violator
08-20-09, 4:53 am
So..due to injury and a poor run with finances, i found myself in a 3 month lay-off from weight training....and decent protien based nutrition...
Finally, things turned the corner and i got back in the gym and back at the dinner table...
Last Friday i worked legs with my boy D-Bomb & in our true back breaking high volume style we hit up 8 sets of heavy squats...followed by 5 sets of hacks and topped it off with a couple sets of some leg extensions to really fry us.....needless to say...walking wasnt so fun for the weeknd..haha...
On sunday i hit up ME upper body...incline presses, wide grip chins, rows supersetted with rear delt flyes, shrugs & BB curls to finish off....
Now being that id recently turned 30 & just about everything was aching so much i felt like crying upon awakening, i figured training was goin well, im used to gettting back into the swing of things with heavy workouts, but my last severe lay off was 2 yrs ago, back when i was a little younger...haha...but i thought everything was to be expected, my nutrition was on point for the last 2 weeks, 3300-3500cals a day, clean eating & enough protien....a gallon of water a day....
Then it hit me....tuesday night, while on the way to a mates house to watch arsenal kick the shit outta celtic (2-0)...i noticed a twinge of pain in my neck...."nothing out of the ordinary, ill prolly just have to see the chiro tommorow for an adjustment"....(i dont drink by the way, all i had during the game was a cup of green tea)...the game finished late & i was in bed by 11pm...for 6 1/2hrs sleep....
the next morning i woke up & didnt quite feel right, "thatll teach me for not gettin my usuall 8 hrs", i thought....nevertheless, pack the cooler & off to work....
As the day at the office progressed i started feeling a bit more sore in the legs, i felt i just wasnt recovering....
Suddenly chills racked my body, all my joints started hurting and i started shaking uncontrollably, the pain was coursing trough my body & i couldnt even think it was so sore...."what the fuck?", i thought....
even trying to put down a shake made my stomach feel tight & sore, as if it just didnt want to digest anything...my metabolisim was slowed as well & eating anything, just felt like it was sitting in my stomach & doin nothing....
shit...drinking water became a mission & left a metallic taste in my mouth....
At 2pm, things werent getting any better & then the realisation hit me like a ton of bricks...
YOUVE OVERTRAINED MY BOY.... THIS IS WHAT CNS & MUSCULAR FATIGUE FEEL LIKE...
"what, me overtrained?, after 2 sessions..nawww...thats for pussies, not me....
but the signs & symptoms were there....& the result?
a shot of voltaren in the ass & 14hrs sleep later & i feel im comin right....
God i feel like an idiot....but live & learn right?....im one step closer to understanding my physiology better...even if it did come at the cost of a week of fatigue & bed rest...
Ive read a lot of articles saying "overtraining is a myth"...well, that may be so for some, but for ME its turned into a reality....a fuckin painfull experience im gonna avoid at all costs in the future....
This being all said & done id like to know from any of my brethren if uve experienced something similar?..and how did you overcome it?...what do u think brought it upon you?
peace....
Finally, things turned the corner and i got back in the gym and back at the dinner table...
Last Friday i worked legs with my boy D-Bomb & in our true back breaking high volume style we hit up 8 sets of heavy squats...followed by 5 sets of hacks and topped it off with a couple sets of some leg extensions to really fry us.....needless to say...walking wasnt so fun for the weeknd..haha...
On sunday i hit up ME upper body...incline presses, wide grip chins, rows supersetted with rear delt flyes, shrugs & BB curls to finish off....
Now being that id recently turned 30 & just about everything was aching so much i felt like crying upon awakening, i figured training was goin well, im used to gettting back into the swing of things with heavy workouts, but my last severe lay off was 2 yrs ago, back when i was a little younger...haha...but i thought everything was to be expected, my nutrition was on point for the last 2 weeks, 3300-3500cals a day, clean eating & enough protien....a gallon of water a day....
Then it hit me....tuesday night, while on the way to a mates house to watch arsenal kick the shit outta celtic (2-0)...i noticed a twinge of pain in my neck...."nothing out of the ordinary, ill prolly just have to see the chiro tommorow for an adjustment"....(i dont drink by the way, all i had during the game was a cup of green tea)...the game finished late & i was in bed by 11pm...for 6 1/2hrs sleep....
the next morning i woke up & didnt quite feel right, "thatll teach me for not gettin my usuall 8 hrs", i thought....nevertheless, pack the cooler & off to work....
As the day at the office progressed i started feeling a bit more sore in the legs, i felt i just wasnt recovering....
Suddenly chills racked my body, all my joints started hurting and i started shaking uncontrollably, the pain was coursing trough my body & i couldnt even think it was so sore...."what the fuck?", i thought....
even trying to put down a shake made my stomach feel tight & sore, as if it just didnt want to digest anything...my metabolisim was slowed as well & eating anything, just felt like it was sitting in my stomach & doin nothing....
shit...drinking water became a mission & left a metallic taste in my mouth....
At 2pm, things werent getting any better & then the realisation hit me like a ton of bricks...
YOUVE OVERTRAINED MY BOY.... THIS IS WHAT CNS & MUSCULAR FATIGUE FEEL LIKE...
"what, me overtrained?, after 2 sessions..nawww...thats for pussies, not me....
but the signs & symptoms were there....& the result?
a shot of voltaren in the ass & 14hrs sleep later & i feel im comin right....
God i feel like an idiot....but live & learn right?....im one step closer to understanding my physiology better...even if it did come at the cost of a week of fatigue & bed rest...
Ive read a lot of articles saying "overtraining is a myth"...well, that may be so for some, but for ME its turned into a reality....a fuckin painfull experience im gonna avoid at all costs in the future....
This being all said & done id like to know from any of my brethren if uve experienced something similar?..and how did you overcome it?...what do u think brought it upon you?
peace....