Muscles too tired to go on!

ddupler · Post by **ddupler** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:00 am

only problem with working out is that way too soon into workout, muscles are too tired to go on any further. Halfway through a couple of sets, I feel like I can't get a single more rep in, but I know that I haven't done enough to actually achieve any results yet. It affects me so much mentally that I usually end up just stopping. I usually wait a minute or so between each set, should I rest longer? Or is the stamina something that I have to build up before I can really start having longer workouts? Any tips?

RK19 · Post by **RK19** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 3:30 pm

post exactly what you do=exercises,reps/sets,rest times,weight used etc.

Packard · Post by **Packard** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 3:33 pm

When do you eat (relative to the workouts)?

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:27 pm

it's better to undertrain then to overtrain so maybe you're just trying to do too much too soon

decrease the wt, sets and/or reps and see how you go

it's hard to know what else to say without knowing what you're doing though

Derelict · Post by **Derelict** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:18 pm

In experience when people say they feel they can't get another rep in, they usually can do another 2-3 more. How many reps exactly can you do until you feel too wasted to go on? We talkin 3-4 reps or 4-5, what?

Packard · Post by **Packard** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:34 am

Derelict wrote:In experience when people say they feel they can't get another rep in, they usually can do another 2-3 more. How many reps exactly can you do until you feel too wasted to go on? We talkin 3-4 reps or 4-5, what?

Short term you can will yourself to do this. But if it is due to over-training, lack of sleep, poor rest/recuperation or bad nutrition this will not be sustainable. One day your body will control your mind and insist that you not train. And that one day will become a week, a month, a year or a lifetime.

A training program, to be truly effective, must be sustainable. If it is not sustainable, it is a patch, and a band-aid and not a true training program.