a little wakeup call from the body

I have been consistent with my workouts even though I have not blogged them for a few days.  I dont feel like blogging about those sessions.  They were all good workouts but they were simply more of the same.  Hiking the ridge and doing pushups, hiking the stairs with the 35 lb bell and doing 5-6 sets of Russian KB exercises on the way down.   I've been doing at least 2-3 sets of  2-3 minutes of the kbsnatch at home every few days at least. I've been doing  at least 2 50 rep sets of swings every few days as well.. My hands are callused as fuk atm even with good lifting gloves.  I have not been sleeping that well lately. (ring, ring, hey mom, no, it's normal, I'm fine).  It feels like my legs have been sore for at least a week.  My hamstrings are friggin killing me right now because I've been practicing a snatch style with much more forward lean and it adds incredible pressure to the hams.  It's starting to get a little more difficult to get motivated to  go outside to get my training done and I really thought it was simply the heat.  As it turns out I have decided that it's not the heat.  I am definitely OVERTRAINED.

Thinking back, I hurt my back really badly in October of last year and it took nearly 6 months before I could seriously train.  That means I have been training 4-5 days a week at moderately intense levels for about 4 months.  Most experts recommend taking 3-7 day breaks from training every 2-3 months so I guess I am overdue!

I am not going to simply stop training and waste this great opportunity.  I am going to treat my current condition as an advantage and train as if I am trying to peak for some sort of event.  This entails sticking to my regular routine until the end of the week even though I know I will be feeling a little sluggish and unmotivated.  I am going to try and push as hard as I normally train, even harder.  I will officially overtrain myself and then on Monday start a much needed break.  If all goes well when I come back to training 4-7 days later I expect to be at 110% strength.