Are you having a GOOD day?

Are you having a good day?

 

Ok so some days you are not having a good day, some days you either wake up not feeling it, or you get to the gym and can’t quite lift or endure what you did last week.

 

This can affect you, but don’t let it! What is the point of beating up on yourself for something that is normal? If you think that your back is feeling weak, why stress it further with super heavy weights? Or if you are struggling to get 20mins into some good cardio and you can normally SMASH 30, why punish yourself?

 

Perhaps the secret here is that your body is trying to tell you that it needs more rest or nourishment for repairs.

I had one of these days on Monday just gone, what was the underlying reason? Not 100% sure but I think it had more to do with the food I ate on the Sunday nightbefore, it affected me in such a way that on the Monday morning for legs day I found myself unable to carry out my usual intensity. After only a day back onto my usual nutrients I continued the week SMASHING out my workouts breaking some new plateaus and PB’s!

 

As long as you don’t end up with more than a whole weeks’ worth of this feeling, you will most likely bounce back stronger in the following workouts!

 

Take the time to analyse the WHY.

 

Was there something you ate the day before (or longer) that has dropped your energy levels? If you normally don’t eat a heavy steak and sip down on some alcohol, perhaps this has put your body off kilter, this can happen more on a Monday training session due to a well-deserved weekend. Don’t stress unless you make this a habit!

Was it something different you had before your workout? You might have been told to try a preworkout recently and instead of feeling SUPER powers you are feeling SUPER sick in the stomach. Stop the preworkout immediately, there is a good chance that you are not built for a preworkout. Try a strong black coffee with a little sugar beforehand and something protein rich to get a hyped up energy boost.

Perhaps you got a really bad sleep? This is harder for me to recommend a fix to as I do not suffer from falling too and remaining asleep. Try to minimise stimulating drinks at the end of the night and try having a small bowl of cereal to ensure that the body doesn’t wake for hunger pains.

Maybe your macro and micro nutrients need an adjustment? Check that you are getting a good mix of veg and fruit as well as the meat in your diet to ensure that you are giving your body nutrients to recover and rebuild ready for that next session.

Are you coming down with an illness? Exercising and resistance training can eat into your glutamine reserves and this increases your chances of catching even the common cold. A readily available Branched chain ammo acid supplement can help keep this in balance in case you are not getting enough from your day to day food intake, even just L-Glutamine by itself can help stave off sickness and aid in overall recovery time from DOMS.

 

Whatever the case may be, listen to your body and PUSH further on the sessions that you can, but DON’T PUSH when you can’t! Avoiding an injury could mean a stronger return at your next session v’s not being able to do anything at all for a long time.