Since about 3 months I've been trying to master the clean and the snatch.
What surprised me most of all was the level of concentration & focus needed. It almost seems I'm having to rely on a huge OD of caffein plus sulbutiamine to be focused enough. Even then, it still comes and goes at whim.
But then once I'm done working out, there's all this energy left, and I'm feeling ready to rip someone's head off and am agitated all day long. Sometimes it also seems there's quite the T-surge
so my bf doesn't complain too much.
I'm starting to understand why lifters, that do this professionally do this 6 times a day but with an hour in between as the level of agitation lasts long enough to be having enough energy to lift again the same day.. except that I lack the technical skills so it's only 'stupid' machine or isolation stuff I can do.
This is starting to get a problem.. and actually doesn't just happen anymore after Olympic lifting but also on another training day. I'm not having a problem with it in day time, but this really messes with sleep. Even when this is done in daytime ...
It doesn't help I'm carb cycling in a fairly extreme way and cut off the carb intake after a workout.. so far tryptophan has become my saviour as past week I've been a zombie for 3 days in a row.
Is this a more common problem, and if so, what do you do to unwind? Yoga, carbs, alcohol?
I'd also love to know what I can do to be focused sooner, as it takes too long before I get into a 'flow'.