Everyone gets great training days, but there are also times when things don’t go exactly to plan either.
You may have had a poor night’s sleep, the kids may have been up all night, work pressures may be getting you down, relationship stress may be spoiling your concentration, or your body may need a rest full stop, whatever it is you have to take the rough with the smooth.
As long as you are having more good days than bad days, then that’s going to be a victory and you are likely to progress quickly still.
There are ways to minimize bad days though.
1. Make sure you have enough sleep on a regular basis. Staying up late in the week just watching TV and then missing out on the sleep you need will compromise your training efforts full stop. Getting to bed early helps your performance just when you need it most
2. If you are training every single day, 7 days a week, then you need to stop right now and have at least one to two days off. Your body needs to rest and recover and too much training can be overkill. You will feel better with more rest too, and come back after your day off with renewed enthusiasm.
3. Change up your workout. If you train for a long time in your usual session, then try to stay in the gym less but work harder. If you normally do an hour or more, then try cutting it down to 45 minutes but hit everything harder and bring a new intensity into your training. Ask me for ideas.
4. Make sure you eat right. When you train hard, your body cannot sustain these big efforts UNLESS your nutrition is right. Also, you won’t recover quickly if you don’t put enough good food into your body, which is screaming out for good food right after your workout, the need for good nutrients is extremely high for those of you who are training really hard.
These should make a big difference, but if they don’t then of course I want to hear about it as your whole programme may need a fresh look.
