Laurie4b Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 For those of you who regularly do strength training, I have a question about something that happened yesterday. I've been doing bodyweight training. On Sat, I did my first 90 sec plank. I was so excited! (My best before had been 75 sec and I usually can only increase by 5 seconds.) Yesterday, Mon, I could only get to 60 seconds. :( I've been doing push-ups in sets. On Sat, I had done 11-10-10. Mon I was due to do 11-11-10. I got the first set of 11 done, but on the second set, I could only get to 6. I eventually went back and got another set of 11, and one of 10, but nearly didn't make it. Is it normal to sometimes have a significantly weaker day? I wondered if I wasn't hydrated enough. I had been substitute teaching and it's a fine line between staying hydrated and not being able to leave the classroom to pee. Anyway, I just wondered if that's a normal phenomenon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiana Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Sometimes you just do have a crappy day. When I have a crappy day, I put a frowny face in my workout tracker and repeat what I was supposed to do that day on my next workout day. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hikin' Mama Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Yes, that is normal. I've been strength training for a few years and have had a few of those. I tell myself something is better than nothing and do whatever I can. Good job on the 90 second plank! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-ninja. Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 It can be a sign of over training too. If you think that might be it or if you have several bad days then back off and give more rest/recovery time. It was probably just an off day though. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soror Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 I've noticed that sometimes are just bad days and sometimes it is a sign that I need to take a couple days off, my muscles need some more recovery time. I find that after a couple days off I can much more likely achieve new levels then when hitting it every day. Now I have a mix, I usually hit it pretty hard Tues, Wed, Thurs and then try to do a couple day break somewhere in the other days, not off everything mind you but I've been working my shoulders very hard in yoga so I need to be conscious of having some recovery days in there. So, Sunday I pushed my shoulders really hard with a ton of chatarangas in yoga so yesterday I had about 2 hrs of active/exercise time but skipped all but 3 or 4 chatarangas in yoga class. I just had a different focus. I think that for the arms/shoulders and those smaller muscles it seems I have to watch overtraining them more than I do my leg muscles. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKim Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Normal here. Happens all the time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cottonwood Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 That occasionally happens to me no matter what type of training im doing. I just finish up pushing to whatever I can do and try for a better day tomorrow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurie4b Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 Thanks, everyone. That's good to know it's just a normal variation. I don't think I'm overtraining. I do bodyweight strength training MW and either F or Sat, depending on what is convenient. I do perform the moves to the point where I can't do another one, but I am not sore on my days off, so I've actually been wondering if I need to somehow up the ante or just stay the course. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 I'm only an intermittent strength trainer but my cycle affects what I can do. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckymama Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Do you work out at the same time each day? I am much stronger when I lift or do bodyweight exercises in the late morning or afternoon compared to those 7 am sessions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeachyDoodle Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Totally normal. Your body may just still be recovering from your harder workout the previous day. I also find that sometimes when I feel like certain bodyweight moves are harder than they were for me a few weeks/months ago, I'm not losing ground -- it's because my form has improved due to my increased strength. So I can squat lower, go deeper in a push-up, etc. without realizing it -- and that makes it feel harder. Took me a while to figure that one out. It's not as obvious as when you increase the amount of weight on the bar! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Totally normal, but it can be discouraging, especially when you're still fairly new to a particular workout and have been excited about your progress until that point. Sometimes it helps to take an extra rest day, just in case you have been overtraining a bit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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