[Condor]

Recently, my lifting routine has been almost all compound movements...usually with either squats or dead lifts as the first/core exercise, and then something a little less extreme for 4 sets or so, but keeping weight and intensity HIGH. I've been making pretty good gains with this dinosaur approach. However, I will say that the next day, besides being sore as one would expect, I usually feel really drained and almost hungover (minus the headache).

For lack of a better description, I kind of feel like shit on these 'next days'. However, I don't like being idle and usually want to get my blood moving in one way or another. I went for a swim today, and I'll tell ya, it's just what I needed! Nice, easy, low impact exercise-- telling my muscles to move some blood without re-destroying them before they could recover from the previous workout. It was also hot/humid as hell here in the Northeast, so I wrote-off jogging or anything of that nature. That's my story...Anyone else here swim? For fun? For Bodybuilding? Also, any similar experiences on your day after an intense lift of the compounds?