Stress

[Kirkland Laing]

Do less of something you can do less of, otherwise you can end up with problems. You've got to make a little time for yourself just to vegetate or you end up getting ill.

[Sharla]

I'd try to cut down as people are saying. One thing I'd try if I was you is to really minimise your conditioning training to the bare essentials. You might be suprised and find that it's still enough to make you feel like a machine.

For example for me suprisingly 2 sets instead of three per exercise and only one exercise per muscle group is enough for me to be GAINING strength. It's half of what I thought was needed as far as resistance training goes.

Another one might be cardio - perhaps just cut down to 4 thirty minute sessions a week for a while. Do one fast constant pace, 2 interval sessions and one easy recovery run. You might find you get close to the same results as when you do cardio everyday.

I've found i perform better during the day recently just with a short cardio session in the morning. For some reason doing weights in the morning makes me sleepy during the day - a bit of cardio energises me. Weights at night has me sleeping pretty soundly.

You can read on the bus or train if you take public transport - good for destressing if you read recreationally like Legion or it lets you get some study in.

Then maybe you can call people in your lunch break to let them know you're thinking of them, leave weekends free for them too?

Sometimes I feel exactly the way you do and I don't always know how to handle it but you'll get through it! It's seems to be like you always have to be ready to readapt your training program etc.

I used to feel like I failed everytime I had to do that but I've come to accept it as part of the game. Really readapting your training to suit your needs every few weeks might work out better than stagnating on one plan anyway!