So...I'm slowly getting back into things (swimming, running, biking)...just getting in shape in general.
I've been doing push-ups in the morning (15 on the perfect push-up/ 20 with my legs on the yoga ball) and lifting (5lb weights, 3x12 Flys, forwards, backs) at night.
I felt a lot of strength improvement over the first 2-3 weeks (I've increased the # of push-ups from 10/15) but now...not so much. In fact, I feel like they are much harder now than they were last week at the same repetitions.
So my thoughts on the issue is that I am not getting enough nutritional intake to support strength growth. Anyone have suggestions? thoughts? ideas?
Could be nutrition…but if you're at a 3 week point I would suspect that your body has adapted to the stress and you're hitting a plateau. Without knowing specifically what type of strength routine you're doing, I'd offer up these questions:
1)How often do you change/use different exercises?
2)Do you train body parts on the same day, some on one day and others on another, one body part per session, etc…? Do you mix up the order that you train body parts, and if you do more than one exercise per body part, do you mix that up as well?
3)Do you change your rep range?
4)Do you change types of equipment, i.e. cable pull-downs vs. pull-ups or chins?
5)Are you getting enough sleep at night?
6)Are you giving yourself enough time to fully recover between workouts? In my opinion I feel this is a big one as I believe many lifters do not give themselves enough recuperation time. When you get stronger and can lift heavier weight, you put more stress on your body and therefore need more time for your muscles as well as your nervous system to recuperate.
Those are a few things to consider imho, I'm sure there's other things to consider.
Are you eating enough :banana:
Could be nutrition…but if you're at a 3 week point I would suspect that your body has adapted to the stress and you're hitting a plateau. Without knowing specifically what type of strength routine you're doing, I'd offer up these questions:
1)How often do you change/use different exercises?
2)Do you train body parts on the same day, some on one day and others on another, one body part per session, etc…? Do you mix up the order that you train body parts, and if you do more than one exercise per body part, do you mix that up as well?
3)Do you change your rep range?
4)Do you change types of equipment, i.e. cable pull-downs vs. pull-ups or chins?
5)Are you getting enough sleep at night?
6)Are you giving yourself enough time to fully recover between workouts? In my opinion I feel this is a big one as I believe many lifters do not give themselves enough recuperation time. When you get stronger and can lift heavier weight, you put more stress on your body and therefore need more time for your muscles as well as your nervous system to recuperate.
Those are a few things to consider imho, I'm sure there's other things to consider.
Are you eating enough :banana:
