Gyms open in England in a few days, but no date in Scotland at the moment, so who's going to join me in heading down for a boarder bro-sesh?
I was chatting to somebody at the dayjob the other day about their training plan, just trying to drum up a little business, #ptlife. They were telling me that they train six days but just do 'whatever'. Got me thinking about the difference between working out, and properly training.
It sounds like I'm negging on people that just work out. I'm not. The fact that your picking up some weight, and moving with it, is fantastic. You'll get fitter, you'll get stronger, and you'll get leaner too. But there is a difference between training and working out.
Working out is simple. You go to the gym, look around, and think 'what am i going to do today'. There's going to be very little structure, and only a vague long term plan. Again, nothing wrong with that. The fact that these people are in the gym to begin with is awesome, and already puts them in a better position than the vast majority of people.
Training is the step up.
When you're training, you've gone into the gym with a plan, knowing what body parts you're going to hit, and with what exercises, and how intense you're going to go. You've got a clear goal in mind, and most importantly, you're tracking workouts, so that you can utilize progressive overload (which basically means, you can ensure that you're improving week on week toward your goal).
Whether you're working out, or have a proper training plan, you'll make progress. Of course you will, but you'll make infinitely more progress with a proper training plan.
If you don't know how to put together your own plan, then you can always reach out to a coach, and if you want to know how I can help, and what I can do for you, head on over to my instagram and message me there, or jump onto my contacts page and reach out.
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