[quote]jt339 wrote:
Maybe reducing to one all out set per exercise and that’s it. This is my instinct as I’ve done ok on a 3 day routine in the past with low volume and high intensity. [/quote]
Just do this and put more emphasis on your diet.
If you can thrive on low volume there’s really no reason to do more than necessary.
Try taking Vitamin D, Magnesium, Zinc and using real, unfiltered sea salt when cooking. I felt like you and now feel invincible
[quote]csulli wrote:
Do you have like lyme disease or sickle cell anemia or something? What you’re describing sounds inexplicable.[/quote]
Lol well I don’t think so! You can probably understand my frustration now. Well I’m going to change my diet by upping protein a bit and changing out pasta for more starchy foods like oats and sweet potatoes. I’ll double my multivitamin because…why not? Started ZMA again and sleep has been a little better, hope that helps. As far as training, I think I will probably just hit one max set for 1-2 exercises per workout and just pump the muscle up without really draining myself. The pump work has never really caused a lot of systematic fatigue meaning I don’t really feel a huge difference in overall energy levels from before it to after it so I don’t think that’s the problem.
[quote]jt339 wrote:
As far as training, I think I will probably just hit one max set for 1-2 exercises per workout and just pump the muscle up without really draining myself. The pump work has never really caused a lot of systematic fatigue meaning I don’t really feel a huge difference in overall energy levels from before it to after it so I don’t think that’s the problem. [/quote]
This is getting old…
Get on a real program.
Still advocating actually knowing how much of everything you are eating. I think your estimates are way off. Not a slam its just how it is
[quote]JFG wrote:
This is getting old…
Get on a real program.
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Thanks for the contribution.
[quote]ryanbCXG wrote:
Still advocating actually knowing how much of everything you are eating. I think your estimates are way off. Not a slam its just how it is[/quote]
Yeah maybe. I get too much free food right now though and I can’t measure it. As you know, you’re dirt poor as a med student so I’ll take all the freebies I can get. For now, gonna focus on training and hopefully things work out.
[quote]jt339 wrote:
[quote]JFG wrote:
This is getting old…
Get on a real program.
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Thanks for the contribution.[/quote]
He’s right. You’re not cognizant of your own recovery abilities; how can you possibly come up with your own training program that works? You’re confused that an all out set fatigued you, and later work suffered; that in and of itself says to me that you don’t really know what you’re doing.
A great way to learn how your body handles volume/intensity is by following existing proven programs and tweaking it over the years.