Why Is It So Easy To Overtrain?

I consider myself pretty experienced with PE having done this now for 20 months and producing 1-1/2” of length gains.

I have made a ton of mistakes along the way due to being too aggressive at times but in focusing on getting past my current plateau I have given in and am trying to do it right/correct.
To do this I took a real Decon break followed by easing back into things only doing stretching 4x a week with dynamic pumping on the off days to stimulate additional blood flow.
I committed to serious PI monitoring (in the past I would just chemically assist when PI’s started to decrease) and am shocked at how easily my unit can be over trained even with just a basic intensity progression. I would really expect that 20 months into this it would take more then it does to overtrain.

So, I am backing things off for a couple of days until PI’s are solid and then going back two weeks in the routine progression and working back up… uhhhg.
(Keep a good attitude… keep a good attitude)…

My observation is that if you’re stretching 4 days a week then pumping on off days, you’re really not giving your unit a chance to rest.

Most people need at least a couple days off a week. No PE at all on rest days. There are exceptions of course.

But I’ve been at this almost 3 and a half years and I always take at least a couple of rest days a week.

You might want to try a routine of stretching, say, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, pumping Tuesday and Thursday, and take the weekends off.

That might help with your feeling of being overtrained.

Good luck.