HOW TO CREATE A TRAINING PROGRAM PART 5

This is segment 5 on how to create a training program, the next segment will be the last.  I didn't want to get too wordy in this segment so I cut some of it off to leave for tomorrow.  If you haven't seen the other segments of this post, be sure to check those out first.  This segment is going to go over progression of your program.

In order for you to achieve your physical goals, you have to place a stressor on it that it has not adapted to you yet.  For instance, if on day one you do 20 pushups and it is very difficult, your body will begin to adapt and change so that it can handle those 20 pushups next time around.  If you only continue to do 20 pushups however, your body will NOT continue to change because it has already adapted to the 20 pushups.

In order to keep your body adapting and changing, you have to progressively overload for a while, followed by a period of deloading.

This is a twelve week program, and you will break those twelve weeks down into (3) four week mini-programs. What you are going to want to do is create your program so that it gets progressively harder for each three weeks and then on the fourth week, you will pull back the throttle and let your body recover. This doesn't mean sit on the couch and daydream but it does mean that you do not want to train at more than 60% of your capacity.

Think of it like gas in a car, if you just continually run your body like a car, then eventually you will run out of gas and the car will deteriorate.  Same thing happens with your body.

One thing that I have always taught my clients is that your body gets better and adapts by RECOVERING FROM the training, and not just the training alone.  If you don't give your body the time to recover, you are shooting your self in the foot.  

Tomorrow will be the final segment of this post and I will go over the actual movements in this program.

MVP Mindset Mental Exercise
1.  Revisit Tuesday's post about your Chief Aim
2.  Write that Chief Aim down on three separate note cards
3.  Put one notecard on your nightstand so that you can review it upon rising in the morning, and going to bed at night, one in your bathroom so that you review it everytime that you are in there, and put one in your car so that you can review it everytime that you start your car