What If You're Tired at the Gym?

I must say, yesterday morning I was tired at the gym. It was a "bad day" at the gym. So what do you do then? I figured out what works for me. 

 It may sound crazy, but go as heavy as you can on those days. Two reasons for that:

#1) You don't have to get all out of breath and tired. When you are tired, the last thing you want to do is superset chest flys with elevated push ups. What I did yesterday was I started on incline bench (I always do DB because it's better on my shoulders) and I started with 55lb. I did 12 reps and then rested. Then I did 10 reps of 65lb. Then I did 8 reps of 80lb. At this point I was starting to feel a little pump and get a little more awake. So I did another set of 8 @ 80lb. That's when I said screw it and went and grabbed the 100's and went to flat bench. I got up 100's 5 times on flat, no spotter (I workout alone). 

So I started all tired, and ended up putting up 100's by the 5th set. At that point I was all sorts of stoked that I just did 100's so I had an awesome workout after that. Which brings me to:

#2) Going heavy makes you stoked. I don't know about you, but for me I get all pumped and want to destroy something when I break a personal record. When I'm tired I start light, and then push it harder and harder until I hit my record. Once you get that heavy weight up, your workout seems to turn out way better. I love it. 

So that's how I get over my tired days. I extend my rest time and go heavy.

The best 2 songs to get you ready for a heavy set:

Enter Sandman - Metallica
Welcome Home - Coheed and Cambria