LOSS OF STRENGTH
1. STRENGTH TRAINING NOT ONLY REDUCES LOSS OF STRENGTH, IT CAN ACTUALLY REVERSE IT. IT REDUCES THE RISK OF INJURY AND THEREFORE INCREASES YOUR CAPACITY TO DO THE WORK
MORE TIME NEEDED FOR RECOVERY
1. ADAPTATION TO TRAINING COMES DURING RECOVERY
2. IF YOU NEVER RECOVER SUFFICIENTLY YOU DON’T GIVE YOUR BODY TIME TO ADAPT
3. SHOWING UP TO TRAINING RECOVERED ALLOWS YOU TO TRAIN BETTER. IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT WHAT IS IN YOUR TRAINING, WHAT YOU LEAVE OUT IS JUST AS IMPORTANT – RECOVERY IS CRITICAL
4. RECOVERY GIVES YOUR BODY TIME TO ADAPT AND TO GET STRONGER SO THAT YOU CAN FULLY BENEFIT FROM THE TRAINING YOU’RE DOING
BECAUSE OF THE ABOVE, THERE’S AN INCREASED RISK OF INJURY
SO WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT IT? HERE ARE A FEW KEY POINTERS TO STRUCTURED TRAINING TO HELP AVOID THE MAJOR PITFALLS
NUMBER 1 TRAINING MISTAKE – NOT TRAINING AT THE CORRECT PACE, AND MORE THAN ANYTHING NOT DOING EASY SESSIONS EASY ENOUGH
WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?
1. ALLOWS PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATION
2. REDUCES ECCENTRIC STRESS ON MUSCLES
3. AS A RESULT YOU FEEL BETTER AND LESS FATIGUED EVERYDAY – AND FOR YOUR NEXT SESSION
4. TRAINING AT THE BOTTOM END OF A ZONE GIVES YOU THE EXACT SAME BENEFIT AS TRAINING AT THE TOP BUT AT A MUCH LOWER ‘COST’
5. DON’T BE TEMPTED TO DO MORE, OR HARDER, BECAUSE YOU’RE FEELING GREAT…YOU’RE FEELING GREAT BECAUSE THE PROCESS IS WORKING
IF YOU COMPLETE YOUR EASY TRAINING EASY ENOUGH YOU REDUCE LONG TERM FATIGUE AND YOU ARE ABLE TO TRAIN HARD IN YOUR HARD SESSIONS
CONSISTENCY IS THE GOLDEN THREAD – IF YOU ARE ABLE TO DO WHAT YOU DO DAY TO DAY, WEEK ON WEEK AND MONTH ON MONTH THAT WILL LEAD TO LONG TERM SUCCESS. IT IS THE CONSISTENT LAYERS UPON LAYERS THAT ALLOW YOU TO GET FASTER OVER TIME
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