What the hell is going on???

[whoa4]

does loss of calories really affect you like that? I was at the gym today, and I bombed like hiroshima. Maybe it was because I burnt out doing flys BEFORE I went to bench, or maybe it was because I had only ate 2 small meals that day, but my sh*t was completely off. The most I did was 225 x 11 and I was gone after that. I couldn't even get 135 up 7 times at one point, and I usually can rep that 40-50 times. I usually do 5 sets of 8 with 225, and after that 11 rep I could only get it 5, 4, 4. It was embarassing almost.


does this happen to anyone else and can someone help me understand clearly why this happened to me today?

[khalid a.k.a Genocide]

Theres too many variables that might have caused your loss of strength. But don't sweat it too much though since it happens to all of us lifters. Its almost impossible to be at peak strength everyday so its imperative to pace yourself and structure your training routine. For example, going heavy just twice or once a week, regardless of body part being worked on.

And when you take into account all the variables: rest(or lack thereof), diet, physical activity(outside of the gym) and etc, you can most certainly have one or more days a week where you're going to be weak and struggle with moderate weights to you. So just try and be consistent with all the variables mentioned above.

[whoa4]

Theres too many variables that might have caused your loss of strength. But don't sweat it too much though since it happens to all of us lifters. Its almost impossible to be at peak strength everyday so its imperative to pace yourself and structure your training routine. For example, going heavy just twice or once a week, regardless of body part being worked on.

And when you take into account all the variables: rest(or lack thereof), diet, physical activity(outside of the gym) and etc, you can most certainly have one or more days a week where you're going to be weak and struggle with moderate weights to you. So just try and be consistent with all the variables mentioned above.
I guess so. I restocked on protein just because of that. I'm not gonna do ANY type of chest exercises this weak. I may do a little back, arms, chest, shoulders, and some moderate legs. But man, that stuff was depressing

[Big H]

A lot of problems can arise like Khalid said.

But your calorie intake, mainly carbs and protein intake, will play a big role in strength gains and retention. First off, stop doing burn-outs. Secondly, look into maybe changing your routine if your wanting to keep or increase strength (high weight, high intensity, low reps).

Also go over your rest and rejuvination routine. It may sound dumb, but it is possible to NOT rest correctly. Re-check your splits to make sure your not overtraining. It may a good point to make sure your stretching before and after your workouts (use Static or Dynamic Stretching). Peep this link: http://www.bath.ac.uk/~masrjb/Stretch/stretching_4.html

You may want to adjust your mental state prior to lifting as well. Your mind and attitude plays a massive role in how good your workout is going to be. Any experienced lifter can testify that if your mind is not in the right state, your workout will be crap.

Don't look at the weight and THINK you can do it; instead put it in your mind that its not a question of if I can do the weight, its a question of how many times I can.

You'd be surprised but little things like that make a difference.

[whoa4]

A lot of problems can arise like Khalid said.

But your calorie intake, mainly carbs and protein intake, will play a big role in strength gains and retention. First off, stop doing burn-outs. Secondly, look into maybe changing your routine if your wanting to keep or increase strength (high weight, high intensity, low reps).

Also go over your rest and rejuvination routine. It may sound dumb, but it is possible to NOT rest correctly. Re-check your splits to make sure your not overtraining. It may a good point to make sure your stretching before and after your workouts (use Static or Dynamic Stretching). Peep this link: http://www.bath.ac.uk/~masrjb/Stretch/stretching_4.html

You may want to adjust your mental state prior to lifting as well. Your mind and attitude plays a massive role in how good your workout is going to be. Any experienced lifter can testify that if your mind is not in the right state, your workout will be crap.

Don't look at the weight and THINK you can do it; instead put it in your mind that its not a question of if I can do the weight, its a question of how many times I can.

You'd be surprised but little things like that make a difference.


Honestly, it was a little bit of all that. I didn't expect to have went into the gym at the time I went, I didn't eat as many calories for the weight I was trying to do, I had got enouhg sleep, but did pushups the day before and burned out on flys that saturday. But I realy think the burnout effected me the most, I usually only do it a few days after my initial bench routine and thats alll I do that day for chest (just for warmup). I did/do the stretching and I knew I could do the weight but my body was saying something totally different