Every exercise and rep should be done for a reason…duh! Perfect reps are the only reps to do…as a matter of fact, if one of our athletes cannot perform a perfect rep, we consider that going to failure, and stop the set whether it’s in the gym or on the field or court. If you perform poor movement patterns during training, pretty sure it’ll carry over into your sport / event…and life.
So when you walk into the gym or head out to the field to do your next workout, ask yourself if your planned session for the day matches your goals, and the way you feel. Yeah, that matters — the way you feel. Suppose you are scheduled to run (sprint) 4×4x40’s, rest and then 3×2x100’s, but you’re pretty sore from the squats you did yesterday and the pick-up game last night…are ya still gonna do your planned workout? Most college athletes that come home for the summer may fall into this scenario — and yes, they probably would do the scheduled workout, which may be fine. BUT…many of them would do a sub-par workout because they have not fully recovered. RECOVERY is King!
Today’s workout is determined by what you did yesterday, what you have planned for tomorrow (game, practice, etc,…) and beyond. Too often our athletes (as well as general fitness folks) treat their scheduled workouts as “written in stone” and feel like they are cheating if they go outside the box. Check the gauges, see how you feel, make adjustments and have fun.
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