Train Anyways
Today I went into the gym and got crushed under weights I expected to kill. I was discouraged, but I realized one important principle – “fatigue masks performance.” Obviously if you have a really strong person run a mile as fast as they can and ask them to bench press right afterwards, they will be nowhere near their true strength levels. When this person can rest for a little while, they’ll be able to bench press a lot more. This is what happens sometimes in the gym when you go and you can’t even lift what you did last week. You are too fatigued. The solution? Simple, still lift intensly (or whatever is intense for you) and recover more for the next week. Why not just recover without lifting? You could if you lifted the next day or two days later. However, if you don’t, you’ll actually be de-training your true strength. This is why we train anyways. While its easy to get discouraged, you have to realize that your true strength is simply covered up by too much fatigue and you need more rest.
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