Today it began. Started Clubbell Mass Evolution off with Session A on Moderate. And really it was important to start here, as it sets the pace. One of the greatest mis-steps we often make in diving into a program is going too hard, too early. With good reason of course. We’re excited for what’s to come. Motivated to get started. Movement always generates energy and so we feel the surge coming on.
Unfortunately, if we haven’t been training regularly or adequately, pushing to hard too early often leaves us sore or in pain. Now we can’t avoid an initial stage of adaptation, but I have seen it time and time again. Both in those I’ve trained and myself. If we give ourselves a little bit of a lead in, slowly ramping it up, we essentially provide a “warm-up” that allows our body to get into a grove. Once it’s in that groove, pressing on the gas isn’t such a big deal. And you rev up feeling good rather than rev up forcing yourself through the hurt.
Remember, if you HAVE been training quite intensely for some time, easing off the gas for a week will assist in providing some much needed recovery time, to ensure you don’t tap yourself out, missing on all the benefit to gain from the weeks to follow.
This will be the hardest thing to do. Holding yourself back just enough, when everything else in you is shouting “GO!”
Take this first initial week, train with a slightly lighter weight than you thought you would want to dive in at. Or if you’re working with a single weight, do one set less than you were planning to hit. Allow yourself to feel like you could do a bit more. Just for this week.
The difference in the following 3 weeks will be immense. As will the gains.
In the past, what has been your biggest challenge when getting started with a new program?
Dare To Evolve,
Shane.
Patience. I want to do double workouts sometimes, just to try the new stuff. Most of the time, I pay for it two days later, or catch a cold. The only times it has ever worked was when I went easy on both.
I hear you on that Dan! And to get to that place where we are able do so without a big crash afterwards, we have to take that very quality, Patience, to whole other level.
It was only when I shifted my “I’ll give it time to progress” from a timeline of a couple months to a timeline of a couple years, that it really changed. And in doing so, keeping that more long term perspective, I have progressed faster than ever before (to be able to train harder for longer).
While it takes time for our bodies to adapt, it also takes time for us to get in sync with what our body needs. As we develop that greater awareness, we get better and toggling up and down as we need, which is the key.
Shane, how does Mass Evolution differ from Flow or Hero?
Nick, the quick answer:
Mass is geared towards building muscle mass and building a very solid foundation from which to climb higher (continuing on to other programs and training goals).
Hero is much more of an athletic type program really developing attributes of speed, agility, strength and mobility. And takes from emulating the strengths of others to tapping into your own core strengths.
Flow takes you from basics to combo’s to full on Clubbell flows which becomes essentially a moving meditation with some serious sweat. There are 3 programs in 1 for this one (Mobility, Muscular Endurance and Strength Endurance.) All designed to help us find serenity in the “Hurricane” of Life. So that rather than hide from it, we are able to decrease our stress and find peace living in it.
For more info be sure to check out:
http://daretoevolve.tv/products/clubbell-mass-evolution/
http://daretoevolve.tv/products/clubbell-hero-evolution/
http://daretoevolve.tv/clubbell-flow-evolution/
My challenge is when I complete a program, to start the next one.
That’s interesting. Why is that?
Thanks for the reminder, I jumped the gun and started yesterday. I warmed up then put the pedal down then eased off on the last round.
I will go lighter and easier tomorrow and workout B.
But your right its the hardest to let off a bit.
Yeah, always. Yet one of the most important “skills” for us to develop, especially in this day and age. We drive so hard in our lives (not even necessarily in the right direction) that we run out of gas and attempt to keep going on empty, in turn running ourselves (often effecting those around us) into the ground.
When to go hard, when to ease up, a fine art. : )