Why in the next week I can't push the same or more weight?

Question

I'm doing cardio 5 times a week..and on three of the days im weight lifting ( each day dedicated to a specific mucle group)

I can understnd i need proper nutrition, and supplemts, protein but normally shoudnt you still gain some strength over time.

And my arms and my body size looks , muscles are hard ..but I lift weight like a beginner

Please help me out.. thanks !

i meant to say my mucles look bigger then average, as if i have been working out

Answer 1

One thing to remember is that weight training doesn't make muscles stronger, it breaks them down and makes them weaker. Proper nutrition and rest after a workout build back the muscles stronger than before. You may not be getting enough rest, or perhaps your diet is not as good as you think it is.

One thing that sticks out at me is that you say you do cardio five days a week. For starters I would recommend that you only do cardio three days a week and not on days when you weight train. If you do cardio before you weight train you will sap your body of energy that you need to lift weights, which will be detrimental to your overall progress. Cardio will also fatigue your body if done too much and it may not allow your body to rest enough to gain strength. Not to mention that if you burn too many calories during cardio your body will not have the energy it needs to rebuild muscle, and will either not bother to repair your muscles as much as it might or will even catabolize, or eat the muscle you already have, to supply energy for basic metabolic functions such as breathing, heartbeat and upkeep of your brain.

I failed to mention this earlier, but it is also important to remember that if you are lifting for pure strength, what you eat before is important too. The best thing that I have found to eat before a workout is peanut butter. Peanut butter has a good mix of the three macro nutrients:carbs, fats and proteins and will supply your body with the energy it needs to perform well in the gym. You might also try a piece of bread or some granola an hour or so before your workout for an extra carbo load.

As far as supplements, number one is a multivitamin and number two is protein. A good multi is hard to find for active young adults. The centrum vitamins and its knockoff cousins are not sufficient because the daily percentage values are based off of a 2000 calorie diet, which you should far exceed if you are trying to gain strength, and are also an average standard not only for virile youths, but also snot nosed kids and little old ladies. I personally recommend GMCs multi, or, what some say is the best multi on the market, AnimalPak. The latter is quite expensive while the former is fairly reasonable.

If you have trouble gaining with these, the next level of supplements you might want to look is creatine. Creatine is popular and effective for most people, but not all. Look into the products you intend to buy, ask the muscle heads at MULTIPLE nutrition stores and above all, experiment on your own. Of course, if you find one that works for you right off the bat, stick with it. Personally I like Nitrotech, but that is just me. I also hear great things about this Gakic product that came out about a year ago. I have never used it myself but some people have claimed that it adds a few reps to their harder sets and a few pounds to their max.

Hope this helps and keep at it.

Answer 2

unless you lift more weight and do less reps your body will conform to the same workout routine. Also unless you do a different variety of workouts than your muscles will adapt to what your doing. Your muscles gain strength by contantly adapting. If they become used to the same routine they will never get bigger. I am not sure what you are doing now because that was a pretty vague description but I reccomend swithching it up each time you work out. Also try doing weightlifing every day and for each day choose a different muscle group. this is what i do: mondays- chest, tuesday- back, wednesday- shoulders, thursday- biceps, friday- triceps, saturday- legs, abs. sunday- off. Or if you only want to lift 3 days a week do shoulders, chest and triceps one day because they compliment eachother, back and biceps another; also compliment eachother, legs and abs another. good luck work hard, push yourself and with much persistance you should get good results in three or four months.

Answer 3

Obviously, you're getting good results from your training routines so don't mind the amount of weight you're lifting. Always pay attention to proper form and correct execution. Don't mind the other guys in the gym and focus on you're own workout. Those who go around as if bragging about the huge amount of weight they could lift are egotistic bastards. As to gaining strength, you must be patient. It doesn't come overnight. Each individual has different fitness and strength level. Maybe yours is a slow one so be patient. It will come.

Answer 4

hahaha pushing weight means running your own urban pharmaceutical service, not working out...

and to answer your question: don't worry about it you'll get stronger soon enough.

Answer 5

what dont u understand? u gain muscle from weightlifing and lose weight from cardio..it's just how it works. good luck!