I was feeling great and exercised vigorously for 6 weeks.

Lately I feel tired, dehydrated, light headed and body pains.

I am eating and drinking healthy portions but the recovery is slow. I am unable to exercise to my maximum this week.

How long do you guys normally take to fully recover?

A day or 2? Not sure what is wrong but Bro, you need to stop exercising and just rest. If you cant recover, maybe see a doc or nutritionist?

Just rest for a few days. Sounds like you are overworking yourself. Drink plenty of water and if condition still persist, definitely see a doctor

Maybe you're just getting old...

Back to training today. Not full but very happy to put in the effort.

Not sure how many days you work out in a week.

For me, 3x a week. 1 day hard work out. The other 2 days with easy/recovery workouts.

Recovery will take longer as we age. Huhu

what was the problem?

i had something similiar, i even bought a pre workout to boost my energy but it didn't work, it was even worst, then i change another supplement but i feel better and able to workout with positive mindset.

you have to deep dive and check what you had lately, your sleep? supplement? emotional?

It's probably overtraining - you've got the symptoms which came about after a period of intensive exercise. see? there's even a Wikipedia entry on it

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overtraining

Drinking lots of water is still not helping. Take more isotonic water, real food that is easy to digest like clear soup and porridge.

some energy drinks helps, pm for details

I am not a seller, so I share with all here. No need to pm. The soup and porridge can be cooked with fish and vege. I just drink more100 plus.

This post has been edited by New Klang: Aug 24 2018, 06:14 PM

take vitamin b complex supplement

Try this. I take one after workout and feel fine.



Can get from caring pharmacy. RM0.50 per small packet.

Update. I rested and deloaded.

Now I am refreshed and going for another round of PB records.

Dehydration is a very dangerous thing. The body is made up of seventy percent water. Cells need water to function smoothly. I have seen many people intentionally not drinking water to lose weight. They shouldn't do this. They need to drink water constantly for improving their health.

U lift weight?
U need to eat more protein to speed up the recovery. Carbo loading if on that day got exercise.

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This post has been edited by babychai: Sep 16 2018, 09:56 AM

I think I was chasing PB everyday, body was burnout.

Now I am on reduced intensity and getting more food and sleep.

I am still unsure why protein helps recovery and what is the purpose of carbo load for daily workout.