What I mean is I feel like I’m straight up weaker than I should be, like my nervous system is overloaded and I can’t seem to get in the zone at the gym or go all out. My sets often feel kinda easy then suddenly impossible.
I always determined if my workout was passable by checking if I’m at least somewhat sore the day after. My logic is if I’m sore, some growth will occur (even if not optimal). My recent sessions have gotten me sore, but in terms of effort at the gym itself, I feel like I’m mindblocked and am not actually using 100% of the strength I could use like a year ago.
So my question is, if your nervous system is failing to fully activate, but your muscles still physically fail to do another rep, can you expect the results of going to failure, since your muscles failed, or is it as if I had another rep in reserve (even though I can’t bring myself to do that rep, so I don’t really have another)?
Sorry if this makes no sense, I’m just tired of these underwhelming sessions and I hope I can still make gains from them