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Need Serious Help Here...

lbashaw

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Been lifting for decades.

Many cycles...most of them successful.

Everything has been fine except lately after the first exercise of 3 or 4 sets I have a drastic reduction in strength.

Being 59 has alot to do with it I am sure but it shouldnt be this bad. My nutrition is clean and solid. Seven meals a day...decent pre workout carbs ...all the standard stuff we all know.

My splits are fine I think six days rotating body parts one day off. I only do light cardio and my routine is 45 minutes of 4 to 5 exercises with three sets sometimes four.

Here is an example of the problem:
Today chest... warm up for 10 minutes and stretch, flat bench 135 ten reps, 225 ten reps, 265 8 reps rest for 2 minutes
Then I feel like I cant do a damn thing.... incline bench 135 10 reps , 7 reps, 5 reps..... pec dec dips all substandard

I used to use the BSN Xplode as a preworkout drink...sugar caffeine ...maybe chug some of that.

I dont think I have health issues...but this this reduction in strength is disturbing. Any general comments would be appreciated.

Too damn young to get this damn weak..
 
Hmm...How long have you been having trouble? Have you made any changes to training, nutrition, or in life lately? Is it only chest or every muscle?
 
Are you taking any medications? Do you monitor your BP or pulse during workouts?
 
Several things-

You may need to look at your programming in general. 6 days a week is a lot for anyone and look to possibly change up your set/rep setup. You don't say how long you have been doing this routine, but even subtle changes in training can make a dramatic improvement.

What does your split look like? You resting enough before training the body part again?

Also- any change in diet? You say you diet is clean and solid, but is it adequate to support the amount of time you are training?
 
My two cents - probably a combination of all those factors. Age, nutrition, volume of work.... Having said that, I think you are outperforming most teens, early twenties lifters. You definitely don't have a problem with durability. Keep up the good work.
 
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