Hazerboy
07-07-2010, 05:28 PM
My last few training sessions on 5/3/1 have gone as follows:
Squat
405x3 (PR is 420x5)
Bench
255x4 (PR is 260x6)
Deadlift
505x0 (PR is 520x5)
This is the second week of my cycle, and i adjusted my numbers a little lower because I'm on vacation (my family takes a yearly trip to cape cod, MA for our reunion). I already think I know what the reason is--the rest of the week has been filled with lots of swimming, boogie boarding, laying out in the sun, beer drinking, and windsurfing. There were one or two days were I windsurfed for like foiur hours, which is pretty exhausting.Anyways I always made sure that I never did anything else real physical on the day I was lifting, and I tried to eat more, but I think my CNS is just fried from all of this. Has anyone else experienced something like this? Just getting burned up from lots of extra activities? Or such a MASSIVE drop in strength (my best deadlift is 570x1, and before this week, I think I was good for 590 because I was putting up some pretty massive numbers). My weight hasn't dropped either.
So, what should I do? I'm leaving for Santiago, Chile tomorrow and I'll have to search out a gym there. Should I just take a week off or just go light for awhile until I feel strong again then start another cycle?
Anyways, I guess I'm just pissed and looking for support.. I was creeping up on a 600 lb deadlift and it sucks to take such a big step backwards.
Squat
405x3 (PR is 420x5)
Bench
255x4 (PR is 260x6)
Deadlift
505x0 (PR is 520x5)
This is the second week of my cycle, and i adjusted my numbers a little lower because I'm on vacation (my family takes a yearly trip to cape cod, MA for our reunion). I already think I know what the reason is--the rest of the week has been filled with lots of swimming, boogie boarding, laying out in the sun, beer drinking, and windsurfing. There were one or two days were I windsurfed for like foiur hours, which is pretty exhausting.Anyways I always made sure that I never did anything else real physical on the day I was lifting, and I tried to eat more, but I think my CNS is just fried from all of this. Has anyone else experienced something like this? Just getting burned up from lots of extra activities? Or such a MASSIVE drop in strength (my best deadlift is 570x1, and before this week, I think I was good for 590 because I was putting up some pretty massive numbers). My weight hasn't dropped either.
So, what should I do? I'm leaving for Santiago, Chile tomorrow and I'll have to search out a gym there. Should I just take a week off or just go light for awhile until I feel strong again then start another cycle?
Anyways, I guess I'm just pissed and looking for support.. I was creeping up on a 600 lb deadlift and it sucks to take such a big step backwards.