To Improve WO's- Have a Game Plan

Date: August 15, 2008
Time: 11 PM
Place: Kitchen

Hmm. Leg day today. Let's see, I haven't squatted in a few weeks, maybe I'll do that. Let me try a couple sets. Nah. I'm not feeling them right. Maybe I should do leg presses? But wait, all that plate loading..." Is this you? Do you wait until you get to the gym and then start deciding how you'll train that day?

If so, you're wasting a good deal of time on something that should already be fleshed out before you arrived. Have a good idea of exactly what you're going to do before you walk through that gym door. Nothing is worse than finishing your first exercise, then wasting precious minutes as you survey the gym floor and look for inspiration on what to do next.

Your pump is rapidly diminishing, and the clock, as always, is ticking away. Either the night before, that day, or at least on the ride over to the gym formulate your workout, deciding which exercises you'll do and in what order. Of course, someone might be using the equipment you wanted, but that's why we remain flexible.

There's an old saying that goes, "If you fail to plan, then you plan to fail." Put a bit of preparation into your training and you will instead have successful, productive workouts.