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Diary of a Weightlifter • Training When Feeling Awful

By Thorin Gault n spite of having a relaxing two- issues down the road. sessions. I pay close attention to
Iweek holiday, my training has In this case, I am not injured increasing the quality of my sleep. I
been a real struggle this month. – it is more of a general physical get in the sauna regularly. I consider
Everything feels awful. I am stiff either adding or eliminating
experience and not about one
all over, my joints hurt, and my supplements. I look at and attempt
particular area.
body just does not want to move. to minimize external stresses.
Each training session feels like a When I am hurting, the first In my experience, it is almost
chore. question I ask myself is if I am never ONE thing that is the cause
getting enough rest between
Every competitive weightlifter sessions. I also know that rest is or the solution. Sometimes we just
goes through periods like this NOT the issue, because I have just don’t feel so hot.
and there is an art to handling
come off the longest break I have Naturally, this can be frustrating,
them when they occur. The most
had from weightlifting in quite and plays mental games with lifters.
important factor is being acutely some time. I seriously considered changing my
aware of what is happening in your plans to compete at the Ontario
body and life in general, and being It is times like these that I really Masters Open at the end of
brutally honest with yourself. take a close look at my lifestyle. I February. After some introspection
ensure that my nervous system is
The first thing is to determine if functioning optimally by seeing I have decided to move forward,
you are ‘injured,’ or just ‘hurting.’ get the qualifying numbers I need
my chiropractor. I dial in what I am
An injury requires special care and for the Canadian Championship
eating. I make sure I take more time
training modifications to make sure to warm up. I do more stretching this summer, and attempt to set the
you aren’t making things worse and and mobility work between training Ontario Masters records in my new
setting yourself up for more severe 50-54 year old age group.

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