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Woops I've been over training

Bighoss147 Posts: 71 Joined: 2004/10/06	2005/09/30, 08:45 PM I did some reading today on muscle overuse syndrome and my muscle pain occurs usually 48hours after lifting and isn't soreness but feels painful. I think this could also be the reason why my strength gains seem so... minimal. I think in the past month I became a little too overzealous after watching the real muscle heads in the gym do heavy sets and lots of them per muscle group. For some reason I assumed they got there by starting off doing tons of sets but just uping the weight. I've decided I think it would be best to take 3-4 days off lifting, eat well, rest well and come up with a more concrete intermediate routine that I won't deviate from for 12 weeks (unless I plateau of course) I came to this realization a couple days ago, I dunno what happened for some reason I felt like I just needed to keep doing more and more sets for my chest, I think I did about a total of 20... such a bad idea, I have no clue what I was thinking, I probauly lost strength...
Bighoss147 Posts: 71 Joined: 2004/10/06	2005/10/01, 04:52 PM no I was doing a lot of different excersizes and I was usually substancially less weight than I normally did by the end of it. Reworked my program, very pleased with it. Putting a ton more of focus on my back, and my lower body
Bighoss147 Posts: 71 Joined: 2004/10/06	2005/10/01, 10:38 PM Did my revised leg workout today, felt really good. My legs feel fatigued but not in pain. I've never tried front squats but I've heard good things about them. Is a deadlift considered a leg excersize? I always do them on my back days as it targets lower back really well but I also feel it working all sorts of muscles, it's like the ultimate compound lift, not sure if I can file it under one group.
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2005/10/02, 02:16 PM Deadlifts will work the overall body, with emphasis on quads and lower back. Great overall compound movement. -------------- If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything.... bb1fit@freetrainers.com