So I have been working really hard to improve my strength over the last 4 months and have made a lot of progress. The problem is it seems to be related to a negative mood. I can't think of a time where I have had longer sustained negative moods than during this period of hard workouts.
I am wondering if there might be vitamin or mineral deficiencies that are causing this. Are there common deficiencies among athletes?
Currently I work-out 4 days a week, a Westside style template. Monday is speed bench day, I also do weighted dips, direct tricep work and hit the back from all angles. Wednesday is maximum effort squat or deadlift or some variation like pin squats. I try to hit a heavy triple and then go for a 1 rep max, I also do core exercises such as weighted back extensions and ab work. Friday is maximum effort on the bench, heavy triple and then go for a 1rm, weighted dips, direct tricep work, and several back exercises (1 arm rows, face pulls, chins). Saturday is speed squat/deadlift day. Lately I've been doing pin squats at 50-60% of my 1rm squat for speed, 10 sets of 2 reps. Then I ordinarily include a single leg exercise such as single leg deadlifts or 1 leg squats and then do core work. I mix in cardio on all the days I can stand to do it (am not completely exhausted). That has been about 2/3 of the workout days lately.
Truth is I've decided to become a powerlifter so I really don't want to back out of my program if I don't have to. I really want to try to take my 965 (squat-350, bench-210, deadlift-405) total and push it toward elite status in my first year of lifting if that is possible. I want to keep the rapid gains going if they are sustainable. I think I have some talent for the sport and want to see if I can become internationally competitive. So far my body has been responding extremely well to the workouts (I make progress on my lifts every week), it's just my mood is quite commonly really negative. I think it is some sort of imbalance and if you have any ideas I would be most grateful.
One other point is I have noticed my thought processes seemed stalled. That is, I make more stupid mistakes on homework than I ever have before. I don't look nearly strong enough yet to be the stereotyped dumb jock, trust me!
Thanks!
Matt
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"In my experience, if you stay with the essentials you WILL build a repeatable swing undoubtedly. If you can master the Imperatives you have a champion" (Vikram).
The reason you can't sustain the lag is because you are so eager to make the club move fast (a reaction to the intent of "hitting it far"). So on a full shot you throw it away too early, which doesn't happen for your short chip. (bts)
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