I’ve been pushing myself like an animal, doing a push/pull/leg routine for 3.5 solid months, training every other day.
Numbers increased dramatically, diet is in order, been on a roll, etc. Life was good.
Some problems in the past week though:
Squat session: sharp pain in my right quad, chalked it up to an unbalanced bar and just kept pushing.
Really bad DOMS in my chest and painful cramps in my left calf – woke me up a couple times while sleeping.
Left rotator cuff screwed up, just noticed today while stretching.
I’ve felt pretty drained physically the past week, a lot more than usual, but haven’t lost motivation to hit the gym whatsoever.
However, tonight I completely missed a DL for three plates (Which I normally can hit for reps all day long), took it down to 275 and couldn’t get it off the ground. Had to drop all the way to two plates and still struggled.
Everything else went to hell, like my strength just disappeared overnight. I stopped about 20 minutes into the session and went home.
Usually my training is periodically interrupted: business trips, pesky girlfriends dragging me on vacation, etc. I’ve been running straight without missing a beat, maybe its taken a toll?
No issues in my personal life either.
I’d really HATE to take time off: keep going for another week? Stop now? Kinda obsessed with lifting weights (like a crack addict, just can’t quit), what do you guys think?