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You are here: Home / Fitness / Mission 1, Day 85: Practice what you preach

Mission 1, Day 85: Practice what you preach

January 18, 2008 By Michael Mahony, ISSA CPT Leave a Comment

Every weight workout for the past 8 days I have felt almost sick as I lift.  I dread the next set. I dread the thought of having to push myself yet again.  I kept thinking that this was just a mental block and so I pushed through it, even making some personal bests in the process.  The idea that it is just a mental block just can't be true because I wake up pumped to go to the gym and workout.  I am still focused on doing it right. 

At the same time, my body seems to be telling me something.  About 4 days ago I felt like my right ankle was a little weaker than it has been, so I thought “I better watch that on the treadmill tomorrow.”  Well, no problems during my cardio workouts, but yet when I walk around, that ankle feels sort of weak.  I then noticed that I haven't seemed to have fully recovered from that workout earlier in the week where I thought I had the right weight, but I didn't.  I know my body and it should be fully recovered from that workout at this point.  I then analyzed my training to see if I am overtraining (I'm not).  I just couldn't put a finger on it until I was at the gym today.

As I stepped into the squat rack for my 4th set it dawned on me.  I wasn't sure if I was right, so I put the thought out of my head and continued the workout.  When I was done I decided to take a look back in my records for when I last took a week off from lifting.  It has been 54 days, or almost 8 weeks.  I think my body is telling me it needs some time off from lifting.  Therefore, I am going to take off next week.  I will be doing my cardio workouts, my push ups and my chin ups, but the rest of the weight training will stop for a week to give my body some much needed recovery time. 

Until later…GET BACK TO LIFTING!

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About Michael Mahony, ISSA CPT

Mike is a passionate bodybuilder, NPC Competitor and ISSA Certified Personal Trainer who is always looking for ways to do things better. He also has a passion for correcting the misinformation that is prevalent in the bodybuilding and fitness industry today. Mike is currently working on his first eBook, Get Back to Lifting, which is scheduled to be released soon. He is also working on a second book, The Average Guy's Supplement Guide, that is scheduled to be released the end of 2016.

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