Training hard? Sure. Execute cleanly? Sure. But a “reasonable” workout? Some thoughts about the value of a well thought-out and practical training plan.
Gut decision or head decision?
With what do you make your decisions about what to train next? With your gut, that is, your feelings? Or with the head, that is with the mind? Or is it even a combination of both?
The problem with the darlings
Problems with darlings? Not at all! One likes them, why should there be problems?
Well, I’m afraid it’s not quite that simple, because: The time and energy you devote to your darlings is irretrievably gone. And could then possibly be missing for the training of other body parts. Or, even worse: It might even be a disadvantage for your favorites!
The opposite of “good” is: “well-meant”
But of course you mean well with your biceps: that’s the only reason you train them so often – they should grow strongly! And that’s why you can’t wait to pump them up again in the next training session.
However, this may not give him enough time to actually convert the building impulses of the previous training into gains: The build-up only occurs in the recovery phase after training. And if you interfere with this process because you do another hard workout prematurely, then you are clearly working against your own interests.
Unless you want to subject your body to a deliberate stress test. In this case, however, you should critically question your build-up goals again.
Change of heart?
Now you could also make the conscious decision to pay special attention to your previously neglected muscle groups. You could train them particularly intensively, perhaps even at the beginning of your workout, when you are still physically and mentally fresh. Or you could find exercises for these parts of your body that bring variety and fresh drive back into your training.
And who knows: Perhaps your muscle groups, which have always been missed out up to now, will soon be the ones you are particularly looking forward to working out.
