FUBAR'd days at the gym

[Grey Kid]

Have you ever had one of those days at the gym where you just couldn't perform and there is no reason as to why?

I can't work out what happened with my strength training today. Usually I clean and press 76kg for 7 reps. Today I couldn't even do one. After much frustration I managed to clear 4 reps but not even press the 4th rep.

I felt fine today, I just can't work out what happened. Has this happened to anyone else?

 

[christ0ph]

How much sleep did you get? What was your diet like today? Did you do anything out of the ordinary the night before or today?

 

[Grey Kid]

How much sleep did you get? What was your diet like today? Did you do anything out of the ordinary the night before or today?

I got my 8 hours sleep.

Breakfast was a large bowl of oats, a banana and a soy protein shake.

Nothing out of the ordinary last night either. However, I trained tuesday and wednesday in mma (1.5 hours) and a double session on thursday for 3 hours (strength, conditioning and grappling). This usually doesn't interfere so much with my saturday work outs as I take fridays off.

Sometimes I may feel alittle off but today was just pathetic. As soon as the bar was across my chest I just didn't have the power to finish the lift.

 

[Barut]

SOY????

That's your problem. Eat a dead cow. That should make you feel better.

 

[Donut62]

Quit being a pussy about it and go lift hard next time.

/thread

 

[RollinDownRodeo]

Either you just had a bad training day or you're slowly dying. Odds are it was a bad training day so get some rest and hit the gym hard next time you train. If you don't make it back to the gym, then you died.

 

[beef curtains]

Unfortunately these days happen. I find I always set PRs when I don't even feel that much like lifting due to being tired or beat up or whatever, and then I have shitty days when I feel fresh and psyched up and think I could lift a whale. As long as it doesn't happen again next week.

 

[mustang]

one shitty gym day is no big deal.. if it starts happening on a regular basis then you should look into it.

 

[bluethree]

shake it off, you will do better next time. it's only one day out of 1000's in your lifting career

 

[the_harbinger]

I think if you don't have these days then you aren't really training. IF you're pushing your limits all the time...then you're boundto fail some of the time...and that's not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[flak]

Listen to this 100 times, then try again.

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[Saith]

I haven't ever done poorly for *no* reason, however I did strain the fuck out of my lower back while maxing out for the 5x5 so I had to end that workout early. It didn't stop me from continuing to lift for the next three months, making gains the entire time. Though in hindsight, I probably should've stopped and had it treated right away, thereby avoiding this long and annoying rehab.

 

[RedNeckJiuJitsu]

I seem to recall an article on here (was it a Tate one?) about havin' a crappy workout day sometimes for whatever (or no) reason... I dont remember whether the solution was to give up for the day or push on through, as well as fix the problem (if there's one ya know of)...

 

[bad_coupon]

Listen to this 100 times, then try again.

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I love this vid, especially the wall entry

On another note
Good Workouts, Bad Workouts

 

[oxcart]

There's a Dan John article on t-nation somewhere... he says that on average you will have

- one workout where everything feels like a feather
- one average workout
- one workout where you wish you'd stayed in bed

Don't get too hung up on a bad day. *Everyone* has them.

 

[Grey Kid]

Thanks for all the replies and links gents. I'll be back on the mats monday and hopefully I'll be in better form.

 

[statisticool]

It reminds you you are human.

 

[Lorenz]

In one of the articles it also mentions that having a bad day can make the good days seem better. So it might not be all bad in the end

 

[murdock00]

The only explanation is either cancer or aids. Maybe youll be more responsible in the next life.

 

[888Shogun888]

it happens kid. Everyone has days like that even if they act all tough on here. With something like a clean and press/jerk you really need to be on point to get the job done without injuring yourself. So next time if it's not there then don't force it.