Weight lifters... did I fry my CNS or something?

[Kaazsz]

I've been lifting for 6 weeks now. Today I went to the gym to do some bench press. I warmed up, and went to do a set of 145 as a warmup set. I only got 4 reps. Today is my "light high rep" day, of which I planned to do 5 set of 10 of 165. Last week on my "heavy" day, I did heavy (for me) tripples of 185, and afterwards I did a set of 155 for 10. So a week later 145 should be pretty easy lol.

Yesterday I went HAM on legs. I am doing Wendlers 5/3/1 "boring but big" routine. So yesterday I did deadlifts, and the high rep squats 5 x 10. Then I did some deadlift focused accessories because after doing the basic "boring but big" routine I am left feeling like I could do more. So that's what I did! I did yates rows 5 sets of 8-12, romanian deadlifts 2 sets of 20, heavy shrugs for a couple sets of 12 or so, then 4 simple ab excercises for like two sets each. I'm new to lifting still so I suppose it was a lot of shit. I left feeling a little sick but also very satisfied.

Today when I was getting ready to hit the gym I felt like skipping today. But I wasn't sure why. I felt like it was the bitch in me trying to get me to be lazy like it always tries to do. So I said "fuck you bitch" and went to the gym. And thus the crappy bench session I detailed above.

I figured I must be sick and just went home. Then I realized maybe I really fucked myself up with my leg workout yesterday. I don't feel too bad today, just nice and sore all over lol.

What do y'all think? I slept a lot, I ate fine. I'm still going on my newbie gains which I suppose last for a year so I can't imagine just getting weaker all of a sudden for absolutely no reason. I warmed up like I always do. I'm just gonna skip today and tomorrow and try again.

[electromagnetic]

If your body is telling you no, then you need to back off.
I have those days to when I just can't seem to get myself going. and thats completely okay.
There could be so many answers to your question but it all boils down to what your body is telling you.

[redeyemindtricks]

Well, the answer could be any of a thousand million billion different things.

... but, did you eat a larger-than-usual amount of carbs in the few hours preceding the workout?

[Kaazsz]

Everything has been the same except my crazy workout yesterday.

[Kaazsz]

I had a rather low amount of carbs actually. Could that be it?

[redeyemindtricks]

hmm perhaps. Carb intake in the "workout window" is something you'll have to learn to calibrate -- through trial and error (and error and error and error and...).

• If you eat too MUCH carbohydrate in the couple hours preceding the workout... you'll have a tendency to be sluggish and quick to fatigue in the weight. room. This is the result of excess insulin reaction to the sugar flood -- the "rest and digest", or parasympathetic, response (= the opposite of the "fight or flight", or sympathetic, response -- which of course is what you WANT to harness in the gym).

• ... but, if you don't eat ENOUGH carbohydrate in the 12-24 hours AFTER yr PREVIOUS workout... you may experience an overall lack of energy, because yr muscles may have lower overall levels of glycogen (which would have been restored better had you eaten more carbs during that period).

It's a balance.

In general, it's never super advisable to do HEAVY workouts on 2 consecutive days (unless you're on gear) -- it's just

[redeyemindtricks]

too hard to balance eating *enough* carbs to refill muscle glycogen, with being carb-depleted enough to avoid insulin overload during the actual next workout.
It's better to rest up and eat a shitload of carbs for the next 24-36 hours after the first big workout, and then taper off as you approach the second workout (≥2 days later).

It can help to eat 10-25 grams of simple carbs (sugar, candy, white rice) about an hour before the second workout... but note that 10-25 grams is really, really not very much at all. Depending on how you eat, that may even just be a bite or two.

[Kaazsz]

Thank you. I'll have to learn more about this stuff lol.

[GoldCobra]

Give proper time for your muscle to rest. Do not work it out if it is very very sore. There is however, no such thing a short overtraining. Just under eating. Also your carb intake may have been crappy on the bench day.

[Kaazsz]

Hmmm. I didn't have a lot of carbs. Maybe that was it. My upper body had 4 days of rest.

[JulieXO]

Sometimes you just don't feel well, it could be stress, mild food poisoning, not drinking enough... if by CNS you mean central nerous system, I strongly doubt you can do anything to it by working out.

[CT_CD]

Just lift and take a multi

[iamchinmay]

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