Intense Workout, Hormones,... Now What Do I Do?

Pinkturnip

I posted previously here about my intense workout. I stuck with it for about 2 months and I saw great results. My body was shaping up well but I wasn't feeling well at all. I noticed constant crying spells, moodiness, bitterness, irritability, weird nerves pain and aches. I did some blood work and it turns out my Prolactin levels went really high. My body is stressed apparently and it affected my hormones and disrupted my female cycle. I want to bring down my Prolactin levels so I can feel less like killing myself. I also do not want to stop working out and lose all the progress I did. I just don't know what to do now.

This was my typical workout program for 2 months:

Pre-workout: Stretching & activation exercises

- Elliptical run (10-15 mins)
- Elliptical sliding machine (wide slides) (10-15 mins)
- Chest press machines (blank/no weights - 10 reps x 3)
- Flat bench press (20lb/30lb - 10 reps x3)
- Floor exercise - hydrant dog + side kicks + leg raisers (each 15 reps x3)
- 45 angle sit up machine (10 reps x3)

Sometimes I run for 10 minutes after this (or)
Cycling 10 mins (or)
Cycling 5 minutes

Post-workout: Stretching

And that's it. I do this every other day.

I'm the type of person that likes cardio and finds its hard to do strength training without cardio first. How should I readjust this program? I want to continue to focus on shaping legs and glutes but not so much weight on arms because I have bulging neck disk and degenerative disease so I don't want to add more stress there.

puffbrat

You need to talk with your doctor.

Pinkturnip

Doctor said I need to reduce stress and Prolactin will go down. My post was about how to readjust my program to make it less intense but manage to keep working out.

concordancia

With your degenerative discs, you should ask for a recommendation to a physical therapist.