Truthfully, with every one of us, it all hinges on how healthy we are. And the progress you’re making is still progress, but it does feel good when you can come out on the other side of injuries and start stringing together some wins. We all know that weightlifting and training whether for strength or bodybuilding is a marathon, and perseverance is what wins in the end.
Yeah it really is…it gives the body a chance to heal before getting back in the zone.
oh man its going around again big time. sounds like you have the same regiment as my wife and I. if either of us starts to feel anything, we immediately grab pho from a place in town we know uses real bone broth, double down on those vitamins, and make hot toddies with whiskey, hot water, honey, lemon, and cinnamon instead of nyquil. If it gets really bad, we'll convert to the nyquil to get the better sleep but we try to start with the more natural whiskey toddy if we can.
Yeah it really is…it gives the body a chance to heal before getting back in the zone.
Oh yeah, you absolutely need deloads recovering from injuries. I was like Dustin and really used to not value them and appreciate how they help. There’s no doubt in my mind that deloads are a big part of why I’ve been able to complete 7 cycles, because I probably would have injured myself if I had just been hardheaded and just pushed through without deloads.
Oh yeah whiskey and honey was the OG NyQuil and definitely works. Ha, that reminds me of my Mother in Law that lived with us for 5 years before she passed away. Now she was a good Christian southern woman, but she was hilarious. When she got sick, she didn’t want NyQuil, she would get me to stop at the liquor store and pick her up a pint of Peppermint Schnapps for night time, but what was funny she didn’t just drink a couple swigs, she would chug the whole bottle. LOL…. And if her cold wasn’t cleared up by the next day she would say “Son can you go get me another bottle of my medicine.” So the first time I ever got some for and she asked for more the next day, I would say didn’t I just get you a pint. She would say yeah, but that’s one dose and didn’t knock it out. So yeah one pint was a dose. But she was hilarious when she would take her “medicine” and come in the living room to watch TV.
oh yeah for sure, lots of alcohol free ways to make that home remedy work. most guys I know who don't drink, do use cannabis, and even that added in liquid form would help with the sleep aid and possibly pain relief that whiskey would do. and if a person was off both, possibly popping some melatonin could help just wont' do anything for pain.