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    Overtrained??????

    Today was the chest day.....
    The strength was there (I added 10lb to the BB and worked it easily)

    However, I got completely exhausted after the first set.
    (last time I felt this way when I was cutting and depleted glycogen on low carb diet)

    Couldn't do another set (I could, but only if I took 30% weight off)
    So, I cut the work out short with 1 set bench press and 1 set flys.

    Decided to do some cardio - went for a bike ride - in 10 min my quads felt sore, like I was doing squats

    could this be I'm overtrained? Any comments appreciated.


    Thanks

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    I took a couple of days off

    Yesterday --- everything was ok

    However, same thing happened again today - the strength is there and it keeps on going up...... but, I'm exhausted after 1 set.

    Any suggestions?

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    whats your food intake look like? try training later in the day when you have some meals behind you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bigol'legs
    whats your food intake look like? try training later in the day when you have some meals behind you.
    I'm on a very clean 4500 cal diet

    I work out in the afternoon.

    PS - I do cardio (20 min) a couple of times a week in the morning before the first meal

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    how much water are you drinking in a day?

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    Quote Originally Posted by bigol'legs
    how much water are you drinking in a day?
    a lot, probably over 2 gal now, since it's hot.

    My normal workout would be

    2 warm up sets

    1 set of 4 to 8 --- to failure

    1 set of 4 to 8 to negative failure, then take some weight off, then more, then more.

    5 days a week - training each muscle once a week
    1 to 1.5 hours per day



    I've been doing that for a long time with no prob ----- this sudden exhaustion thing is something new - I never had that before.

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    Throw another day of rest in your week, and cut your workouts back to an hour, then go from there.

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