🌱 Less is More in Physical Development

LESS IS MORE IN PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

Your relationship with exercise will be the most influential factor in your long term adherence.

The main purpose of engaging in exercise and/or physical activity should not be to burn calories.

This creates an unhealthy relationship with exercise, because the sole purpose of the session is the outcome dependent goal (calories burned).

We then overlook being present. We do not embrace the physical challenge and we do not enjoy the privilege that is the ability and opportunity to move our bodies.

We become hyper focused on the outcome, and not the process.

So, instead of boring workouts or battering yourself on the treadmill or cross-trainer for an hour - use this year as the year you explore new ways of training, to find out what you enjoy.

It could be lifting weights and strength training, you could try a new class at your local gym, take up running, or join a training community like ours!

The more you step out of your comfort zone, the quicker you will discover what you enjoy, the sooner you will change your life.

But no-one can do this for you - you have to take action.

A STORY FOR YOU…

One of our members was shocked at how many calories she burned completing one of the sessions in our new SHAPE programme.

In the past she had done a lot of Body Combat, HIIT, jumping around type activities.

She thought that the marker of an effective workout was sweating profusely, a racing heart, and shaking legs.

That helps, and is good for you heart and lungs - but not essential.

Our members lift weights and get strong, whilst burning more calories and building muscle.

And if they’re on the SHAPE programme, they complete the days conditioning to finish their session - ticking off all areas of physical development, whilst having fun!

Discover your love for training with our 4-Week Challenge in January by clicking this sentence!

THE PERFORMANCE JOURNAL DAY 07 🌱

Todays session was a 5km Interval Run

(200m > 400m > 600m > 800m > 1km > 2km)

It was good fun, knees are feeling good after endless tendinopathy issues.

Recovery was 58% this morning. I’ll take it.

RESEARCH PAPER OF THE WEEK 📝

This weeks paper is one of my favourites. Albeit in a team sport context, it provides a really nice introduction to the concepts of internal load (heart rate, RPE, VO2, muscle-tendon forces), external load (distance covered, ground reaction forces) and their relationship.

Understanding these relationships and their influence on the load-adaptation pathways allows us to appropriately plan training programmes to improve performance and reduce the risk of injury.

If you want to read the full paper, reply to this email and I’ll send it over!

LESSON OF THE DAY

Training does not have to be dull, tedious or boring.

Training for the sole purpose of burning calories will not deliver you the results you desire.

Finding a type of training that you enjoy will go a long way in helping you live a long and healthy life.

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