It’s monday morning.  You feel great and you’re excited about your workout later.  Once you get to the gym, you lie down on the bench press and get ready to lift your first set.  Everything that has happened up to this point has been spot on for a good workout, but that bar feels like its 300 pounds.  Its the beginning of a bad week for exercise.

When this happens an immediate depression sets in.  You know the workout is going to be dreadful and all your lifts are going to be weak.  Most of us will leave the gym after a couple of failed sets.  And most of us won’t return for the bad week.

These workout days happen to everyone.  Many times, these days are a breaking point in someones workout regimen.  They will begin to workout less and less until they are back to a sedentary lifestyle.  To get the results you want you have to learn how to move past this bad week. 

A bad week of exercise is just part of the road to results.  There are many reasons that can play a part into the bad workout.  It could be anything from stress, how much you’ve been sleeping, the amount of food you’ve taken in or many more.  Here are some things to think about that might help you fight past your bad weeks.

First, you have to remember that everyone has a bad week.  You have to realize that its just a bump in the road when it happens.  It’s part of the battle to get the great results you’re after.  So after that first set that feels like 300 pounds, just sit back and relax.  Don’t get discouraged. 

Finish the full workout.  I know its tough but push yourself through it.  If you are having a hard time finishing your sets for the day, then switch up your rep/set scheme for the day.  Drop your weights and increase your reps. 

You can also try different exercises for the day that hit the same muscles.  It helps to do exercise you really enjoy.  So if I was doing hangcleans, my least favorite exercise, to hit my back for the day, I would do my favorite exercise instead, deadlifts.

So remember, push through those crappy workouts.  The dreaded bad workout will come to us all eventually.  You just have to know they are coming.  To really help get past your bad week, check out No Non-Sense Muscle Building. It will help you learn to develop your ideal body.

Travis