Originally Posted by
Rob Is
I can relate to what you are talking about, but seem (unfortunately) to have more experience with it. Perhaps because I'm older and feel my resets more intensely... Regardless, you described what I was feeling today. 9 days ago I did 285x5x5 on my squat, without a belt and felt strong. Today I felt like it was slogging through butter for 3 sets. Perhaps I should have dropped the weight by 10 pounds (or more), but I figured having a belt and doing only 3 sets would be plenty of an advantage. It was not. It was really hard and it seemed like I could not drive up like I normally do....
Anyway, resetting, being sick and generally having to take a step or two backwards sucks, but that is the way of the strength warrior-- there's no avoiding it. I think a couple of workouts will re-invigorate and hopefully we'll both see the snappiness return.