I didn't want to slack off on my training so I was cutting back on personal time and other things that weren't absolutely a must. This blog was one of them. I really need to stop using that as an excuse though.
My training was at an all time high as far as volume the last couple months. Averaging 8 training sessions a week. I was honestly getting used to the soreness and kind of liked it. I was sleeping fairly well and eating everything. I mean I had to pretty much eat constantly just to keep up weight with my training. Something happened a a couple weeks ago though. I either ate something bad, or God stepped in and said "you need to back the crap off". I can only describe it as food poisoning. This is weird because I have never had this before in my life until I moved to GA. It has happened three times now since I came here. I'm not sure if it's me or the area but it is frustrating. I could barely get out of bed to teach class let alone train. So I didn't.....for an entire week. I also couldn't eat anything but simple sugar and starchy foods. No protein. For seven days I was on a fruit and bread diet for calories. I lost about 15 lb.
I know alot of people would call this overtraining 101, however let me say, I was consistently PRing and moving forward and though I was sore, I felt great. Right up until the sickness, there were no warning signs. I had great session one day and then BAM an hour later, in the bathroom. My recovery and outside stress was great. The only thing that was lackluster was my diet. This is why I believe it was food and not over training, or under recovering as most weightlifters/coaches call it.
Even still I have changed plan of attack again. I am training half as often as I did before and only plan on upping it when I am good and ready(when progress stalls). For now I seem to be coming back strong and have even hit two PR's since my return. Though I haven't hit PR's on my main two lifts yet, I think I will see better numbers soon. I've only been back a week and I have heard from some great trainers that you can expect to take the same time to twice as long as your break to get back to your previous performance. I've also backed off the caffeine again. This is hard but I ultimately feel fresher and more clear headed. Just a bit hard to get aggressive on the bar. But hey, maybe thats a good thing? I know if I can hit my lifts without coffee, I sure as hell can hit them with it.
140kg Clean off blocks for a double PR
