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Client message about rest & recovery
I have a client training for a swimming race and they messaged me this: Client: Hey, one for next week when your back (feel free to ignore for now) but i want to please ask your advice on recovery and rest. This week im swimming 11k in training (which is c. 44k in running terms, and have hit the gym twice) and i am knackered. Today I felt like the water was treacle! I’m planning to up my training 1k a week until the race in September. This week has also been very busy with work and life too. I’ve been prioritising sleep as much as I can and eating pretty well but just feel it is a lot to expect each week. Any tips on knowing when to rest and how to prioritise recovery would be amazing as today’s session felt sore for the full 90 mins (and I need to hit the pool again tomorrow too). Advice would be very welcome 🙏 My response was: Recovery is tricky to address without knowing how much you’re eating and resting. However, we can control exercise volume, energy intake (food), and sleep. Stress from work and life is harder to manage. Here are my suggestions: Nutrition: If you’re doing more, your body will need more energy. Increase your carb intake to fuel the extra work. Training: If you’re getting good sleep (7-8 hours and feeling refreshed), your training in swimming and the gym will still demand a lot of energy and feeling fatigue iwillnbe part and parcel, but if you're regressing in performance you will likely need to reduce the amount you're doing somewhere to recover properly. For gym sessions, if you’re feeling a 6/10 in energy, reduce the reps, sets, or weight. Aim for a comfortable 6/10 effort so you leave the gym feeling good, not exhausted. Apply the same principle to swimming. Increase gradually, but listen to your body and adjust based on how you feel. Recovery: As race day approaches, ease off on both swimming and gym sessions to allow for maximum recovery. Wondering if I could provide better advice, what are your thoughts?
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0 likes • Jul 29
@Mike Ng thanks man! Is the phase you’re speaking of called super compensation?
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Loved your podcast with Lucas. You managed to make him say fuck so much it was hilarious. So my question is how much of his stuff has influenced your training and where does mobility specific training fit into your programming. I kinda know already form doing your stuff but I wanted to know how you structure it and why?
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1 like • Jul 7
So this is more of question about my approach being ok and if there's a way I can make it better: I have a client who has a “glassback” mindset. Recently, I prescribed 2 sets of 6 repetitions (RPE 6 easily) on the RDLs, accompanied by 2 sets of hip extensions for a 8 repetitions using her bodyweight. The next day, she described feeling injured. which is annoying. So I'm thinking of splitting up the hip extensions and RDLs on different days. For context, she finally started to feel her glutes working in the RDLs after adjusting her setup. However, she didn’t have great awareness doing the hip extensions which I see happen often with people but I know how to improve it. The amount of work she did was minimal, which boggles my mind.
1 like • Jul 8
@Angus Bradley It’s an interesting one and I’ll be sure to try to approach the conversation from a place of understanding.
NEW VIDEO: Are the olympic lifts necessary for athletic development
https://youtu.be/7MaI3Xs3uj0 Don't forget to leave a comment and like the video to get it pumping in the algorithm! Curious to hear everyone's thoughts on this
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NEW VIDEO: Are the olympic lifts necessary for athletic development
1 like • Jul 1
You mention, and I’m paraphrasing, when you’re able to get above 30% of your max deadlift, in your Olympic lifts, you’re a powerful motherfucker. Why 30% and not 40%?
0 likes • Jul 2
@Angus Bradley makes sense.
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