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Tag: Programming

Planning for Recovery in Your Fitness Routine: The De-Load Week

March 1, 2020
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Push Ups

The typical narrative around achieving a health or fitness goal goes something like this… “Be prepared to bust your ass!” “You’re gonna live in the gym.” “It’s gonna take blood, sweat, tears, and suffering until you reach your goal!” It’s not often you walk into a gym and see the following motivational sayings. And by […]

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Posted in Training Tagged De-Load Week, Hydration, Mental Fatigue, Muscular Fatigue, Nutrition, Program Design, Programming, Recovery, Rest Week, Training Volume

Constantly Training to Failure is Training to Fail

March 3, 2019
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Rack of Dumbbells

The old-school training mindset is when you go into the gym, you need to be prepared to absolutely crush yourself during every workout to see progress. I’m here to tell you to stop. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not against hard work. If you have your sights set on getting stronger and building muscle, you […]

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Posted in Training Tagged FITNESS, Program, Programming, Progress, Recovery, Safety, Training to Failure

The Intro Block of Training

July 2, 2018
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A post shared by Chris Gates (@chris_gates_fit) on Jul 3, 2018 at 5:51am PDT The best way to get into a program or start a fitness routine is to first introduce your body to the new stimulus. I feel an intro block of training is important because you can get your body into the routine […]

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Posted in Training Tagged Coaching, Deadlift, Intro Block, Online Coaching, Powerlifting, Programming

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