Foolish catching up
I have a bad cold since Sunday, which kept me away from the Gym until Wednesday. Then, pissed off by work related issues and a few personal ones, I decided that even not feeling “that good I’d go. More than just go: I’d catch up, doing Tuesday’s workout schedule, which I had failed, plus Wednesday, with Renatinho (my workout buddy), so that I wouldn’t let him down. Filled my bag with cold meds and supplements and went. That resulted in something like a four hour workout, with no rest. Very smart for a powerlifter.
Yesterday should be heavy Bench Press day. Good! I started well, feeling “just a little bit weak. Sailed through the light loads and finally got to the 85-90% load, with support shirt. Did one set of 3 reps with 70kg … great; did another set of 2 reps with 70kg and the third: oops: didn’t go up: Why? Let’s try again. Five minutes later I did and the bar softly rested on my chest. Vandinho, who was spotting, laughed and pulled it back to the rack. The muscle was unable to contract even to say “hi to the bar. Dead muscle.
Still not completely convinced, I decided to do “a few lifts without the shirt, with 60kg, just to: well, to wake up the muscles. Again, the bar rested softly on my chest and my muscles just twitched and said “no, we’re on strike.
Suddenly, I felt SO SLEEPY that I quickly found my way to the couch (we have a couch on the gym) and slept until Renatinho, unassisted by his useless buddy, finished his workout and kept me awake while driving him to his bus stop.
Was this stupid or not?
March 2, 2007 at 4:45 am
Ahh, it is sooo tempting to NOT listen to your body. But more often than not the best approach is to let yourself miss those workouts OR have a fun workout; you know, a workout where you do things you don’t usually do or that won’t take a lot out of you. For bodybuilders that might be forearms, abs, calves, etc. Hope you feel better soon. Mike