Fatigue

[trailseeker]

Lately I've been experiencing massive fatigue the days after my lifting days; I've been increasing the intensity and the weight of my lifting sessions and also increased my caloric intake to compensate. I've been going about 1400-1500 cals/day, 124 g. protein & about 38g healthy fats. I'm getting my water and supplements in also, so I'm at a loss. Any help is appreciated!

 

[velvett]

I'm going to go with option A - up your cals and if you don't already, suck down a post w/o shake.

 

[Quadsweeps Sister]

What size (weight/BF) are you at? I never ate just 1400 - 1500 cals on any given day when training consistently and heavy (with cardio). I'm 5' 3" and around 120lbs. In my opinion, you're not eating enough. Complex carbs (Oatmeal, Brown Rice, Sweet Potato...)

Hungry?

 

[Sassy69]

That was going to be my comment - if you lift harder & heavier, that should be supported by increased complex carbs to support it.

 

[Sassy69]

If you've burned up the carbs you have available to function, then you start to get flaky in the brain & lethargic. If you kept suffering through it and not eating enough carbs, eventually you will go into ketosis and not feel so flaky (have now converted to running on ketones instead of carbs) but still probably dragging ass and no energy to push out heavier workouts.

Despite the most common goal of trying to lose bodyfat or gain lean muscle mass - you still need to fuel yourself for what you are trying to accomplish. If you don't all your work in the gym will really be negated by your diet.

 

[Aries13]

listen to sassy...she knows her stuff!! She just helped me out with the same thing...thank god it was before I went into Ketosis. I just upped the carbs and I feel 200% better...

 

[Sassy69]

There is a value to cycling carbs - don't overdo the carbs (unless you are looking to do a serious bulking cycle & offseason training for mass building) because that can hinder your ability lose bodyfat, but also don't underdo them or you bog down your metabolism. The secret is to find the optimal way to use carbs for exactly what you need them for. It can be a tradeoff for how you feel -- let me tell you about pre-comp carb depletion w/ sets of 100 for all your exercises - you just suck it up & push thru because the goal there is to burn out your glycogen as part of the prep. So don't eat the carbs just so you don't feel uncomfortable during your training. But don't underdo it because "carbs are bad".

 

[Miss24k]

Nobody has mentionned this yet so I will

What's your rest time look like? How often are you training? Are you getting good QUALITY sleep at time?