Weight feeling heavy

[Cobin]

I have a question, I just worked out in my garage, since I didn't goto the gym all week, did chest and bi's since thats what I felt like doing, The weights at my gym are olympic and the ones at my house are not and I have smaller plates (max plate I have is 25lbs) so it takes more to load up the bar, but 135lbs for 10 reps was rough, last couple reps I'd say from 8-10 was tough. Anyone know why? Maybe cause I wasn't at the gym all week? Or since I been eating like crap and I don't have markings on my straight bar so my hands might of been alittle off, ie one farther out then the other. Thanks

 

[coolcolj]

could be many things, differnet environment, etc etc

 

[Shankerr]

could be that you're just not as motivated when you're in the garage as you would be at the gym

 

[Mildot]

"Eating like crap" never helps.
Get your diet in check, make sure you are getting plenty of rest and train smart if you want to continually make progress in the gym.
Some people seem to be able to get away with a poor diet/lack of rest/piss poor training more than others. I'm one of those people that needs to make sure everything is in order or I will burn out real quickly.

 

[Cobin]

"Eating like crap" never helps.
Get your diet in check, make sure you are getting plenty of rest and train smart if you want to continually make progress in the gym.
Some people seem to be able to get away with a poor diet/lack of rest/piss poor training more than others. I'm one of those people that needs to make sure everything is in order or I will burn out real quickly.

I know, it was a bad week. I am very strict with my diet aswell.

 

[IBEPressin]

This may be way off base but maybe the weights are actually heavier at your house. A couple of years ago I used to train at a local ymca and the weights there were heavier for a fact than a gym right up the street. At the y i could barely get 315 for 2 reps "bench" later the same week I joined wo+ "gym up the street" and i could get 5 reps this is just an example, but all the plates there were definalely lighter. Whether it was bench, squats, leg presses, all the exercises where you would use plates my lifts were all way up. Or maybe it was all the especially hot honeys there that always has a way of motivating me also

 

[jeremys]

i used to be anal about diet and i always got what i needed. then after that last 10 lb bucket of protein ran out, i said to hell with it. then i started looking and lifting like crap. there's definately a direct correlation