We all want to be better when we train. We want to increase our performance. We want to increase our results. Many people make the fatal flaw of thinking that we need to train more for that to happen.
More work is not necessarily better. It is not necessarily good for you to train multiple times a day, or 7 days a week. One of the most critical things you can do to expedite your results is work on recovering properly. You see, there are actually many parts to the results equation. Expert programming and going hard at the gym are one aspect. What most people don’t understand is that the point of training is to create a positive stress on your body. Fatigue follows and after fatigue comes what’s called super-compensation. If this is handled correctly, then performance will increase with the next stimulus and results will follow. If you do not allow your body enough to time to get over fatigue, bad things happen.
Training while overly fatigued can lead to overtraining aka over reaching, this state then can lend itself to decreased performance, sickness, and even injuries. Fatigue can attack in many different forms. It can present psychologically, or physiologically through peripheral and central nervous systems as well as hormonal.
All of these things have to be addressed when training properly. If you follow our programming we take these things into account when you train. Which is why there are different mixes of stimuli every week. For example, long workouts, followed by short workouts, more intense neurologically followed by less intense the next day.
We also program in recovery weeks accordingly to make sure you are recovering. We just finished a long heavy training cycle of lifting and testing. Therefore, this whole week we will be focusing more on recovery. We will be levels testing and a less volume based load on the conditioning. The goal is to reset the batteries, the mind, and the body all need time to repair and prepare for the stresses ahead. Have a great week and focus on your recovery this week.
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Strength:
Recovery Week
Levels Testing
MetCon:
“Eva”
800m run
KB Swing x 30 (70/ 53)
Pull ups x 30
5 rounds for time