ben jamming

Before I start, I would like to say I am not in the bracket of people who think they are always overtraining their bodies. I just want some opinions.

I am currently doing the Bill Starr 5x5. I have been doing it for 6 weeks when I came down with a very bad cold. I have had this cold and bad chest for a week now which is very uncommon for me. I am in a job where I am constantly on my feet and on the move. Now I put this down to just bad timing as it has disruppted my routine just as I was starting to get very heavy (for me). Someone else suggested I may have overtrained and run my body down. I cant see how weightlifting 3 times a week could do this. What do you think?

Iron19

You could look into other reasons such as diet (eating enough), amount of sleep each night. Combined with heavy training it could lead you to be run down. Or you may just have a cold. Have a break from the gym for a week and see how you feel.

ben jamming

I know it isnt my diet as I have that down. Maybe I do need more sleep, but I get my 8 hours each night. If I took the week off, would I just come back to the routine and repeat the week I was on. Its very annoying as I was really seeing some serious PB's and gains.

Iron19

Taking a week off shouldnt affect your Pbs and gains. There was a thread recently about a week off and many wrote they felt stronger after a weeks break.

ben jamming

Yeah, I agree. Everytime I take a week off I come back better than ever. Its just I took a week off not to long ago and this was a special 9 week routine. Still, there isnt much I can do about it. Im just eating as much fruit and veg I can get my hands on. Will just have to grin and bear it I guess.

chronic-2001

Personally if i have a cold, i always carry on training, infact it motivates me, i feel powerful when i lift weights and that nothing can keep me down. You could say i enjoy having a cold lol. Mine dont really last long i put that down to a good diet and i supplement vitamin C every day. Perhaps you could try that i get my vitamin C tablets from sainsburys, 99p for 25 1000mg tablets!

ben jamming

my mum works in sainsburys so I will be making that order tonight! Nice one foer that. I usually workout through a cold too but this seems slightly different. I worked out on the wednesday last week whilst feeling ill and it made me a lot worse which is why I had to be strict with myself and fall back a little!

bassline boy

ive just taken 12 days off and now feel ready for training tommoro now i was realy tierd and felt weak in the gym i train 5 days a week and work 50 hours a week getting up at 5am kills me but i feel charged up now and ready to kick some ass on monday night!!!

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ben jamming

is that 5 days a complete body split?

chronic-2001

Haha, the vitamin C deffinatley helps, i use to get colds all the time, im a vegetarian, but since ive been taking them ive had perhaps 1 in the last 12 months. When i use to get a cold i use to take something called 'Nurishment Milk' sainsburys probly sell that too, i know morrions do, thats good for building your amune system back up too! A lad i know said they use to get given that in jail when they were ill lol

ben jamming

ok, sounds interesting! will have a look for that too and see if they stock it. does your protein mainly come from powders as your vegetarian?

chronic-2001

I eat quite alot of eggs, but i dont eat fish, so my main source of protein is powders yes. Unfortunately for me this is quite expensive as i tend to have about 5 or 6 shakes a day.

MrGum

I am a vegan. Lots of protein in

tofu
beans
lentils
nuts
beansprouts
seeds
wholegrains

I do supplement with Soya Protein, but there are plenty of plant-based protein-rich foods out there.

Good luck with the Bill Starr. Hope you feel better soon. I train 5x5 too (but not quite as hard a you!!)
mark

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bassline boy

this is what i do mate.

mon-chest
tues-back
wed-rest
thurs-shoulders
fri-legs
sat-bis and tris
sun-rest

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