How to Finish a Horrible Day?

[OZ-USF-UFGator]

Last week, I had a horrible day in the gym. I had very little to eat and 6 hr sleep die to work shit.

It was intensity day, second week on Texas method. I cranked out my squats, barely finished 5 reps (mind you I did a large deload I started Texas method so I could milk progression), but the 5 reps felt horrible. Felt even more horrible but eeked out my bench, due largely to the large deload.

then came deadlift....warm up killed me. I hit 315 and dropped the first rep. 2 weeks ago, I repped 380 for a solid set of 5.


I was torn...walk away or force a set.

I deloaded to 225 and banged out a set of 12, said the hell with my assistance stuff and walked away.

So, was that the right move, or should I have just not pulled the deads? Wes it good to do a light set, or is this just being stubborn and the reps basically worthless.

I dont often have days like that, but after reading SS and PP, I am still not sure what to do on sessions where it is a struggle from rep 1.

For the record, I ate a massive steak and got 9 hrs rest and 2 days later, volume day went very well.

[Adam Skillin]

Last week, I had a horrible day in the gym. I had very little to eat and 6 hr sleep die to work shit.

It was intensity day, second week on Texas method. I cranked out my squats, barely finished 5 reps (mind you I did a large deload I started Texas method so I could milk progression), but the 5 reps felt horrible. Felt even more horrible but eeked out my bench, due largely to the large deload.

then came deadlift....warm up killed me. I hit 315 and dropped the first rep. 2 weeks ago, I repped 380 for a solid set of 5.


I was torn...walk away or force a set.

I deloaded to 225 and banged out a set of 12, said the hell with my assistance stuff and walked away.

So, was that the right move, or should I have just not pulled the deads? Wes it good to do a light set, or is this just being stubborn and the reps basically worthless.

I dont often have days like that, but after reading SS and PP, I am still not sure what to do on sessions where it is a struggle from rep 1.

For the record, I ate a massive steak and got 9 hrs rest and 2 days later, volume day went very well.

I would have done something similar. Just repeat the deadlift weight you should have pulled next time. Move forward. Everybody has shit days in the gym. Don't overthink it, just get your mind back on track.

[somedude]

There have been days where I tried to force my way through work sets, failed, dropped the weight down to something I could manage, then left without doing any assistance.

There have been days where I forced my way through the work sets, succeeded, then left without doing any assistance.

There have been days where I forced my way through my work sets, succeeded, made a deal with myself to do "just one more set", then "just 1 more set" myself through the full workout.

There have been days where I did the warm-up, said "fuck it" and went home.

And there were days where I just said, "Fuck it".

I think all of the above were the correct answer at the time.

Three years from now when you're stronger than you are today do you really think it's going to matter how you felt on the 20th of Dec, 2013?

[Joe Murphy]

Whisky, weed and Warren Zevon. It's the little things.

[Adam Skillin]

There have been days where I tried to force my way through work sets, failed, dropped the weight down to something I could manage, then left without doing any assistance.

There have been days where I forced my way through the work sets, succeeded, then left without doing any assistance.

There have been days where I forced my way through my work sets, succeeded, made a deal with myself to do "just one more set", then "just 1 more set" myself through the full workout.

There have been days where I did the warm-up, said "fuck it" and went home.

And there were days where I just said, "Fuck it".

I think all of the above were the correct answer at the time.

Three years from now when you're stronger than you are today do you really think it's going to matter how you felt on the 20th of Dec, 2013?

Yeah, this is what I was trying to say. You just used a lot more words and said it a lot better.

[hamburgerfan]

Whisky, weed and Warren Zevon. It's the little things.

I agree on the whisky and warren zevon.

[Joe Murphy]

I agree on the whisky and warren zevon.

Well, me too, but I stole it from Hank so couldn't leave it out.

[SClark08]

Some days shit just feels heavy. You can never rest too much.

If a PR doesn't present itself I'll drop back to about 70% of the day's intensity and do a set of 10 (essentially repeat light day).

A lot of it is mindset too - if you go in expecting to get stapled the that's what will happen. Just a friendly suggestion though, you mentioned you bombed out on week two. It's been my experience that giving yourself at least a month of 'easy' progression always pays large dividends later on. And by easy mean a few reps in the tank on ID and VD moving fast and assertive.


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