Lifting after work today. I notice on days when I lift I spend the day convincing myself that I want to lift and its going to be awesome. Anyone else have to do this?
does anyone else spend the day pumping themselves up to lift?
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When I'm struggling for motivation I just have a scroll through The Rock's Instagram. I find his enthusiasm infectious.
I blast some tunes and snort pre workout. if that doesn't work I just say F#ck it and inject it .
I used to be like that then I started training muay thai instead of lifting. no need for that no more.
I listen to podcasts when working out, so in a bizarre way i look forward to the podcast and the working out comes with it.
Nope, but I do find myself feeling very worried and with a racing heart just before heavy lifts. In striking I need some semi-hard punches before I "wake up" and am fully aware. So I arrive unpumped and slow and get woken up 
since i have changed my workout routine this has been less of an issue.
What have you changed?
I stopped doing twice a day workouts. I was doing an hour of cardio in the morning 6 days a week. Then about 45-60 minutes of lifting weights 3 days a week in the evening or pull ups and chin ups the other 3 days.
I was told that I should not be doing all my lifts on the same day. That plus the fact that doing that much cardio when I am trying to gain weight is counter productive.
So now I do a 3 day rotation.
day one
deadlift, over head press, bent over rows, reverse curls, tricep extensions
day two
squats, bench press, pull ups, curls.
day three
cardio
then repeat.
I can't train in the morning. I can't get activated lol. You'd have to electrocute me.
I find it easy too when you split things up. I split them up much more than you do. This way I only have one goal that really matters, and that is the first set, first exercise of each session. Always hitting a PR. My split is as follows:
1: Overhead press, db side raise, cable cross rear delts, crunches
2: Db curl, BB curl, reverse curl, skullcrushers, pushdowns, db overhead tricep extensions, standing+seated calf raise
3: rest
4: EITHER deadlift, hamstring curl, hyperextensions OR squats, leg press, leg extensions
5: bb bench, db incline bench, cable cross, crunches
6: Chins, barbell rows (high volume on both exercises), standing+seated calf raise.
7: Repeat day one or rest.
I did first a pull/push split to get used to training since I had such a long layoff. Then push/pull/legs and now this. This is the easiest workout to handle. Only the first exercise is really tough since I aim for a PR. Then the rest is just auxiliary work until complete exhaustion, no performance increase expected.
I find it easy too when you split things up. I split them up much more than you do. This way I only have one goal that really matters, and that is the first set, first exercise of each session. Always hitting a PR. My split is as follows:
1: Overhead press, db side raise, cable cross rear delts, crunches
2: Db curl, BB curl, reverse curl, skullcrushers, pushdowns, db overhead tricep extensions, standing+seated calf raise
3: rest
4: EITHER deadlift, hamstring curl, hyperextensions OR squats, leg press, leg extensions
5: bb bench, db incline bench, cable cross, crunches
6: Chins, barbell rows (high volume on both exercises), standing+seated calf raise.
7: Repeat day one or rest.
I did first a pull/push split to get used to training since I had such a long layoff. Then push/pull/legs and now this. This is the easiest workout to handle. Only the first exercise is really tough since I aim for a PR. Then the rest is just auxiliary work until complete exhaustion, no performance increase expected.
I'm worried my general strength might get too high if I do.
So what happened to your old forum?
Its still there youre welcome to log in any time.How have you been αδελφός.
Good to see you around mate.
Just fine the usual. Now with a bracelet on my foot lol. But I train regularly now and going to do MMA once a week once this thingy is off my foot
Obvious question.
how about you?
Im good brother. Why the bracelet?
well, doing things in line with every paragraph of the law can sometimes be difficult. But that is over now and in one month I'll take a vacation to Bangkok