Your time is precious. Much like Gollum and his ring…. Wait. What!? Okay you're not Gollum but you do value your time.
Gollum when he sees the machine he was waiting for
So you value your time and how to make good use of it, especially when it comes to going to the gym. If you can only commit a few hours a week to get better, how do you plan to monitor and audit what you want to do? By this, I mean what is efficient and effective. With millions of videos going up online everyday which are often flash and style over substance, I find myself spouting the need for simplicity.
How do you figure out what should go into your gym regime?
Most of the time when writing programmes I lean towards big compound movements using dumbbells, barbells, bodyweight and machines which I believe is a great place to start. Using the following 7 movement patterns:
Squat
Hinge
Lunge
Push
Pull
Carry
Core
From here, if someone was training 2x per week, I would have them complete all of these things on both days (pretty much). There are exceptions, such as if someone does a lot of running, there wouldn’t be as much lunging. If they want to have better looking arms I would include some direct arm work.
These 7 movements will help you reach most of your fitness goals. Whether that be to improve athletic performance, lose a little body fat (with diet) or defeat the evil dark lord.
Not every person will fit every exercise the same but within that framework of movements you can build a pretty solid training programme. If you have any questions about creating an effective training plan without spending all your free time training, feel free to drop me a message on here or email: danielsaunderscoaching@gmail.com