As lock down measures are beginning to be lifted across the country, it's definitely time to turn attention back to our fitness. During the past ten weeks there have been four types of people.
Those that worked out before, that have continued to work out at home
Those that worked out before, that haven't done anything the past ten weeks
Those who didn't work out before, that aren't working out now,
and those who didn't work out before, who have started working out now.
If you've worked out, then great, if you've not, it doesn't matter. What matters is what you do with the next four to six weeks.
If you fall into category 3, then it doesn't matter. You didn't train before, don't train now, don't need to worry.
If you fall into category 4, then awesome. You were a complete beginner, you're still a complete beginner and you're progressing at a natural pace.
If you fall into category 1, then that's just as awesome. You've continued to do what you can, you're more likely to be aware of your limitations and have more realistic expectations of what you can do back in the gym.
If you're a category 2, then now is the most important time to train. Not once the gyms reopen, but now. Start working the muscles, getting the joints moving and the body used to training again.
Why?
Because you've not done anything for ten weeks, and you need to treat yourself as a complete beginner, which will be mentally tough.
One of three things will happen,
You'll underestimate how much progress you've lost, go too hard too fast, and get injured
You'll start off easy, will find it easy, and then go too hard too fast and get injured.
You'll start off easy, and increase your effort at a rate you can handle, and make up your lost progress quickly.
Obviously you want to fall into the third group, because as long as you start off light, and train smart, then you'll avoid injury, and make up lost progress fast.
So how do you train smart?
Train like a beginner. Go easy, you cant go too easy. Stick to your compound movements, train each body part twice a week. If its too easy, go a little harder, still too easy, a little harder again. If you're sore, too sore, (you know what too sore is like) then you went too hard, don't do that.
Or you could hire a coach, and take the guesswork out of it.
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