Saturday, 31 July 2010

Hit by Mystery Bug - Training on Hold!

Hi Everyone,

Just a quick update to let you know what's happening. I've been struck down by a mystery bug (illness - virus) that is going around and it isn't very nice at all. I woke up early Thursday morning with headaches, knee and back pain (as before but much worse - it must have been partly due to beginnings of bug and not just injuries). But the worst aspect were really bad stomach pains which resulted in me being unable to eat and drink next to nothing. I reckon I drank about 2 small cups of fluid all day and laid in bed resting as I was completely exhausted. A day or two on I'm much better but still not right. I have mild fluttery stomach pains off and on all the time and my back and general joint pain is still faintly there (coming on stronger if I ignore it and don't rest when it starts).

So as you can see there's not much training going on whilst I feel like this and I believe that it would be foolish to even try. I intend to give myself a rest until next Friday and if I feel up to it I'll attempt 1 leg session ie workout B that I missed this week due to illness. If I'm still not right then I will wait a little longer. These Hypertrophy sessions are hard and demand a lot of effort, if I attempt them too soon then I wont be able to do it and will just get frustrated and annoyed with myself. I'll keep you updated of how things go and fingers crossed none of you catch this horrible mystery bug!

Cheers, BustaGut!

2 comments:

Harry said...

Excellent results, sorry to hear about the sickness though. How can I contact you for some specific advice? I'm about to finish TNT Advanced workout and looking to move on to a new program. Thanks.

BustaGut! said...

Thanks Harry, I'm hoping that I can get back to the training soon. If you want to have my opinion or advice then you can either submit a comment like you've already done or alternatively send me an email at no1bustagut@aol.com. In terms of the next step in relation to workouts there are lots to choose from but you could do much worse than opting for the New Rules of Lifting (NROL) that Alwyn Cosgrove worked on. He developed the training within TNT and NROL follows that same vein but develops it further. It's the way that I went but the decision is yours. All the best. BustaGut!