Gym Selfies **and Daily Motivation

[JDS]

rowing machine and sled... not feeling it

currently in dry sauna reformulating plan.

maybe swim some laps?

Most likely you didn’t get enough sleep last night if you’re not feeling it today. I know for me when I have a bad gym day. It’s usually because of that reason.

 

[KVB]

Most likely you didn’t get enough sleep last night if you’re not feeling it today. I know for me when I have a bad gym day. It’s usually because of that reason.

I didn't work out Tuesday for that very reason, I was not rested.

Rest, at our age, is, or should be, a priority. The number one reason is that we want to avoid injury, but just as important is that out strength comes from the rest and recovery.

It's not the working our that makes me stronger, it's the rest and recovery that makes me stronger. For example, I didn't work out much for two weeks and came back stronger than ever.

I know it sounds a little funny, but if you think about it it does ring true. The strength comes from resting and recovering, not from constantly working out.

I can workout several days in a row and not advance, but when I take a couple of days off, I can advance the weights when I come back.

 

[JDS]

I didn't work out Tuesday for that very reason, I was not rested.

Rest, at our age, is, or should be, a priority. The number one reason is that we want to avoid injury, but just as important is that out strength comes from the rest and recovery.

It's not the working our that makes me stronger, it's the rest and recovery that makes me stronger. For example, I didn't work out much for two weeks and came back stronger than ever.

I know it sounds a little funny, but if you think about it it does ring true. The strength comes from resting and recovering, not from constantly working out.

I can workout several days in a row and not advance, but when I take a couple of days off, I can advance the weights when I come back.

Yes indeed I have experienced the same kind of progress when I am sleeping a solid 6-8 hours no more or no less. Too much sleep just throws off my equilibrium.

 

[Archie]

paraspinals, heavy heavy sleds, carries , crawls

 

[Archie]

15 min cardio machine of some sort, 70 % parking lot 50 yard sprints, heavy sled pushes, fast sled pulls, power cleans, deadlifts, SL kettlebell around the worlds, mobility

 

[JDS]

What do you guys do on the days you have no energy to go to the gym ? As crazy as it sounds, I use to make an alcoholic beverage in the afternoon and it would help me get my ass to the gym. Although it didn’t really help my production level once I got there. A shitty workout is a lot better than not working out right lol.

 

[edawg]

Whiskey and Deadlifts!

 

[Tanko]

Whiskey and Deadlifts!

You guys might be on to something here.
Complete a circuit, take a shot. Do it again, take a shot. Kind of like an incentive program.

I think I'm going to bring it up to my Freedom Fitness manager. Would probably generate more business. It would definitely loosen up some of the people who are such a$$holes at the gym.

 

[KVB]

What do you guys do on the days you have no energy to go to the gym ?

I just go to the gym and am nearly always glad I did it when I'm done.

 

[JDS]

I just go to the gym and am nearly always glad I did it when I'm done.

Definitely better to go with less than par energy than to not go I feel you. Also emotionally you will be in a better mood and potentially sleep better. All good things which will help you have clarity when you are handicapping the daily card the next day.