DRAPER POSTS - BIG D TALKS

On Workouts - Time and Commitment

Unless a new routine feels just plain wrong or is undesireable for legitimate reasons, 4 weeks from my experience is the minimum input for a training commitment. It takes that long to determine the weights to be used, establish continuity and pace and recognize the workout's overall effects.

Once fixed in place, you practice and press on to understand the workout - to finese, tweak, and dial it in . . . to hammer it and mold it. This takes extensive time [ 6 - 8 weeks or more, with fair adjustments along the way ].

Too often we abandon a good workout before it has fully served us; before we are fully saturated by it. Our eyes are diverted, looking elsewhere for the another way before we have applied honest discipline by persisting, squeezing, taking the necessary one step back before taking the exotic two steps forward. Tough times. It's here that I suspect the mean sticking points are surpassed - over powered - and maximum adaption is acheived. The critical point of development.

This is especially so with the younger trainees . . . . soph & fresh. After you've played around long enough to become familiar with the variety of exercises out there, as novelty and curiosity diminish, establish a basic, orderly routine of 2 -3 hi-standard exercises of 12, 10, 8, 6 reps per muscle group and hit each group 2x per week. Perform this outline over 4 - 5 days / week , allowing 75 - 90 minutes. Throw in some cardio, ab work and supersets . . . hit some heavy days . . singles - doubles on big movements 2-3-4 x a month. This will set you in motion without overtraining if you eat and sleep right. You'll learn and grow.

As we truly become established, the more our instincts and training antenae develop and can successfully direct us toward the satisfaction of our needs, our goals.

Gotta push it. captain dave

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