I have hit rock bottom...

[BlkWS6]

Louden (would your name happen to be from the movie Vision Quest btw?) that is exactly how I feel. In fact just today, I was telling my friends that I am going to give up on lifting, and that maybe it isnt for me. Im normally such a positive person, but this is really bringing me down.

Thanks so much for the advice everyone, I knew that this would be the best place for me to explain my situation.

 

[skaman607]

Taking a week off will do you a lot of good, I'm on my school's cross country team, and the week before counties, I like didn't run at all until the 2 days before it and i set a 1 minute PR

 

[RusPA81]

Like I told you yesterday in the gym, I think half you problem is mental. This chill out for a while. This summer I went through the same thing, I and felt like I wanted to cry when I got back from the gym because my lifts were so bad. I took a week off when I got back to school and changed my routine and my gains went through the roof again. Don't give up and try not to get discouraged. This has happened to me and I am sure that it has happened to almost everyone who has been training for a while. When you get back into the gym I will scream extra loud at you.

 

[needsize]

When my workouts start to suck and my strength is going nowhere, I often switch to lower reps so that I can keep adding weight to the bar, ie, instead of 5x5, I'll go with 5 sets of 3 instead. I can usually keep adding weight that way for a while and when I go back to what I was hitting for say sets of 5 before, it's much easier

 

[coolcolj]

Take 2 weeks off but stay active.

deifnietly overtraining IMO

you should measure your walking pulse every morning, and track the trends. If it goes up and stays up your overtrained

 

[BlkWS6]

Thanks so much everyone, I truly appreciate what all of you had to say.

 

[the People's Champ]

change up your routine. switch the days during the week, switch up your workout regimen, the order of the exercises in your routine, etc. last week, I was a lazy ass, and this week I am adding weight to my power clean. kick ass. also, could it be your diet? since you are in a funk, this is effecting you emtionally, and maybe your eating habits aren't what they should be?

 

[Thaibox]

Everyone gets in a slump...everyone.

Like the bros are saying, take some time off. Forget about the gym for a little while. Eat clean and sleep well. When you come back to the gym, dominate it.

 

[SeekerOfKnowledge]

Take some time off, but go play some Basketball or Racketball. Just dont mess with the supplements or weights. You'll fine yourself refreshed. Also depending on the Supp you could have started to build a tolerance, IE fat burners or energy boasters which could be why you feel like shit.

 

[Thaibox]

Something else it may be....when you bought an f-body, you got a firebird instead of a chevy. I'd be in a slump too