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Losing interest in training

I’ve been training with moderate weights for quite some time. I do not take supplements of any sort and am working out with the primary intention of staying healthy, strong and also have an attractive Greek-god physique, but not for being a competitive bodybuilder. Is it really true I’m not going to make any significant progress if I continue my current training?This doubt has made me kinda lose interest in my workouts.

Continue your standardized training, yet sensibly power lift a couple, three days every fourth week… You’ve got to achieve muscle overload to enjoy hypertrophy — muscle growth. The change is good for the head and body. Too much of the same and one becomes dull without even knowing it.

Another approach is choosing one muscle group and blasting it for the month amid your standardized scheme: shoulders, back, arms and so on… fun, novel, interesting plus overloading.

Don’t give up, disappointments are around every corner. The only real answer is not giving in or giving up. Without the training overload the muscles will trickle along, which is not a bad thing: less chance of injury, less stressful, less dominating.

There’s fun in them thar weights, challenge and reward. Rise above discouragement.

Bombs… The Bomber


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Triceps


Weight loss mental issues


Painful shoulders


Life Lessons


Problems with the deadlift


Pacemaker


Leg curls and leg exercises


Training and lack of sleep


Pushing hard and aging well