Started training a couple of weeks ago and I am finding it hard to do anything while lifting. I feel exhausted after lifting, need loads of sleep. Next day feel tired. I went out to see girls the last few weeks and every time I did it resulted in me being too tired to train properly the next day.
This last week I went out bought food, had my program ready and one night at a girls house until about 3AM wrote me off for like 4 days. Just been googling to see about recovery and it says 8 hours of sleep a night. Who is sleeping 8 hours a night, working out for an hour and doing anything outside of that?
This doesnât strike me as political in any way, and seems like more of a you issue than a world issue. Surely others too find it hard to train, eat well, and have a social life, but many more can do all three.
Youâve only been training for a few weeks(it can take a while to adjust), itâs possible you are doing too much, too soon, not eating enough, not sleeping enoughâŠwhat does your diet and training regimen look like?
lol I think its the sleep thing. Like one night with 5 hours sleep I feel like id rather do anything than work out the next night. If you do that a few times a week the entire week feels like death.
You canât change a lifestyle overnight without expecting some things to be tough. Balance is something that evolves over time, and the body adjusts slowly. Itâs only been a couple of weeks.
What kind of program are you on? You could get away with just 2-3 sessions a week as a beginner for a long time. You might find some time down the line you want to prioritize the gym a bit more which would mean dialing in your sleep and nutrition. At that point, add a âNeeds to be home by midnightâ curfew to your Tinder bio.
Thereâs no on/off switch when it comes to progress in the gym but you get out of it what you put in. The good news is that you can make some pretty solid progress whilst you figure out how to balance debauchery and gains.
For what itâs worth I was still drinking fairly heavily 4-5 nights a week when I joined the gym and still made decent progress. Eventually I figured out the gym was doing more for me than the drinking was and priorities shifted. Now for the most part I donât drink.
TL:DR: Donât worry about everything being optimal, just get the work done and enjoy your life. How you balance things is fluid and subject to change. Just keep moving forward.
Likely youâre doing too much too soon, not sleeping adequately and not eating adequately.
This is unsurprising. It you stay up late (until 3 AM) are you surprised you feel exhausted the day after. You can pick one, âsee girls or get sleep and lift. Having a supportive partner or spouse helps with lifting or any other aim versus wasting time and energy âseeingâ people. You can actually go to the gym and live life together rather than having to stay up until 3:00 AM.
More like six to eight hours and on occasion four or five hours because I get awful streaks of insomnia in which I wake up too early.
I do much outside of lifting: work full time, raise kids, and spend time with friends and family members. And I do some of that while tired. And I take breaks to post here or otherwise goof off.
Im actually way too ugly for tinder. I have to chat them up at the supermarket or in the street where they arenât comparing me to people who look semi decent.
I started on an upper lower but I was feeling constantly knackered. Started doing some conditioning daily 5km hikes and doing more of a split type routine but I just feel absolutely drained constantly.
Upper lower was basically
Lower
Barbell squat 2 sets to failure
RDL 2 sets to failure
Barbell glute bridge 2 sets to failure
Barbell calf raises 3 sets
Crunches 3 sets
Upper
Barbell bench 2 sets to failure
High incline shoulder press 2 sets to failure
db laterals 3 sets to failure
Barbell rows 2 sets to failure
db rows 2 sets
EZ curls 3 sets
Tricep extensions 3 sets
Added about 30kg to my squat in a few weeks and about 20kg to my bench so maybe too much too soon?
Split was like 12 sets per bodypart for say chest, or if it was shoulders 4-6 sets per head of shoudlers. Legs lower volume due to being limited to fatiguing compound stuff like squats and RDLS.
You are so different from me we might as well be different species bro. Im the guy who brings you your turkey leg and gold cup of wine after the battle. Your the guy smashing peoples heads with a giant hammer.
If you learn to love it and make it a priority, youâll always have time. My wife knows bodybuilding is a passion of mine that makes my world go âround. If I have family obligations, I get my training in, if I have to work a 12 hour shift, I get my training in. Sometimes I move days around and I have even switched my rest days to align with my wifeâs days off, but I always get my sessions in. The point here is that you schedule your workouts around any sort of work or function, make your meals a priority and make sleep a priority and youâll get jacked and be successful. If youâre unwilling to go through that difficulty then you just wonât get there and Iâm sorry if that sucks, but itâs true.
