How to Train When Life Hits the Fan (Literally): Diarrhea, Stress & Other Disasters

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🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

What do you do when real life punches your training plan in the gut—literally? In this final episode of the Training Oh No’s series, coaches Niki Sims and Andrew Jackson talk through some of the most awkward and frustrating interruptions lifters face: getting sick, diarrhea mid-session, travel, emotional stress, and total routine breakdowns.

You’ll learn practical ways to handle training when you're sick, stressed, or just overwhelmed by life. They cover how to adjust (or skip) workouts without guilt, how to bounce back smarter, and how to keep a long-term mindset even when short-term chaos hits.

Whether you lift for longevity, health, hypertrophy, or sanity—this episode helps you train smarter when things go sideways.

🧠 KEY TAKEAWAYS

What to do when illness (like stomach issues) strikes mid-training
Why skipping a workout doesn’t equal failure
How to adjust your mindset and goals when life gets messy
Training strategies during travel, stress, or emotional overload
When lifting helps your mental health—and when it doesn’t

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS

🟢 0:00 – Intro & overview of life-disrupting training problems
💩 1:24 – “So, I had diarrhea…”: Training and stomach issues
🧠 6:42 – Illness, mental health, and knowing when to rest
🧳 11:08 – Travel, stress, and life throwing off your routine
🏋️ 15:52 – Can you still train when you’re a mess?
🛑 19:01 – Emotional stress vs. physical stress
🌀 23:28 – Rethinking consistency: Grace over guilt
🚀 26:48 – Final thoughts: Ending the Training Oh No’s series

🔖 HASHTAGS

#StrengthTraining #TrainingProblems #FitnessForLife #TrainSmart #LifeHappens #FitnessOver40 #RealLifeLifting #BarbellTraining #WorkoutInterruptions #DiarrheaAndDumbbells

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0:59.8	You're listening to Beast Overburden, powered by Barbell Logic.
1:02.9	We're Nikki and Andrew, your personal, professional coaches.
1:10.5	We help you take control of your fitness through hard but doable training and nutrition practices that fit your busy life. Build a stronger, healthier version
1:12.8	of yourself with lifelong habits. Welcome everybody to Beast OverBurden powered by Barbell Logic.
1:24.2	It's me, Nikki Sims, and it's you, Andrew Jackson.
1:28.4	Hello again. Let's do this.
1:30.5	Yeah. This is our final episode of the oh-no series, or the uh-oh series, as Dan just referred
1:37.4	to them as, which is also perfect. And we're going to do a little bit of a quick fire today
1:41.7	with just a series of really frequent oh-nows that
1:45.4	don't worry, we'll get you through. Some of these are going to be serious. Some of these are
1:49.8	going to be, they're going to feel serious, but then they're going to be funny. But I have one.
1:56.9	Go.
1:58.2	You go to the gym and you realize that you forgot your phone that has your training program on it.
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