Consistency and Overtraining

Posted by Ruby on October 3, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Whether you are a novice – trying to improve your physical fitness or a professional exerciser who has been training for a long time… you already know that CONSISTENCY is key.

If you want to reach and maintain your fitness goal, you must be CONSISTENT!!!

Our physical and mental health, how our bodies look and feel, improve with the gradual increase of resistance training. Our bodies demand more energy to compensate for the expenditure caused by resistance and cardiovascular training. Energy fuels our muscles, energy assists in the growth and improvement of our cardiovascular capacity. Our bodies demand this in order to adapt to more physical and challenging workouts CONSISTENTLY.

The first step in providing your body with an optimal environment for growth and improvement is to set a realistic schedule – one that you can easily commit to.

For most of us, to train six days a week is unrealistic and often necessary. We do have a life!!!!

Schedule three to four quality workouts a weeks. CONSISTENCY does not mean all the time – it just means commit to what you can. Scheduling fewer days a week allows you to take advantage of the other days in the week to make up for any missed days!!! The key to CONSISTENCY is completing quality workouts.

Missing workouts lead to psychological frustration and under-training other areas. A six day schedule leaves out room for motivation and takes the fun out of your valuable time. Stay motivated. Spread your workouts throughout the week.

For many, improvement of physical health and fitness sometimes only requires two workouts a week. Quality workouts contribute to dramatic results for individuals looking to improve their health and fitness, and even for those who just want to feel better.

Remember, two workouts a week, on a consistent basis, add up to over a hundred workouts in a year!

Imagine what you can achieve with a hundred opportunities to improve yourself! And just think, three or four workouts a week add up to over TWO hundred workouts a year!

Imagine where you would be today, if you had decided to consistently commit three hours a week every week for self improvement! Create a schedule you can commit to, be CONSISTENT and start changing your life today!

Filip (ed. R.M. 2011)