Only down about a pound so far but I showed up for my lifting session today anyway and that felt like the real win. Kept the weights light and just focused on form since the appetite has been weird and my energy dips mid-workout. Anyone else finding strength training harder or easier since starting?
Todays strength session, small but consistent
The mid-workout energy dip is real for me too, so I switched to shorter sessions with more rest between sets and that got me through without feeling wrecked after.
Mine hits around the 30 minute mark, so I've been keeping a little something in my bag to sip on instead of trying a full meal beforehand
Mid session hits me too, and front loading the hard sets is the only thing that keeps my energy from cratering halfway through
Mine hits on the last couple sets, not early. What I changed was keeping water right next to me the whole session.
I front-load the big lifts too and still crash by the last set. Do you find the dip hits at the same point every session or does it move around?
I had to drop my working weights quite a bit once the appetite stuff kicked in, and honestly my sessions got shorter too. Form work at lighter loads has been the one part that still feels good.
Form focus over load has been the whole game for me too. I had to drop the weight way down on pressing movements and it felt humbling, but my reps stayed clean instead of sloppy
Mine hit closer to the 30 minute mark on injection day specifically, so I just moved lifting to the day before. Curious whether yours tracks with your shot schedule at all
Mine hits later now that I've dropped some weight, but the first few weeks I was fading hard by the second set. Curious whether your dip is hunger or just flat energy.
Mine got easier once I stopped trying to match my old numbers and just ate something real about an hour before. Form work still counts as a session in my book
Mine got easier once the fog lifted, but those mid-workout dips still hit me on heavier days. Do you time your sessions around meals at all?
Mine got easier once I started eating a real meal a couple hours before lifting, otherwise I was fading halfway through like you described.
How long do your sessions run before the dip hits? Mine used to fall apart around 25 minutes in and I never figured out if it was fuel or just the meds
Mid-workout energy dips got better for me once i stopped trying to push through the whole session. Shorter sets with real rest between them, and i eat something small before i lift now
I've had the same mid-session energy drop and what helped me was shortening my lifting sessions instead of pushing through the whole thing. Form work with lighter weights still counts as a real session in my book.
How long do your sessions usually run before the dip hits? Mine tended to crash right around the 30 minute mark early on
how long do your energy dips usually last mid-session? I'm down 22 and mine hit around the 20 minute mark for a while, so I started splitting the workout up and that made it feel less like pushing through mud
How long do your energy dips usually last mid-session? Mine tend to hit around the 20 minute mark, so I front-load the bigger lifts and leave the accessory stuff for later.
Lifting got harder for me before it got easier, the energy dip hit right in the middle of sets for a few weeks. I started timing my sessions around when I actually felt decent instead of forcing them at my usual slot