Different Training Methods, Same Result

Training can get boring if you're doing the same thing over and over again!

The idea is to throw in some variations to get the same results, whether they be for specific sporting goals or for general personal fitness goals.

The great thing about training is there is always differents ways to get the same results. What this does is mentally keep you going by making the training feel fresh and new every time you do it.

When I train a fighter for  fight, I always throw in different methods along the journey so as to keep him working hard. That would mean that every day he turns up there is a litlle part of mystery to what is going to happen at training that day. This keeps a form of enjoyment in it as well as the mental game is still working.

A few years ago I trained a Rugby League side. throughout the year I made a lot of changes to the sessions and tried not to make any one session seem the same. That team openly enjoyed the training for the year and subsequently went on to win the Grand Final.

Athletes like Runners, Tri Athletes, footballers and many more are continuously going through rigerous season after season training regimes. If there wasn't variation in their sessions then mentally and physically their would be a breakdown.

 

The same goes for those looking to achieve and maintain certain goals with their own fitness levels over a period of time. 

I definately find that my clients enjoy the variation in their training. This is something that either as a trainer you should see if your client is becoming run-down and you need to change it up somewhat or even try to make each session as different as possible, thus making it almost a surprise as to what they are doing that particular day. 

I have even been known to do this to my fighters as well, with great success thus far. 

So basically, keep an arsenal of exercises up your sleeve. Exercises you know will help you to getting the same result and make it interesting. 

Over the coming weeks I am going to discuss different forms of training and their benefits, so keep watching this space. 

The next one will be an article on Vibration Training....