Anybody get tired after extended workouts?

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nickorette

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Today I was working out for a bit longer than I usually do on sunday (over 2h), and I kind of felt tired, so I laid down to get a bit of rest before I moved on to some more exercises, and I ended up falling asleep!! I got lots of sleep last night so that couldn't have been it.

It's kind of weird but it seems whenever I workout for long periods of time I get kind of "yawny". This was the only time I feel asleep.

Anybody else get drousy/tired when working out for a while?
 
I haven't

But I'm sure I would if I worked out for TWO HOURS straight!!! 2 hours is too long. Wayyy too long. I don't think I've worked out with weights for more than an hour which is how it works for most people. . .I think.
 
He didn't say he was lifting for 2 hours he just said "working out" for two hours, which, in my opinion, unless you're an elite athlete, is still excessive! Not 100% here but i'm pretty sure that tiredness is A sign of overtraining. I sometimes get sleepy after a workout but i hardly get enough sleep to begin with so i consider that to be quite normal.
 
Well, because of my really busy scedule, I can't work out on monday-wednesday, so I do a super long workout on sunday, and I use monday-wednesday for healing. I do a normal one on thrusday (a few different areas than sunday's, since I still feel sunday's w/o).

but yeah, I take breathers between lifting and stuff, lol.
 
not smart.. after like one hour of hard training, things start happening to your body. energy stores get empty and hormone levels start changing (test, amongs others drops. which is not optimal for muscle gain, since test is one of the "muscle building hormones"). and just workout sunday, thursday.. maybe saturday too, depending on how you make those two concecutive workouts..
 
Agreed with karky that's not smart... It's seems like you are definitely overtraining.

Maybe you should give us a clearer picture of your situation so we can evaluate for you? Please list what you do for your workout frequency. In addition, exercises, number of reps / sets, nutrition and sleep should also be noted.



Regards,
Sam
LiveWithFitness.com
 
Long workouts on sunday don't make up for doing nothign all week. After 48 hours (so, Tuesday sometime) your body is already de-training because you're not providing stimulus to keep it trained.

furthermore your extreme overtraining sessions on sunday are probably pushing you backwards in the first place.
 
samchng said:
Agreed with karky that's not smart... It's seems like you are definitely overtraining.

Maybe you should give us a clearer picture of your situation so we can evaluate for you? Please list what you do for your workout frequency. In addition, exercises, number of reps / sets, nutrition and sleep should also be noted.



Regards,
Sam
LiveWithFitness.com
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Ok, I'll do my best.

I don't really have access to a gym, so I have a set of DB's and I just use that mostly. I usually take all the exercises I plan on doing and divide them in two. The first half of exercises I will run through with 10 reps each, doing one set for each exercise untill I've run through the first half. I'll do that untill I've gone through 4 sets of each exercise total. (i.e. 1 set of curls, then 1 set of DB punches, then 1 set of sit ups, etc.). Next I'll run through the second set of exercises, the same way I did the first, and by the time I'm done, it's usually around 2h or more of working out. I usually switch things up, so the order of the exercises is never really the same from week to week.

Anyways, typically, on sunday I'll do: arm curls, DB punches, Bent over rows, DB front raises, DB side raises, DB Lying Rear Lateral Raises (palms up and then palms down) and a few pulls of a my bow (50lbs draw). Yesterday though, I substituted the DB front raises, DB side raises, DB Lying Rear Lateral Raises and arm curls for leg raises, sit ups, reach and catch sit ups and stomach vacumes, because I was told I really need some ab work (which I do)

Typically on thursday I'll do arm curls, DB punches, Bent over rows, DB shoulder presses, stomach vacuumes, and sit ups. But this week I might switch it up with some of the ones I missed on sunday.

As for diet, I'm still cutting. Based on my situation (student residence, meal plan) I know I won't be able to get an ample deit if I try and bulk, so for the next month before I move out I'm just going to continue to cut. I'm 19 y/o, med. frame, around 155 lbs, 6' tall. I'm going with a 500-1000 calorie deficit (estimated, I don't really know exactly what the nutritional information is on some of the stuff they serve us). I eat around 4-6 meals a day, depending on the day (whether I wake up at 7am for school or 12:30pm sleeping in). I try and get as much protien as I can, an estimated 100g's a day. I'll substitute with protien shakes what I belive I'm lacking in my regular diet.

As for sleep: m-5h t-5h w-10h t-9h f-10h s-10h s-10h

here's a link to a thread with some pics in it, so you might get a better idea what I look like right now. http://training.fitness.com/photo-gallery/fat-issue-skin-muscle-issue-23601.html#post178637
I can get get better ones if you'd like.

Thanks for the help
 
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You should read up on compound lifts such as deadlifts, squats, lunges, pullups, dips, etc and incorportate them. I think they would serve you quite well.
 
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