Stronger, Fitter, Faster - Part 2
Continued from Training - Part 1
"Why have I structured my week like that?"
Monday: Weight training
Tuesday: Finger boarding and bouldering
Wednesday: Weight training and soccer training at night
Thursday: Rest day! *Core work and #yoga
Friday: Indoor route climbing
Saturday: Rock climbing
Sunday: Soccer and #yoga#
Here is the long story… I'll do my best to keep it simple.
Rock climbing is my priority and I see it as a strength sport. Also I'm used to climbing both days of the weekend, which is partly why I climb two days in a row. Soccer is fun and an endurance, fitness based sport.
Soccer is on Sundays, I can't change that and when I climb, I want to be fresh. So I climb the days after I have had a rest day and its okay for me to play soccer after climbing for two days because it's more leg work and running.
Because there are only 7 days in a week and I like to get the most (and best) training out of my week, I start weight training the day after soccer. Like I said, soccer is more endurance not strength. So while I may be tired from soccer, my muscles aren't depleted.
It doesn't make a whole heap of sense to weight train two days in a row (because I train the whole body, not muscle groups), so I boulder in the middle day.
There are a couple of reasons and a few benefits to this. My goal is to get stronger, so by weight training first (after just a cardio day) I can tap into that. By bouldering the day after weight training, I am working with a little bit of fatigue, which isn't a bad thing, it forces me to focus more on technique and because climbing uses all your muscles the load isn't as high on any particular muscle group as it is when I weight train. And so because of all that, I can weight train again the day after. Soccer training Wednesday night is hard. I am somewhat fatigued at trainings, but when do a lot fitness, endurance work and I know I have a rest day coming up.
It is a lot of training, but I've been training my whole life and in the past, I didn't have rest days, I just had two cardio days in the week and they were active recovery days. My current goal is to improve my strength, speed and fitness so I have to work outside my comfort zone, push the boundaries a little. As Albert Einstein said… Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Hopefully that wasn't confusing I'll save my training details for next week:)
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"Why have I structured my week like that?"
Monday: Weight training
Tuesday: Finger boarding and bouldering
Wednesday: Weight training and soccer training at night
Thursday: Rest day! *Core work and #yoga
Friday: Indoor route climbing
Saturday: Rock climbing
Sunday: Soccer and #yoga#
Here is the long story… I'll do my best to keep it simple.
Rock climbing is my priority and I see it as a strength sport. Also I'm used to climbing both days of the weekend, which is partly why I climb two days in a row. Soccer is fun and an endurance, fitness based sport.
Soccer is on Sundays, I can't change that and when I climb, I want to be fresh. So I climb the days after I have had a rest day and its okay for me to play soccer after climbing for two days because it's more leg work and running.
Because there are only 7 days in a week and I like to get the most (and best) training out of my week, I start weight training the day after soccer. Like I said, soccer is more endurance not strength. So while I may be tired from soccer, my muscles aren't depleted.
It doesn't make a whole heap of sense to weight train two days in a row (because I train the whole body, not muscle groups), so I boulder in the middle day.
There are a couple of reasons and a few benefits to this. My goal is to get stronger, so by weight training first (after just a cardio day) I can tap into that. By bouldering the day after weight training, I am working with a little bit of fatigue, which isn't a bad thing, it forces me to focus more on technique and because climbing uses all your muscles the load isn't as high on any particular muscle group as it is when I weight train. And so because of all that, I can weight train again the day after. Soccer training Wednesday night is hard. I am somewhat fatigued at trainings, but when do a lot fitness, endurance work and I know I have a rest day coming up.
It is a lot of training, but I've been training my whole life and in the past, I didn't have rest days, I just had two cardio days in the week and they were active recovery days. My current goal is to improve my strength, speed and fitness so I have to work outside my comfort zone, push the boundaries a little. As Albert Einstein said… Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Hopefully that wasn't confusing I'll save my training details for next week:)
Join me on twitter, linkedin and facebook and follow my progress!
If you would like tailored coaching, please contact me or buy my book!
[http://laurenkchandler.wordpress.com]
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