November is here and I am entering the time of the year when all my good habits fall apart.
I have started to tweak my exercise program to make it feel easier, in the hope that this year I will keep the regular schedule going through to January. I took out a few exercises that I (low key) dread doing, and have taken ∼10% off the top of some of the technically difficult lifts.
But is there an intelligent guide to dialling back your efforts? Surely proper athletes must be facing this dilemma regularly?
If you haven't got any periodization built into your training plan, then that might be something to consider. Most good programmes for intermediate or advanced lifters will use periodization (it is not so necessary for beginners who can get away with a linear increase in weights).
I’ve followed the Juggernaut programme until the pandemic hit. It has a kind of rest week every four weeks, but that’s not really what I am looking for now.
Being confined to home lifting I am kind of improvising in any case.
November is here and I am entering the time of the year when all my good habits fall apart.
I have started to tweak my exercise program to make it feel easier, in the hope that this year I will keep the regular schedule going through to January. I took out a few exercises that I (low key) dread doing, and have taken ∼10% off the top of some of the technically difficult lifts.
But is there an intelligent guide to dialling back your efforts? Surely proper athletes must be facing this dilemma regularly?