We should view our week's activities/focuses on all the above as a series of 'buckets' labelled accordingly with each modality above.
The 'water' to fill each of these is the
time and energy we have available on this particular week.
Those starting on a health journey should start with 1or 2 of the above....and we add more as experience and 'water' increases.
We should aim to fill each of the above buckets to the same level, thus insuring we
have hit all modalities evenly.
Obviously we all have different goals so these buckets can also vary in size. If your goal is fat loss for instance, the nutrition, circuits and HIIT buckets will be larger so will need more water to fill to the same level as the others...meaning more time and energy.
Busier weeks mean less water
available so even more important to balance out. Try to resist the temptation to carry over to next week, as a week doing nothing can derail your efforts more than a week with a tiny bit of exercise...something is better than nothing.
When a client walks into our sessions one of my first questions will be to ask what they have done this week with regards to the above. We have our program set for the session...although we will
adjust if needed.
If they did a huge impromptu bike ride the eve before then we will steer away from intervals on the bike, lower the weights if squats are planned and up the time spent on foam rolling and stretching.
We can avoid losing balance by staying close to our development needs and make corresponding buckets bigger as we go to
compensate.
Results happen when balance, consistency, maximal effort and plenty of rest align
Keep your buckets balanced,
J
