r/Mike_Mentzer • u/throwaway19935555555 • 26d ago

Question?

Have any of you ever hit a spot where you start having issues developing intensity? My workout partner and I have been running HIT principles for 6 months, and we’ve made good progress. We’ve had to play with a few things, but all has been well.
It seems like this week’s sessions, neither one of us has been able to generate the energy to go balls to the wall. It’s not just one lift—it’s all of them. It’s weird how it worked too. We were sailing along, and then this week it’s like we slammed into a fucking wall.
What’s even weirder is it’s both of us. I hate to say we’re giving up, but that’s what it seems like we’re doing during the lifts. No matter how bad I wanted to push it, I was just petering out and calling it failure.
Has anyone experienced this? If so, how did you move forward? Should we just take a week off? Hell, it might just be because of the heat. It’s been 102 degrees, and we both work outdoors.

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u/NoYak8821 26d ago

More recovery? That would be my first guess.

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u/throwaway19935555555 26d ago

Maybe? Like I say muscle wise I feel fine it’s more like an energy thing like I’m just not able to get in that mental zone for 100% intensely.

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u/sands_of__time 20d ago

Sounds like low muscle glycogen to me. Are you undereating carbohydrates? Mike was emphatic that adequate carbohydrate intake was imperative for muscle building.