Anger Issues are Back now that I'm exercising
- Thread starter Dwight Schrute
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Thankfully he also has ADD, so right before he begins to savagely beat you he gets distracted by something shiny and wanders away.
Please tell me what possible situation would cause you to get into a shouting match at a restaurant.
Weight training raises testosterone, but testosterone is one of the best things for a male. It keeps you very very healthy. If your working too hard in the gym, it might be affecting your sleep. Take it easy in the gym and stick to 14-16 reps. and try HIIT, might help you sleep better.
This may have been directed at the op but allow me to also chime in.
Good info and I'm can't argue against any of the points in your entire post.
I also can't deny what has happened for the last ten years or so.
Every quarter I will up my workout game by doing fairly intense double splits for a week. Followed by a couple of slower days of mostly cardio then the death day, which is this Friday. This time around the focus will be legs so it will be especially ugly. Various exercises but mostly squats. Each set goes to exhaustion. Weight will be set so that reps fall between 3 to 6. Very little rest in-between sets. This will go on for around 5 to 6 hours. I won't be driving home.
I say all that to say this. I will not handle or react normally to typical situations for about 5 days. On purpose next week there will be no face to face meetings. Not even important phone conferences till Wed. It is my time to just grind and hibernate. Not necessarily a bad thing. Wife is tuned in so overall it works.
Can't say anything about the effect of testosterone, diet, sleep, cola withdraw, getting laid, not getting laid or any of the other points brought up in this thread. For me it's just the way it is.
I am not denying this.
I know there have been times when I have been extremely angry / moody especially in connection with BB sessions.
BUT..
It is not the testosterone.
I just think it is a combination of
- forcing myself to my limits, which depletes my willpower in other things
- the body being under extreme stress
- Tiredness (let's face it, no one gets the rest we need after extreme training)
- The psychological stress of "bettering" oneself
- Having fun being aggressive (yeah, I get that way at times)
The key here is to know yourself and learn to control yourself.
I still propose the HALT method as a way to observe yourself and to avoid the most common factors of frustration.
Edit:
As an afterthought... think of how you are treating yourself.
I am often reminded of a professor of mine who said:
"We all talk to ourselves, but most of us never say anything nice."
I know this to be too true. Especially when struggling to better myself / training, etc.. I will lapse into calling myself the worst things imaginable.
Try being a bit more friendly to yourself helps. No negative self-talk!
::emp::
I know there have been times when I have been extremely angry / moody especially in connection with BB sessions.
BUT..
It is not the testosterone.
I just think it is a combination of
- forcing myself to my limits, which depletes my willpower in other things
- the body being under extreme stress
- Tiredness (let's face it, no one gets the rest we need after extreme training)
- The psychological stress of "bettering" oneself
- Having fun being aggressive (yeah, I get that way at times)
The key here is to know yourself and learn to control yourself.
I still propose the HALT method as a way to observe yourself and to avoid the most common factors of frustration.
Edit:
As an afterthought... think of how you are treating yourself.
I am often reminded of a professor of mine who said:
"We all talk to ourselves, but most of us never say anything nice."
I know this to be too true. Especially when struggling to better myself / training, etc.. I will lapse into calling myself the worst things imaginable.
Try being a bit more friendly to yourself helps. No negative self-talk!
::emp::
