[therealgame]

went to the gym like always..was ready willing able to do a great chest workout
when i noticed my gut was a little bloated and then before i knew it i started to lose the will to train..today as a fifth day in a row and was planning a two day off rest..but i think i should have kept it to 4days and one day off..

i also need to tan up..that always keeps me focusd..
and i think i need to cover total up on bloating days..dam breads do it to me everytime!!!


does anyone think that on a day off it would be ok to at lest get on the cross trainer or should i just stay away from the gym...

[fallen]

I think a lot of it has to do with how your body reacts to training, I go three days on one day off. I find that if i go to do cardio on my normal day off i feel drained and not near as motovated to workout the next day. So i say you should take your day off it my help bring baack that drive you are lacking.
Hope this helps

[Ironslave]

why was your gut bloated? what did you eat before, if you feel your workouts are lacking intensity for a while id reccomend a cruising phase where you keep lifting the same intensity and roughly the same frequency but cut way down on the volume.

[therealgame]

with me breads cause me to bloat..even if i have some one day and next morning i look bloated or like i have a gut..when leave the breads alone and becareful with milk i can clearly see a faint full abs ...i have had some corn bread for three days..one meal each day and i think that it caused the bloat..
i guess i saw ronnie eat it on one of his vids so i decided to try it..maybe its his off season food...taking tomoorow off from gym..i think i might go and have some lean beef tomorrow..maybe two meals...rest meals chicken.had ben off beef for 9weeks and doing chicken..rice..vegs...maybe i need to do a low carb day???
go back into the gym friday full force and get back into the game!!!

[Graham May]

I found when i was feeling a little drained in the gym, that a simple spoonful of glucose poweder to my gym water really perked me up a bit.
I train 6 days on, 1 day off (do an office job so only get one solid hour in the gym so do 45-50 mins weights, 10 min fat burn CV Mon-Fri, abs & 30mins CV Sat).

There are various ways to overcome it...battle through as you are, take some time off, adjust volume, try energy drinks, assess sleep/rest patterns etc.