

I cant seem to figure out why,

Try eating real food as your primary, well, food source...

[Garage Rat]

Check the label of your mass protein drink.
I suspect lots of sugar which isn't good.
It plays with your insulin levels and may make you have a tired feeling.
Oats with fruit mixed in and a scoop of quality whey protein isn't a bad combo about an hour before training.
In addition if you like coffee that might help you get started right before you train.

[sm1ke]

Why is this in the Exercises section? Lol. Repost this in the Nutrition section, be prepared to itemize all of your meals to determine if you're not eating enough of something.

[koweanguy]

Check the label of your mass protein drink.
I suspect lots of sugar which isn't good.
It plays with your insulin levels and may make you have a tired feeling.
Oats with fruit mixed in and a scoop of quality whey protein isn't a bad combo about an hour before training.
In addition if you like coffee that might help you get started right before you train.

^Yup
I'm most cautious of my preworkout meal as it does impact my performance.
Try experimenting with what works for you OP.
Also, caffeine pills or a pre if need be.

[GKC45]

Eat real food. Not processed cheap carbs.

[merl227]

What's your job like? Do you work a physically demanding job? What kind of physical activity do you do outside of the gym? About 6-7 months ago I was doing construction type labor for a few months and was on a full-body program and when the weight started getting progressively heavier, after coming home from work I was ****ing dreading working out after beating the **** out of myself for 8 hours (digging trenches, carrying ladders, heavy equipment, etc.) It sucked so bad. I was eating 3.2k cals at the time too.

More recently (in about February) I switched to PHUL routine and do upper power and lower power on the weekend and do the hypertrophy days on my work days. Well actually I do 2 lower power days as my lower body lifts are lagging behind my upper body but on the days I work I judge how I'm feeling that day and if I'm too tired I omit the squats on that lower power day and do trap bar deadlift instead (but do squats on my lower power day that's on the weekend). I still do a physically demanding job and I work 10 hrs instead of 8 now but some days are very easy. The last job it was grueling every day... Now I feel a lot better. I think what you do outside of the gym will effect your time in the gym so much.

[ErikTheElectric]

Try eating actual food.

[EjnarKolinkar]

I eat a well-balanced diet and every once in a while I still feel lackluster

I usually don't worry about it too much snd figure it'll pass. It usually does too. You provide almost no information so there's really not any way to give you a meaningful suggestion.

How much of your diet is coming from shakes?

[AD1985]

I eat a full serving of Optimum serious mass a day (3-4 shakes). Breakfast, pre workout meal and dinner.


I seem to feel very tired and lacklustre when working out.

I cant seem to figure out why,

Because it's hard labor man. You get a little weaker in between sets, the strength increase comes later. Not to mention general systemic fatigue

[rhadam]

Maybe try giving more effort