This is a controversial subject. Obviously there is the “women should do light weights with high reps and shouldn’t lift heavy” camp and I definitely disagree with them. However, there are some more subtle differences that may affect how you structure your training (eg. biomechanics, ability to recover etc). A few months ago I had [...]
Tags:Female·Glutes·Pull up·Recovery·Training·Women·Work capacity
It’s not often I get to write a blog post like this, but this will be a short celebration of the fact that I had learned my lesson last time I tried to increase my work capacity and workout density. I applied those lessons and as a result I managed to smoothly move into my [...]
Tags:contraceptive·menstrual cycle·Recovery·Rest·Training·Work capacity
Anyone who read the post about my workouts yesterday will have read that I’ve finally admitted defeat and adjusted my workouts back to something that is better suited to me. Today I’m going to write a bit more about making my workouts fit for my own body and how I’ve learned about my own body [...]
How often to train and how to ensure that we do not adversely suffer from fatigue, both muscular and of the central nervous system (CNS), is of vital importance to anyone who designs and implements their own training programs. A personal perspective Managing fatigue has become important to me as I have increased the cardio [...]
As I sit here writing this, I’ve just got out of the gym. I’ve got tears running down my cheeks and I’m feeling depressed. In fact, I’ve been crying on and off since the second exercise in the workout. This isn’t because I dropped a weights plate on my foot (though that would seem a [...]
I need to increase my work capacity. I’d like to achieve the following: Be able to eat more; Be able to go for bike rides next summer without worrying how they will impact on my next workout; Do extra bits of fun workout (like mucking about in the gym with the sandbags) without ruining my [...]
