Over trained!!!??

[c3bodybuilding]

Follow Realgains advice. It's the best advice you are going to get. I had the SAME problem. I'm not going to down volume training, it got me to a weight of 255lbs, but after a while my body just couldn't do it, and no matter what, I wasn't progressing as I used to. I got sick like you had described. I took time off, and then PMed Realgains, he gave me the same advice as in the sticky above. It worked wonders. I am stronger than ever before, and I always add weight to the bar, or more reps.

It may not seem like it will work, and it's damn hard to break the daily gym habit, BUT it sounds like it's just what you need.

 

[Sassy69]

Here's a clue to you all --- I trained for a comp in 2000. I competed my first show in aug, then trained w/ a new trainer for a show in Nov. I trained my ass off. I could push more weight than most of the guys my trainer worked with. I didn't lose bodyfat to competition level and the show was a disaster - but despite that - I went after it with a greater vengeance thru December of that year. I trained so fucking hard I could barely climb my own stairs at night, much less climb out of my car after my training session. Pretty soon I couldn't make it through a workout. And then I couldn't make it through a workout w/o breaking down & crying. There is a very serious and often glossed over part of training. Its called RECOVERY! The time u give yourself to recover IS JUST AS IMPORTANT as the time you spend training. As you are seeing, ultimately your body will MAKE you take the time to recover regardless of what you want or think or how frustrated you are. And the harder you try to compensate for the "slacking" in training, the more you will pay. I've spent 2 years trying to recover from that episode. I've been to 2 doctors and made a variety of stabs at various fairly aggressive weight loss approaches. It ain't worth it.

Like they say - moderation in everything. Lift like you mean it, but recovery like you want to lift again like you mean it! That's what you call training smart!

An easy way to deal w/ the over training is to make a change in your training approach. I like how spatts has said in the past to do light workouts one week and intense & heavy the next. This adds yet another dimension of what Muscle & Fitness calls the Weider Confusion Principle (or some shit like that) --- keep your body always guessing. You will get better results and the variety lets you adjust your training to meet your body's needs, including recovery w/o feeling like you are slackign on your training. Sometimes when you envision your trainign approach, you need to leave room for a recovery period as being part of your training regimen - not just a week when you are so burnt out that your training is a waste of time.