Muscle Damage

Today has been a long painful journey.  After the 30 min Bas Rutten workout yesterday I’ve barely been able to move without pain.

I looked up the symptoms of overtraining on Wikipedia and found:

  • Persistent muscle soreness (Delayed onset muscle soreness)
  • Persistent fatigue
  • Elevated resting heart rate
  • Increased susceptibility to infections
  • Increased incidence of injuries
  • Irritability
  • Depression
  • Loss of motivation
  • Insomnia
  • Decreased appetite
  • Decreased libido
  • Weight loss
  • Sleep deprivation
  • Breakdown

Those in bold I’ve got but I’m gonna hold off making the decision until after tomorrow (rest day).  I reckon I’m just being a pussy – be fine after tomorrow…I hope.

In order to counteract this I reduced my Day 11 Explosive Strength workout to be slightly lighter and I’ve eaten more protein-rich foods today: Boiled egg, Chicken salad sandwich, chicken curry, banana, chocolate (high protein chocolate I swear! ;) )