Overtrained

In preparation for my film rehearsal, I did what has always caused me problems in the past: dropping what I’m doing to do a depletion cycle.

Did it work? In all the ways expected plus one. I looked as lean as I could without losing any fat (sucks to not lose fat, but I had less than a week) and I got sick (sucks to be sick but I anticipate it happening now.) However, due to the fact that my typical routine is HIT every-other-day, the shift was radical. High-carb to no-carb for three days, the depletion workout on the first day was high volume, and then I attempted to go right back to HIT (a mistake I did on purpose, I reduced reps but kept the weight, this still was bad) on my third depletion day when I probably could have done better with cardio.

I think the sauna was a bad idea, too. I don’t think it caused the fever I’m having, but damn am I blaming it. The kind of cold I feel is the same difference as walking out of that sauna into the locker room. Brrr.

Furthermore, I’m going to cease my ephedrine/caffeine stack until my face clears up. I’ve had two major zits I’ve lanced (one is starting to look like a wart, and another looks like a wart in development without misrepresentation as a zit) and my forehead is all broken-out. I have until the middle of September to fix the issues of: illness, zitness, and fatness.

I need more sleep now.

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