Question about workouts

akh9486
akh9486 Posts: 11 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Hey so I am trying to incorporate going to the gym a more regular thing. Right now my goal is to go 3 times a week with the intent of going more. My question is the day that I give 110% to my workout the next day I can only give 75% to my workout. This causes me to feel like I am failing at my workouts. Is this something that happens to other people? How did you overcome it?

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  • mmapags
    mmapags Posts: 8,934 Member
    What kind of workouts are you doing. You should be resting and allowing muscle recovery for 48 to 72 hours per muscle group worked for resistance training.
  • MikePTY
    MikePTY Posts: 3,814 Member
    If you are only working out 3 times a week, you should try to take a day in between workouts. The kind of rest you need depends on the type of workouts you are doing, and your fitness level. When I started, working out 1-2 a week would be all I could handle. Now I can do 6 days a week and give full energy for all of them. I'll still stagger lifting so I would never be working the same muscle groups in a lifting day two days in a row.
  • akh9486
    akh9486 Posts: 11 Member
    I have been doing a mixture of cardio and weights. I like taking the Zumba classes at the gym and going swimming.
  • mmapags
    mmapags Posts: 8,934 Member
    As Mike said, work up to more volume. Are you taking rest days between your 3 workout? Is the weight training the same routine using the same muscle groups? How large is your calorie deficit and how many calories are you eating daily? How much are you trying to lose?
  • whmscll
    whmscll Posts: 2,254 Member
    Giving 75% effort is not failing at your workout. You are there. You are burning calories and helping make your body stronger. As you get stronger and build endurance you will be able to give more effort to your workouts more consistently. Just focus on getting your butt in the door three times a week and do the best you can. Three times a week is pretty great.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    If you are badly compromising your next workout the failure isn't the next workout it's that you got the intensity wrong of your first workout and/or failed to manage your recovery properly. Look at your entire week not just each workout in isolation. Build up slowly, it's not just your muscles that need to adapt - joints, tendons, entire CV system.....

    I overcome it by trying (not always successfully!) to train smart, not just train hard.
    Even elite athletes fully conditioned to exercise ration their high intensity sessions. If you are trying to go at 100% (please not 110%!!!) every session you are doing it wrong.
  • Maxxitt
    Maxxitt Posts: 1,281 Member
    FWIW I save my "110%" effort to Friday because I have 2 days of recovery time and I only push that hard after I have a month or so under my belt and some degree of conditioning. Pace yourself. It's easy to have "first fervor" starting out and do too much and acquire a nagging injury that seriously hampers getting a routine going.

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