How to keep up my strength?

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Donny

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Well, from August to about the end of January I was hitting the gym at least 5 times a week, usually 6 times taking only Sunday off for lacrosse practice. I increased my bench by about 70 lbs., my curl by 20 lbs. and went from 145 to 159, with no supplments, nothing foreign entering my body, which wasn't fat, i gained a good deal of muscle mass on my arms, shoulders, and chest. The problem that I'm facing right now is that I'm doing two sports, track and field and lacrosse, and becuase of this I have barely any time to hit the gym. On Monday's and Wednesday's im at school from 7am to around 5pm and Wednesday, Thursday and Friday im at school until about 8pm for lacrosse practice (night practices really suck). I try to get to the gym on Saturday's and Sunday's, as well as Monday's and Wednesday nights but its not happening, mainly because I have to do all my hwk for the week on Monday and Wednesday's and i just have other events on Saturday's, like track meets or lacrosse game's and Sunday's are pretty much the same. I went to the gym last week after only going 3 days in a 14 day period, thought I was going to do terrible, but I surprisingly had the same amount of strength, but not endurance. Its probably becuase at practices now im mostly concentrating on running and that endurance, and at lacrosse practice we are doing core work (such as leg lifts and other stuff)as well as intense push ups, as in keeping up for 30+ seconds, plus staying 1 inch off the ground for long periods. Im wondering is how can I keep my strength up during the week so that I do not lose all of I've worked to accomplish? Its really impossible for me to hit the gym that often now, and when I can get to the gym im doing a total workout to get the most out of it (as in when I used to go to the gym I would have two cycles isolating different muslces, but now I just go through 1 cycle than the other). So far I've mainly been doing push-ups, curling some of my larger books that I have around. Any ideas?
 
Your body will probably continue to thank you for the rest. 6 days a week at the gym is overtraining. Your body needs time to recuperate. You may actually see better results now. Watch your nutrition(make sure you are getting enough calories, and enough of those calories in protein), and when you do hit the gym, do high intensity workouts with good form.

I think you'll be fine.
 
I read about a study in Men's Fitness that said by lifting only once a week you can maintain your current levels of strength, maybe that will make you feel better. Just keep eating good and lift when you can, you should be fine
 
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