We talked about the value of training yesterday, and by that we meant “quality” training.
I have bumped into people today also who have talked about the importance of different types of training and activities, and how they will bring you yet more results.
This lady i train is suffering from shin splints, and i advised her to keep off the walking for the moment, even though she has a walking marathon in london in 8 weeks. She is now doing a variety of other work with me, so she gets in incredibly good shape, without straining herself.
She has become a very good cyclist in the meantime too, so her fitness levels have reached new highs even though she has an injury. On the weekend, i have told her to go to the pool and use a float again, and just use her legs to complete widths or even lengths. Anyone who has done all of this will find it incredibly tough, but will give a super workout that tests you to the limit without putting any undue strain on.
Another workout i have scheduled for her is underwater walking, which again is very difficult but will bring her some impressive fitness gains. There is ALWAYS a way around an injury, all you have to do is use your imagination and the sky’s the limit!!
Another person i saw today is a policeman, and he had to chase down a criminal this week for the first time in a while.
When he caught him, he had to wrestle and that means grappling with this criminal and using muscles he hadn’t used for a while. He found it okay if a little tiring at the time, but for a couple of days later he was incredibly stiff! Again this is down to challenging your body in a completely different way!!
The great news is that your body will get huge benefits out of changing your programme around continuously, also it can be a lot more fun.
Give it a go and see how much you enjoy it!!!
