Sustainability of the Training Process - The Most Important Factor in Fitness Progress
"Go hard or go home" and similar "motivational" slogans give recreational training a wrong direction. Being active, training regularly, and eating healthily should primarily serve health, rather than just physical appearance. Social media, where we often don't see the reality but rather enhanced images, also contribute to people setting unrealistic goals and having excessive expectations from training.
So, what happens then?
Usually, disappointment, loss of will, and motivation. This happens because a person has formed a wrong perception of training – that training always needs to be hard, exercises must be done to failure, there is no effect if there is no muscle soreness the next day, and that carbohydrates should be eliminated from the diet, etc.
For the average person who is completely out of shape, all this is a real shock for the body and will only have a counter-effect.
The most important thing when talking about a training process that fulfills the main goal, which should be improving overall health, is the continuity and sustainability of that process.
To achieve this, one must consider the broader picture of a person’s lifestyle, not just the image of how they would like to look.
The whole process needs to be designed so it can last long, hence it must have continuity and not be too psychologically burdensome.
There’s no point in doing five exhausting workouts a week for two weeks, only to stop training because of weakened immunity caused by excessive effort. This actually sets us back a step instead of gradually increasing the load and adapting the body.
A training process that will have an optimal balance of load and rest will yield much better results, as it will be sustainable, can be done continuously, and the chances of injury are minimized.
Of course, in certain phases of training, the load increases and goes up to failure, but this needs to be done planfully and knowing when to lower the load so the body can recover for new efforts.
It is mandatory to take into account the lifestyle of the person. What kind of job do they have, is it physically demanding or mostly sedentary, do they travel often, are they exposed to other stresses, etc.
All these are important pieces of information on which the training adjustment depends.
The same applies when talking about diet. Restrictive diets are something we want to avoid, why?
Such a diet dehydrates the body, does not provide energy, thus making it impossible to perform intense training. Above all, such a diet is not sustainable in the long run.
Completely excluding any macronutrient, usually carbohydrates which are necessary for many processes in the body, can lead to various problems, especially in women. Hormonal imbalance, loss of the menstrual cycle are just some of the complications.
Therefore, meal planning should be approached in detail, with information about the person’s lifestyle, how much time they have to prepare meals, what foods they like, if they have any food allergies, etc.
If it is adjusted so that the person can follow the plan over a longer period, without excessive psychological burden, but still with clear instructions on what is allowed and what is not, it will make sense.
We take all these principles into account when creating training programs on the MyFitWorld platform.
The intensity of training is in accordance with the level you are currently at, with a gradual increase in load and maximally facilitated training realization, as you choose when to train.
The goal is for training to become a part of everyday life, not just “beach preparation”.
From the initial level that can be done by people who have been completely inactive, you will progress to an advanced level, all in one place.
Train smarter, not harder. Do something good for yourself, GET MOVING FOR YOUR HEALTH!
MyFitWorld-Team
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