When Life Gets Stressful, Turn To Back-up Training Programs By Mike Mahler Youre two weeks into a killer training program and everything is going well. Your nutrition plan is dialed in, you are getting eight hours of deep sleep every night, and you are focused and energetic at every workout. You love the feeling of being stronger at each workout and the sense of accomplishment that comes with finishing every workout like a winner. The way things are going you have no doubt that you are on track to achieve your training goals for the year. Then all of a sudden something unexpected happens. The harsh realities of life hit you like a snowball in the face. All of a sudden you are only getting five hours of sleep per night and you are stopping by Starbucks so often that their quarterly earnings have doubled on your purchases alone. The training program with which you were making incredible progress is no longer realistic, so you decide to quit working out for a while until the storm of life quiets down. Unfortunately, that time does not arrive for several months. When you finally make it back to training, all of the gains that you had made are gone. Even worse, you are weaker than before you started the last program. If only you had had a back-up plan. Training, like anything else in life, requires a back-up plan. When you go on a road trip ideally you will not get any flat tires. However, life is rarely ideal. If and when a flat tire does occur, you want to have a spare so you are not standing on the side of the road with your thumb in the air. The problem is that many trainees approach working out with an all-or- nothing attitude. Either you are training with all guns blazing or not at all. Mottos such as “train heavy or go home” or “no pain, no gain” are ingrained in the psyches of many trainees. As a result, many trainees do not think that condensed workouts are not even worth doing. This is far from the truth. In this chapter I am going to use the well-known 5x5-training program as an example of an ideal program and provide some sample back-up options. mikemahler/online-library/articles/weight-training-for-size-and-strength/back-up-programs.html
Posted on: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 20:11:00 +0000
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