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Originally Posted by lylemcd
Define 'not feeling 100%'. By what criterion? Because if someone is very overtrained (from excess training relative to recovery), it can take way more than 2 weeks to get fully recovered.
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Just feeling much more tired than usual, strength down, needing longer recovery. I was having massive headaches with my sinuses and felt a lot of pressure in my ears so I actually think a lot of it was the up and down weather we've had in Florida the last two weeks.
I'm pretty sensitive to weather changes, as is my mother. She's been having some bad migraines lately as one day it's very hot and humid and two days later, we're in jackets and boots, and back to the 80s today.
Feeling a lot more rested now though. I think to prevent this type of thing from being a regular occurance (since I am prone to overdoing it) I need to establish a limit to the number of sets I do per workout. My old coach had me doing 30 something sets in my workouts, training 5 days a week, even during prep. Granted I wasn't working full time then, so 7 days a week I was getting 9 and 10 hours of sleep.
Now I can't even fathom going more than 24 sets, or training beyond 4 days a week. I'm only getting about 7 now, although the goal is always 8. I'm a lot stronger now though than I was then. Is that something natural lifters see the longer they train and the stronger they get? (doing fewer sets with heavier weights, and opposed to more volume with lighter weights) or is it more of a reflection of the need to taper down at different periods throughout the year to avoid overtraining? Thanks for all your help!!
12-13-2009, 11:28 AM
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