As to the Flax oil...I usually use Salmon Oil instead...I work out 5 times a week....Currently I am following a 5Rep, 2-3 set protocal ala Pavel Tsatsoulines Power to the People...Also touched on In Hatfields POWER....Thats the PM.
In the AM I've been running 6-10 miles....
yikes....way too much training. check out mentzer, seriously, it is a logically airtight argument, the final word in training. if you are not increasing in weights or reps each workout, your recovery process is not yet complete, as the adaptation response of the body is the normal response to a stressor (sunlight, training etc) when rest and recovery is adequate. If you were to expose yourself to sunlight in amounts from which you could not recover, as with training, the effect is a negative. stresses such as lifting do not build, they tear down. the recovery is response to the stress is what builds. if you are over training, there is no period for recovery, which leads to the mysterious "plateau", the solution to which is MORE training, usually, to no effect whatsoever.
but i will bet that you have been on vacation or had a layoff where you came back stronger than before you left, even though you thought you would be weaker. that meant your poor body finally had a chance to recover and grow. if you incorporated the right amt of rest all the time, this outcome would be normal. its logic.