Posted on July 05, 2016 by Jenny Cromack
Rather than have a ramble this week, I thought I’d share with you 10 simple tips to streamline your training and help you work towards your goals!
It’s surprising what a couple of tweaks and adjustments to your training can make. We have written about some of these things before so I’ve linked them in where appropriate, the rest I’ve provided a short rationale. Enjoy, and see the results that these 10 simple tips to streamline your training will bring!
- No matter what your goal, conditioning and cardiovascular components should always be completed distal to other components Click here for more info.
- Don’t drink coffee following a training session…. before is okay.
- Master the basics, if you can’t complete full range squats, lunges, presses, and hinge movements your likely building imbalances and creating an environment for injury click here for more info.
- Squats for the majority are not great for hamstring development, use specific hamstring exercises.
- Eat fats regularly, there an important micronutrient. Eat the right ones, click here for more info.
- For strength development insufficient rest is one of the primary reasons for poor performance in the gym. 3-5 minutes between components is paramount.
- Training frequency is individual specific, however as a rule of thumb speed development requires stimulus every 5 days, hypertrophy of muscle tissue requires a stimulus every 4-6 days, strength development requires stimulus every 4-7 days. For aerobic development seek to train every 3 days. For some more reading click here.
- You don’t need any fancy recovery strategies.Simply sleep well, eat well and remain hydrated. If you tick these big 3 off, the recovery will occur swiftly and naturally.
- Dynamic stretching is considerably more efficient pre-workout. Click here for more info.
- Managing your stress, both physically and mentally, is critical to most outcome goals. Use centering techniques to manage your stress. Click here to learn how to centre yourself.
I hope you’ve found these quick tips useful, good luck!