Today I'd like to share more of a personal philosophy rahter than a specific workout.Actually it's not technically my philosophy but rahter things learned from personal experience and research.Sorting through the bull that prevails in fitness and learning from real experts and of course my own body.
I have always had a hard time with the concept of an "easy" workout ever since I can remember.To me if I wasn't going all out I was wasting my time.This was true for both resistance and cardio workouts.I'm coming to realize this mindset is a HUGE mistake.I'm finding that active recovery and rest are equally important as high intensity training if you want to ensure continued progress and injury free training.I know we've all heard the axiom to have a light,medium,heavy day but I don't see many people following it.
I haven't gotten my plan together yet but when I do I'll let you know.One thing I can share is I will no longer follow a monday,wednesday,friday kind of approach.Your body doesn't know what day it is so why follow a calendar?One of my starting points will be to do a high intensity session once every four days.Stay tuned in the next week or so for a full detailed plan!You DON'T need to constantly batter your body to get great results.
Friday, February 20, 2009
Monday, February 16, 2009
Don't workout practice,Dont' train cardio have fun!
This thought hit me over the weekend as I was thinking about my writing and how I could make it more interesting and informative at the same time.My "discoveries" are not new just bits and pieces taken frm various sources and blended together to produce for me what is the most efficient,result producing,and fun approach to fitness.It doesn't need to be long,boring,or redundant.
I am a frequent reader of the dragondoor forum.My main sources of training ideas come from Pavel,Scott Sonnon,Eric Cobb,Michael Steble,and the guys at bodyweight culture.As many of you know my my approach is mainly HIIT with a lot of variety in terms of exercises and equipment.You'll never catch me "playing" for more than 25 minutes.Not to say there's anything wrong with those who do it longer if training for a specific purpose but in general it's a waste of time.Think about it how many people do you know that go to the gym.Thet spend a couple of hours,do the same routine,generally lift the same weight and get zero results.
Right now my focus is on getting my left hand strong again so as I continue my PT I'm also adding in bottoms up presses with mainly the 8kg beel for 5 sets of 5 reps and every other workput I mix in the 12kg for 5 sets of 2.My cardio is indoors right now consisting of either 10 minytes of jump rope or band sprints.Forget the treadmill and the barbie weights.GO HARDCORE!
I am a frequent reader of the dragondoor forum.My main sources of training ideas come from Pavel,Scott Sonnon,Eric Cobb,Michael Steble,and the guys at bodyweight culture.As many of you know my my approach is mainly HIIT with a lot of variety in terms of exercises and equipment.You'll never catch me "playing" for more than 25 minutes.Not to say there's anything wrong with those who do it longer if training for a specific purpose but in general it's a waste of time.Think about it how many people do you know that go to the gym.Thet spend a couple of hours,do the same routine,generally lift the same weight and get zero results.
Right now my focus is on getting my left hand strong again so as I continue my PT I'm also adding in bottoms up presses with mainly the 8kg beel for 5 sets of 5 reps and every other workput I mix in the 12kg for 5 sets of 2.My cardio is indoors right now consisting of either 10 minytes of jump rope or band sprints.Forget the treadmill and the barbie weights.GO HARDCORE!
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