[Closed] getting fit - not so much hit a plateau, more going backwards

Whenever I feel like this I take up smoking again.

This way when I get around to stopping I get a real fitness boost.

Without knowing how much exercise you do and how frequently, it could be fatigue - are you giving yourself days off and what-not to allow your body to rest/recover?

Perhaps take 3 or 4 days 'off' from the gym then see how you feel going back to it.

I work pretty long hours and going to the gym on top can see me getting less than 6 hours sleep a night, sometimes less than 5 hours. After a month or so of this I feel like a zombie and can't run so I have a week of early nights. Normally does the trick.

you'r probably doing too much Or not giving your body the nourishment it needs to recover from what your doing to it

what are your goals? size? endurance? if you want to keep upping the weights and get bigger, your diet may be lacking?

I would echo the other comments here, I have learned the hard way that you need to 'work' on rest and recovery just as much as the actual exercise sessions. I have taken up running recently, I had an epiphany moment were I started to enjoy it, and began to over do it by running every day, from this point I started to go backwards. Once i start to ignore the 'craving' to run and take proper rest days my form and performance improved.

Also it may be an unpopular opinion, but I am deeply sceptical of gyms as a way to get fit; I know a couple of guys that exercise solely at the local gym, they look great, big arms, flat stomach etc etc, but I can outrun, outpedal and outlift both of them, and I am a fat git.

But sneakyg4, if their goals are chasing tale, how does your performance stack up?

Is tail chasing a legitimate fitness goal? possibly.

Unfortunately I am married so I know nothing of these things, any stated preference over someone in TV or print results in a swift belt in the mouth.

A week is nothing, form goes up and down a lot over a period of weeks. Illness, tiredess etc etc.

Also you can over-train.

Also you can over-train.

This is one of the greatest fitness myths.

Is it really.

Yes.

No.

Care to explain that then Yeti?

Nope.

I don't mind preserving your ignorance intact.

You are winding me up.

or your Ego towards overtraining 😉 tee hee hee hee

It's all about the three R's. With these in place you can train as much as you like.

pretty certain I'm not over training 🙂 I'm in the gym maybe 3-4 times a week, and cycling when I get time, which isn't that often recently.
I'm not really training with a goal in mind - it's just general fitness, wanting to be in slightly better shape, and using exercise as a natural alternative to prozac. My family aren't famed for living to a ripe old age, and I want to buck the trend.

I think diet might be a part of it - I'm eating the same stuff I was when I started, so maybe it's time to look at the amount I'm eating, not just what I'm eating.

Is one of those R's rest?

Also it may be an unpopular opinion, but I am deeply sceptical of gyms as a way to get fit; I know a couple of guys that exercise solely at the local gym, they look great, big arms, flat stomach etc etc, but I can outrun, outpedal and outlift both of them, and I am a fat git.

Shurrup rusty.

😀

so, im Ok to train my biceps 3 or 4 times per week just as long as im getting enough nutrition and sleep?

Depends what look you're going for...

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My first question though would be 'Why the hell would you want to do that?'

He doesn't look very healthy.

He looks like he is in pain.

Or constipated.

Is that the guy whose arms exploded?

Yep.

synthol aint my thing thanks, but am i Ok training my arms Every day and not errrrm "overtraining"???

Cycling forum. You need to train legs, not arms. That should sort you out. Easy mistake.

this is a Hypothetical question Damo, as there IS such a thing as Overtraining.