Strange sense of dissatisfaction

nbrady20009

After what was a good session in the gym today, setting two personal records, I felt a strange sense of dissatisfaction. It was the sort of feeling that I didn't push hard enough, or that I could have got one more rep. I know that I'm being too hard on myself, but I couldn't seem to shake the feeling.

Does anyone else ever encounter this, or how do you deal with it?

Hanley

I usually just do the extra rep...

Michael 09

Wait and see if you're 'good sore' tomorrow

Alternatively, what Hanley said

Wollwead

nbrady20009 wrote: »

After what was a good session in the gym today, setting two personal records, I felt a strange sense of dissatisfaction. It was the sort of feeling that I didn't push hard enough, or that I could have got one more rep. I know that I'm being too hard on myself, but I couldn't seem to shake the feeling.

Does anyone else ever encounter this, or how do you deal with it?

Everyone gets days like that at the gym where they feel they could have and should have got one rep/lifted 10KG more etc. I hate that feeling. When I started working out with weights I would sometimes leave the gym and be thinking like yourself. I'd be beating myself up about not going for the heavier weight.

Now I tend to get those days where I just know when i'm in the gym that I can throw any caution to the wind and just go for it. I don't know about anyone else but I just get those days when I just feel really aggressive (not in a beat people up way!) but in a 'i'm gonna lift heavy sh!t way and that's that'!!

I find myself now knowing when to push and when to step back and wait for another day, but I do get where you're coming from, such is life, we generally get greedy and want more!!

AntiVirus

As Hanley said, why didn't you do the extra rep? If I can do another rep, I'd have done another rep.

Doolee

nbrady20009 wrote: »

After what was a good session in the gym today, setting two personal records, I felt a strange sense of dissatisfaction. It was the sort of feeling that I didn't push hard enough, or that I could have got one more rep. I know that I'm being too hard on myself, but I couldn't seem to shake the feeling.

Does anyone else ever encounter this, or how do you deal with it?

i reckon its a trait of Perfectionism. Are you are perfectionist in other ways do you think? I sort of am I think. Every time I make a new pb, the joy is pretty much short lived and by the time I'm walking home from the gym I'm already thinking about how long it will take me to break it. Theres a times display of peoples rowing times in my gym and its taken me several million attempts, months, to beat one of the times (the second best time of the girls) and when I finally actually did it, recently actually, by the time I left the gym I was half glad but more gutted that if I'd just timed it better and blasted out 7 more strokes within the time I'd have beaten the no. 1 girl!

So maybe its like that for you too?. But I think its important to take a step back, and remember all the last pbs you got and how you beat them all and pat yourself on the back, knowing that you'll keep improving anyway!

And in fairness, 2 pbs in one session is deadly so well done!

Mellor

If I thought I could do the extra rep I'd of done it.
Even if I was pretty sure I wouldn't get it, I'd still at least try. When I can't get the bar back up I know I gave it my all.

nbrady20009

Well whatever was holding me back the other day, f*ck it, broke two different PRs today:D Take the anger, bottle it, and get squatting boy. Disappointment is a great fuel.