26/08/2019
🗺 What is programming & why is it important? 💪
We all know when we want to get something done, we decide to put a plan in place so we get to where we want to be ASAP. That should be no different with your health & fitness goals.
When a plan is made correctly you should be getting the most out of every training session as well as progressing along the way. This is what programming is all about.
Programming is the map to where you want to get to. It should be tailored to whatever your goal is. A program will give you structure & direction, it will keep you accountable, and it will give you confidence in your ability as you hit PB’s with your training.
Part of your programming are your session plans. A session plan tells you what exercises you’re doing, along with how many reps per set, how many sets per exercise, along with rest times.
Here at Empower, our focus is to get the very best out of you in all aspects of fitness. Strength, Power, Cardio, endurance…. basically your overall performance! While making any necessary adjustments based on your individual capabilities. It’s because of this that EMPOWER is suited for all, regardless of level of fitness, ability or gym experience
Reasons to why you need a program
❌ Coming into the gym, and doing it off the cuff. Not following the training split correctly means your body doesn’t adapt and you have little to no chance to progress your lifts.
Monday - Chest
Tuesday - Back
Wednesday - ermm Chest again.
✅ The structure of a program will stop this. Every session you know what lifts your doing, what reps and weight you you need to hit in order to progress.
❌ Sticking to the same program for too long. Did a program once when you was 18, it worked but your still doing it at 30 and your not improving. The progressive element has gone!
✅ A well designed program will rotate lifts/ rep ranges to promote stimulus, growth, improvement as well as prevent your boredom.
❌ Home truth! You’re not working hard during your gym time. You’re on your phone, talking, not resally paying attention to any rest times or pushing yourself.
✅The Empower program will not allow you to train at 50%. The specific rest times are there for a reason, stick to them. 100% effort = 100% results. You also have a pair of PTs keeping you honest 😈.
❌Final point... The all or nothing method which leads to over training. Hitting the gym 7x a week, weights and half hour cardio on the end of every session, going to bed late, up early for a shift at work. Eventually the body will slow down. There’s not time for recovery so everything just starts going backwards after a while.
✅ Recovery is very important. The Empower program is designed to have a week deload. We allow you guys to take a step back. 1 week away from the heavy lifting, pedal to the metal conditioning, and implement a week of a different training method to allow your body to recover.
There are many training programs and methods to folow. But here at Empower, this is our method
STRUCTURE + CONSISTENCY = PROGRESSION
