I feel extremely drained after exercising

[ogruskie]

My workout consists of power lifting (Starting Strength) and HIIT. Sunday is my rest day. For some reason after doing exercise, I feel extremely drained. I put in 100% effort into all my workouts and of course I feel a bit tired afterward. But a few hours later it just hits me, severe fatigue. To the point where I just want to hit the bed and sleep.

This winter break I've been sleeping for around 8 hours every night and eating 6 small meals a day. If it matters, this is the first week that I started exercising after taking a 1.5 month break.

So what's up? It just really sucks. I lifted weights today at about 4pm. Its 8:52pm now and I REALLY want to sleep, soo tired. I don't even have the energy to go out. I used to feel so energized and pumped after my workouts, now I'm just burned out.

 

[r2473]

I would recommend the Starting Strength program

 

[ogruskie]

I would recommend the Starting Strength program

I heard that **** doesn't work

 

[SoBad]

I think you need to find a good doctor to examine you. I know it sounds like a lame advice, but I remember you from your other threads, and all this fatigue doesn't sound right. Only other thing I can think of, if you're taking any medication, consider stopping and see how you feel then.

 

[Itagaki]

Doing SS and HIIT on your other days (excepting sunday) is a lot

It sounds like you're just doing too much. Maybe drop some HIIT sessions, or take a week to rest.

What you're describing sounds like "overtraining" and whether or not you believe it exists, it definitely sounds like you need a break

 

[dlk]

Yeah, scale it back & see if it makes a difference. If you can't adjust you're overdoing it.

 

[Maui19]

I have the same thing from time to time. I don't work out intensely like you, but I have definitely had periods where, a couple hours after strenuous activity, I completely drained. This will happen to me over a 5 or 6 day period, then disappear. I think I had this happen twice over the past year. I am older, and have annual physicals, bloodwork etc etc and everything seems normal. My guess is that I am pushing my body too much and need the rest to recover. Nutrition, sleep and "rest days" are all part of the answer, IMO.

 

[Djokovicfan4life]

Doing SS and HIIT on your other days (excepting sunday) is a lot

It sounds like you're just doing too much. Maybe drop some HIIT sessions, or take a week to rest.

What you're describing sounds like "overtraining" and whether or not you believe it exists, it definitely sounds like you need a break

"Overtraining" definitely exists, it's just that most people will never push themselves anywhere close to this overtrained state (actually, "under-recovered" would be a better term than overtraining).

OP, you didn't say exactly what those 6 meals consist of, but I would bet that you aren't eating enough. When you're training this much, "healthy" doesn't always mean low calorie. You need more calories to aid the recovery process.

 

[mike53]

My workout consists of power lifting (Starting Strength) and HIIT. Sunday is my rest day. For some reason after doing exercise, I feel extremely drained. I put in 100% effort into all my workouts and of course I feel a bit tired afterward. But a few hours later it just hits me, severe fatigue. To the point where I just want to hit the bed and sleep.

This winter break I've been sleeping for around 8 hours every night and eating 6 small meals a day. If it matters, this is the first week that I started exercising after taking a 1.5 month break.

So what's up? It just really sucks. I lifted weights today at about 4pm. Its 8:52pm now and I REALLY want to sleep, soo tired. I don't even have the energy to go out. I used to feel so energized and pumped after my workouts, now I'm just burned out.

Why not just stay in and sleep? There is a big recovery cycle that has to be completed after your workouts. See it through and you'll be better off for it

 

[Kobble]

Hard to say what it is. Have you increased the amount of work you do now compared to what you were doing? Sometimes it is hard to pinpoint. I just did a pullups workout in the morning, and I feel whipped. Nothing has really changed much as far as my program, but my middle back feels stressed and I feel sleepy. Most days I feel like I didn't workout. Maybe I ate too much. I had about a chicken cutlet and a half, small bowl of cereal, cup of hot chocolate and two small oranges. Who knows. Worry when it becomes chronic, like a month straight.