Anybody get this besides me? It's been consistent for the past few weeks.

9/3/2008 11:15:07 PM

im pretty sure you're allergic to endorphins

9/3/2008 11:16:15 PM

No, I feel amazing after a workout. It's addicting.

9/3/2008 11:16:17 PM

^

[Edited on September 3, 2008 at 11:16 PM. Reason : ldkjf]

9/3/2008 11:16:20 PM

^^ if that's the case then why are you overweight ?

9/3/2008 11:17:06 PM

just make sure not to work out around any guns.

9/3/2008 11:17:16 PM

Quote :

"Anybody get this besides me? It's been consistent for the past few weeks."

you should be experiencing the exact opposite

9/3/2008 11:17:27 PM

I feel good for an hour or so, but after that, I just get flat out depressed for the rest of the night.

9/3/2008 11:18:11 PM

I'm gonna guess you're just depressed and that, when the post-workout "high" wears off, you feel like shit again. Alternatively, if you're working out too hard, consider going light for a couple of weeks to give yourself a little extra rest (sometimes this is all you need, your body will get a little screwed up and you'll feel like shit for a while). If you're only working out once, sometimes twice a week, consider increasing it. I found I can feel the same way when I don't get enough exercise (sort of a "dammit, I need to get rid of this energy " feeling). If you're stuck in a routine, just try changing it up a little bit. I get bored stupid when I do the same thing repeatedly for months at a time, too, and as a result I stop doing it after a while.

This is also the only serious reply you should get in this thread.

[Edited on September 3, 2008 at 11:19 PM. Reason : LOOK AT ALL THOSE REPLIES! DAMN!]

^ Yeah, you're probably depressed and after the workout high wears off you feel like shit. Change your schedule and deal with the shit in your life that's bothering you or you'll continue to feel this way. I deal with depression (currently and in the past) by finding stuff to do. I feel great after being at work from 7am-10:10pm today, haha.

[Edited on September 3, 2008 at 11:20 PM. Reason : SON ONF NAR BUTCH]

9/3/2008 11:19:10 PM

try working out in the morning

9/3/2008 11:19:11 PM

^^I go about 5 times a week, 2.5 hrs each time. 1.5 hr cardio, 1 hr weight training.

9/3/2008 11:22:04 PM

i feel great after working out.

9/3/2008 11:22:49 PM

Spending that much time at the gym at a time would depress me. I usually never spend more than an hour there, 30-1 cardion then 2 times a week with weight training for an hour

9/3/2008 11:23:44 PM

Oh, you're probably working out too hard unless you've been training like that for years and years and are actually in spectacular shape. That's my opinion anyway. How long have you been working out like that? If the answer is less than a year I'd consider dropping a day or two a week to give your body more recovery time. You'll get depressed/feel like shit if your body doesn't get much rest between those long workouts.

Edit: At the very least, try doing 1.5 hours of cardio on odd days and 1.5 hours of weight training on even days. This will let you change up the muscles you workout so you aren't tearing the shit out of the same muscles every single day. You may think you need to workout that much to get in better shape/lose weight/whatever somebody told you but you really don't. An hour a day 5-6 times a week would be more than enough (and a hell of a lot more than what most people do), as long as you're exercising hard enough and getting your heart rate up (eating right, etc).

With your current plan I'd say you're just wore the fuck out and need to ease up a bit and let your body recover.

[Edited on September 3, 2008 at 11:26 PM. Reason : DAMN, ARE THOSE FREE JUJUBEES?]

9/3/2008 11:23:48 PM

1.5 weeks.

I'll be taking Saturday off.

9/3/2008 11:25:49 PM

1.5 weeks? Yeah you can't rush into a workout like that anywhere near that fast. Try doing an hour of cardio 3 times a week and weight train for an hour2 times a week, and on your days where you aren't exercising, ice up and rest your sore muscles. If you're doing it right, that should be more than enough to wear you out if you're just starting an exercise routine. What you're doing will just fuck you up in the long run, and it might end up being detrimental to your overall strength (your body will start breaking down muscle and fat if you don't eat enough while working out that hard, and I imagine that just 1.5 weeks in you haven't adapted your diet for your higher activity levels).

Slow it down. :E

9/3/2008 11:28:45 PM

Yeah, I definately have been eating bigger meals, and three a day which is unusual. I also can't smoke period now that I'm working out which I really like - no matter how bad the cravings, the smell of it makes me sick.

I'll consider easing it up. Thanks for the advice.

9/3/2008 11:30:27 PM

Yeah NP. I used to be entirely inactive and did jack shit. I've had varying levels of activity over the past several years and I've figured out by now that if I just rush into something and work myself to death (especially without recovery periods like you are) I'll pretty much just end up wishing I was dead.

9/3/2008 11:32:36 PM

I do about 3 hours of cardio 5 days a week, and then during tournaments it's like doing 11 hours of cardio in two days.

But I've been doing this for just over a year now. So I'm feeling pretty good.

9/3/2008 11:37:09 PM

i always feel great after working out

what's wrong with you?!

9/3/2008 11:38:07 PM

evan, we all know good and damned well that you've never seen the inside of a gym in your entire life

9/3/2008 11:38:46 PM

No, I feel amazing after a workout. It's addicting.

9/3/2008 11:39:26 PM

Before I packed on the deuce, I use to run two miles a day. I felt great!
I have been slowly trying to work my way back in that direction since having the kid by walking 2+ miles, but have been indoors the past month or two because it's been too hot to get out there and book it.

Can't wait for Fall weather!

9/3/2008 11:40:04 PM

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"evan, we all know good and damned well that you've never seen the inside of a gym in your entire life"

considering i just came home from one a couple of hours ago, i beg to differ

9/3/2008 11:40:33 PM

save the begging for when you're crippled in a hospital bed battling heart disease, you fat fuck

9/3/2008 11:41:33 PM

considering you make threads about being depressed on a regular basis, i would say the problem is w/ you.

9/3/2008 11:42:22 PM

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"save the begging for when you're crippled in a hospital bed battling heart disease, you fat fuck"

what is with the hate?
you are so nice to the ladies.

9/3/2008 11:43:01 PM

my bitterness over NY state taxes just spills over to TWW

9/3/2008 11:46:15 PM

^At least you're not in NYC. You'd be seeing red by now.

9/4/2008 8:36:09 AM

i always feel much better after i work out

9/4/2008 8:45:32 AM

I have this super awesome high for like 3-4 hours and then I get tired lol. This is why I like to work out in the evening so I can hit the bed when I crash!

9/4/2008 8:49:35 AM

It revs me up for the day.

Days I work out in the AM, I am sooooooooo much more productive, focused, and on the ball. Add that to having more energy, and jesus christ I actually get shit done.

9/4/2008 9:01:09 AM

i've been lazy as fuck the past couple weeks and not working out regularly. I can totally tell the difference. both in my energy levels, and emotionally. I just feel like a lazy fat fuck, which is depressing. but now that I am in the groove with this new job I am getting back to my work-out routine ASAP. by ASAP I mean tonight.

9/4/2008 9:09:37 AM

Like I reaaaaaaaaaally hate the gym which is why I like to have a gym buddy (oh new thread I keep forgetting to make!) I get bored way too easy though.

I like to play sports for exercise, but it's hard to get enough actual exercise in. I play softball 3 times a week, and that's fun and all but I know I need to get in the gym more I just need to get into a routine and then it's not so bad to go alone.

9/4/2008 9:12:44 AM

see, I prefer to work out alone with music. I have a friend that always tries to "meet me at the gym". 50% of the time I change my workout schedule to meet him, he doesn't show up. The 50% of the time when he actually shows up, it just makes my workout take twice as long.

Before I lost my job I got into a really good routine. I was going every night after work like clockwork. Started to really make some good gains, was dropping weight, feeling better. Then when I lost my job and my car blew up I just kind of stopped going. Now that things are getting back to normal, I'm looking forward to getting back on that routine. Just made me feel so good about myself.

[Edited on September 4, 2008 at 9:16 AM. Reason : a]

9/4/2008 9:15:23 AM

lol I'm here to make you feel better about yourself...DUH!!

Nah that sounds good though. Like I said once I get in a routine, I'm good to go. I like to make fun workout mixes

9/4/2008 9:22:40 AM

overtraining is bad

9/4/2008 9:30:07 AM

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"Like I reaaaaaaaaaally hate the gym which is why I like to have a gym buddy (oh new thread I keep forgetting to make!) I get bored way too easy though. I like to play sports for exercise, but it's hard to get enough actual exercise in. I play softball 3 times a week, and that's fun and all but I know I need to get in the gym more I just need to get into a routine and then it's not so bad to go alone."

Sounds like you need to start playing a sport that's fun! Going to the gym and reading a magazine on the elliptical is boring - it makes exercise into a chore and I hate that. Do you live in Raleigh? You should join a sports team of some kind. softball's a good start but it's not very strenuous.

9/4/2008 9:36:41 AM

playing softball really isn't a workout. there is no sustained effort being exerted.

9/4/2008 9:38:41 AM

That's what I'm sayin!

It's fun, but I don't think I get much exercise outta the deal.

9/4/2008 9:41:23 AM

i feel great after a workout. try the suana after you're done. that normally settles me. also I recommend a 1g blunt when returning home from a workout. it mellows you out.

9/4/2008 9:42:29 AM

there's gotta be some community sports teams where you live, why not look for soccer or something? You can also check out running groups for people training for races. Or a group class at the gym, like Spinning. A good instructor can make the class a lot of fun, and if you make friends it'll be motivation to show up.

9/4/2008 9:48:44 AM

Yea Nerd!

That's the reason I want to join Lifetime, or maybe the Y. I love going to classes (hell I used to teach them haha).

It will all come together!

9/4/2008 9:49:56 AM

I almost always take a nap a half hour to hour after weight training if my schedule allows it.

I can't do the sauna hot tub without a cool pool next to me after a workout because I will pass out, no ifs ands or buts about it, my butt will be out.

Working out does so many good things for me that I can't believe I hadn't done it before.

I can't wait to get my home gym and elliptical, no more gym fees and no more excuses on those lazy days.

9/4/2008 1:04:40 PM

No, I feel amazing after a workout. It's addicting.

9/4/2008 1:21:18 PM

I like to drink a couple of glasses of wine after I work out--makes me feel pretty good.

9/4/2008 1:34:22 PM

Worked out one hour less than usual today, I feel lacking. Maybe I am starting to tolerate the 2.5 hrs, it's just taking time.

9/4/2008 8:32:53 PM

Oh man

I worked out for 2hrs today with nerdchick, and I feel great. I'm fucking starving now, but that's another story.

And so even though I overdid it and my legs and arms and abs are all already very painful (shit, my thighs are so tender that I thought for a minute the deep bruising from the accident was still lingering)

...I feel fantastic. It's not the exercise making you feel down, kiddo

9/4/2008 9:15:01 PM

Yeppers. Must all be in the noodle.

9/5/2008 4:40:46 AM

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"That's the reason I want to join Lifetime"

ohmygod lifetime fitness is the shit, i love that place. i live a stones throw from one and i'm turning into a gym rat! especially their 24/7 schedule, i've been known to go IN for a workout at 1am

spinning classes, yoga studio, rock wall -- loves it

i dont know if i could ever go to another gym

JOIN!!!

9/5/2008 11:57:07 AM