Last week it started…
The next few months are about going deep into the forge…
This journey only having just begun…
To wrought all that is unnecessary by hammer and heat, that it might unveil more of what lies within…
With my tool of choice…
Via my system of choice…
Where I begin will not be where I finish….
Time for an Evolution…
Dare To Evolve,
Shane.
Looking forward to it Shane.
Shane, can’t wait to see where this takes you. Since I know all the details of this program I’m especially excited to be a part of this journey with you.
Good luck! I’ll be interested to hear more about the program and your results.
Looking forward to it Shane. I think this will be a very cool program, and it’ll fill a hole in the current CST programming lineup that I think will be of interest to an awful lot of people…
Thank you all very much Gents. Lots more to come in the near future.
And very thankful for the support I have from my Coaches in driving this one home.
It’s time for some serious rock&roll…..:)
s.
Hi Shane,
A tacfit enthousiast myself, I find very interesting and educative to read the experiences of other trainees and their results using this system.
My question is, how do you manage to achieve different goals? For example, if your priorities are to gain an x amount of muscle mass and at the same time complete the metabolic conditioning training routines found in CST, how do you keep progressing in both? Having used different training methods in the past, i managed to gain significant mass using Strength training protocols and incorporating a couple of conditioning workouts per week but i don’t seem to obtain similar results using only metcon.
Can you elaborate on your own experience and your gains in those different set of goals? Can one goal be detrimental to the success of another?
Looking forward to your response,
Kn
Kn! How’s it going? I have to apologize for such a late response. Things have been “hopping”.
Good question. The simple answer: one at a time. Our bodies only ever adapt specifically to what you are doing. We can actually only truly progress in one aspect at a time. Which is interesting considering the nature of general fitness approach today, which is very “grab bag, throw it all in the pot and just do as much of it all as you can” mentality. But because we can only improve in one area at a time, if we want to see any kinds of gains, we have to not rob ourselves of the energy and resources available to allocate. For example, if strength is your goal, then by trying to equally train metabolic conditioning, you cut what you have to work with in half, letting you only get half as deep or far. And because you only get so far, the regression back to square one is greater (because you’re already closer to it).
We only get to keep about 15-25% of gains (and that’s when a training focus has been specific for an entire cycle). So if you’re able to let go of the idea of being in Peak condition all the time with the perfect balance of strength, power, flexibility and endurance, then you open yourself up to really starting to make serious gains. And it doesn’t have to be months and months. A focused cycle of 4 weeks is enough to start. Make one a strength cycle, then let that go and make the next one a power cycle, then after that a conditioning cycle and so on a so forth. Then you come back and revisit a strength cycle eventually, it can be with the same program or a different one, so long as it doesn’t compete with the strength training focus.
And we progress upwards, somewhat like a spiral staircase (rather than trying to progress like a ladder). And each time that you revisit a a previously completed training cycle, you don’t come back to it at the same level. You are a little more elevated, giving you the opportunity to go a little further this time. And because you’ve been cycling out, you’ve been avoiding severe over-compensation (negative results of adaption) that will eventually cause you to have diminishing results and decline in your training due to imbalance.
This is why I’m a huge fan of TACFIT and Circular Strength Training. It is health first, thus ensuring that you will only see continued improvement. And when i start applying the above training approach, my overall “general” fitness is beyond anything I’ve had in the past. And there are no signs of it slowing down. I’ve been on a steady 2 year, rising curve. And the irony is, the more I focused in my training cycles, the stronger I feel, the more flexible I feel, the greater endurance I have, the better my recovery is.
All the best with your training and would love to hear how things go.
Take Care,
s.