HOW MANY OF YOU TRAIN HARD BUT LET EVERYTHING ELSE FALL TO THE WASTE SIDE?
YOUR PRE WORKOUT, NUTRITION, RECOVERY ETC…
THINK ABOUT IF YOU TOOK EVERYTHING AS SERIOUSLY AS YOU TAKE YOUR TRAINING.
NUTRITION BEING THE MOST IMPORTANT OF THEM ALL, THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE ON POINT.
THINK ABOUT IF YOU TRAIN HARD AND DON’T EAT WELL. IN THIS STATE, YOUR BODY HAS TO FIGHT THE INFLAMMATION YOU JUST PUT INTO YOUR BODY BY EATING CRAP ON TOP OF THE INFLAMMATION CAUSED BY TRAINING.
DON’T GET ME WRONG, THE PHYSICAL STRESS IS GREAT FOR YOUR BODY AND THE MUSCLE BREAKDOWN CAUSED BY TRAINING IS THE ONLY WAY YOUR BODY WILL IMPROVE, GETTING STRONGER, FASTER AND MORE POWERFUL.
WITHOUT THIS STRESS, YOUR BODY WILL CEASE TO IMPROVE. THIS IS WHY LONG DRAWN OUT STINTS OF CARDIO ARE NOT GOING TO GET YOU STRONG OR CHANGE YOUR MUSCULATURE.
YOUR BODY WILL MANAGE TO TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING YOU THROW AT IT.
HOWEVER, MY POINT IS, WHY MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR YOUR BODY TO STAY HEALTHY BY EATING CRAP AND PAYING NO ATTENTION TO RECOVERY AND PRE-WORKOUT.
THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU DRINK… LIKE AN ANIMAL AND THE NEXT DAY YOU GO AND TRY TO TRAIN BUT DEPENDING UPON YOUR AGE, MOST OF US WILL GO HOME AND NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT TRAINING.
THINK ABOUT WHAT ALCOHOL DOES TO YOUR BODY AND YET YOUR BODY HAS A WAY OF COMING BACK TIME AFTER TIME.
THIS DOESN’T COME WITHOUT A PRICE THOUGH. AS YOU AGE ALL THIS FIGHTING YOUR BODY HAS DONE OVER THE YEARS TAKES A TOLL ON YOU.
THE MORE YOUR BODY HAS TO FIGHT TO STAY IN HOMEOSTASIS OVER THE YEARS THE MORE YOU’RE GOING TO SUFFER IN THE LATER YEARS.
I GUESS WE CAN LOOK AT ME FOR EXAMPLE, NAH LET’S NOT LOOK AT ME. TO MUCH TO LOOK AT.
ANYWAYS, IF YOU ARE GOING TO GET YOUR ASS TO THE GYM AND PUSH YOURSELF TO THE LIMIT WHEN YOU TRAIN. YOU MIGHT AS WELL ADD ALL THE OTHER ASPECTS OF FITNESS INTO YOUR ROUTINE.
THERE SHOULD BE NO REASON IF YOU’VE BEEN TRAINING FOR A YEAR YOU SHOULDN’T BE FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO COMPLETE FULL RANGE OF MOTION THROUGH ANY EXERCISE… UNLESS YOU DON’T WORK ON IT.
LET’S TAKE FLEXIBILITY FOR EXAMPLE. WITHOUT IT YOU ARE DOOMED TO REVISIT THE SAME INJURIES OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
JUST TRY AND TAKE TIME TO WORK ON ALL THE ASPECTS OF FITNESS, STRENGTH AND POWER ARE NOT THE ONLY TWO.
FLEXIBILITY, CARDIO, BALANCE, COORDINATION, ETC… THEY ARE ALL JUST AS IMPORTANT AS ONE ANOTHER.
I ASSUME THE REASON WE DON’T WORK ON EVERYTHING IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT WORKING ON COORDINATION IS NOT GOING TO MAKE YOU LOOK BETTER NAKED?
BUT IT ACTUALLY DOES, IF YOU SUCK AT DOUBLE UNDERS AND KEEP SETTLING FOR SINGLES YOU’RE MISSING OUT ON A FAST MOVING EXERCISE THAT KEEPS YOU HEART RATE SCREAMING. AS OPPOSED TO SINGLES WHICH I BELIEVE YOU CAN DO WHILE SMOKING A CIGARETTE.
LIFT:
HIP THRUSTS
10 REPS X 5 SETS
USE THE SAME WEIGHT FOR ALL 50 REPS
METCON:
12 AMRAP
20 POWER CLEAN AND JERKS (115/80)
15 POWER SNATCH (115/80)
10 THRUSTERS (115/80)