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Why Alternating Training Days Changed My Body and Recovery | Monday Moments
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Why do we have to think about our training blocks as in a seven day period of time? Why can't we just train one day, recover one day, train one day, recover one day so you don't have to take off one day a week or two days a week. You're taking off every other day to make sure that you're getting that ample amount of recovery. And I promise you, it's not about seven days, it's not about 10 days, it's about on off, on off, on off, on off, on off, on off. I just train every other day. My body is not going to take a hit. As a matter of fact, my, I am in the best shape. I'm a little bit lighter, I'm a little bit more flexible, I am recovering a lot more because, you know, in the morning instead of working out, I'm actually going into the sauna, I'm going into the cold plunge, I'm doing some mobility. I'm still making sure to get my steps in every day. But I'm not banging weights around every day, I'm banging weights around every other day. It's just an easier way to think about my training and my recovery. An entrepreneur straight out of New York City, Michael Chernow. What's cracking. Monday moment. Here we go. It's another one. It's another one. I, I want to talk today about training, about fitness and I have been trying something new and interesting that I think I don't have. Like the jury's still out on it for me because it's very, it's very new for me. But I want to introduce it to you guys because I do think that this could be a really cool way to start thinking about training for people that train a lot, where training is like a big part of your life. When I say training, I mean for the most part fitness. Whether it's, you know, whether you're a runner, you're a strength trainer, you're a functional fitness person, CrossFit, HY, Rox, or whatever, whatever you are, however you train. I, we've always kind of thought about training in a week block, in a seven day block. Like that's how it's like, oh, I train five days a week, I train three to four days a week, I train six days a week and I take only one day off. And this might just be because I am getting older, but I do think that had I thought about this prior to getting older, I might not be or might not have experienced so many injuries along my fitness journey. But we keep on Hearing about, especially in the elite performance world, you should be recovering as much as you're training, if not more, if not more. So if you're thinking about that, right, like, oh, you should be, you should be doing recovery work as much as you're training, if not more, in order to like be high performing, as high performing as possible, then if you're training five days a week and let's just call that training session an hour and a half a day, then you need to be recovering also an hour and a half a day, five days a week in order to sort of recover as much as you train, if not more. So I've kind of come up with a new way to look at it. Why do we have to think about our training blocks as in a seven day period of time, why can't we just train one day, recover one day, train one day, recover one day? So one day on, one day off, the time that you would spend training on Monday would be the time that you would spend recovering on Tuesday, the time that you would spend training on Wednesday, the time that you'd be recovering on Thursday. So you don't have to take off one day a week or two days a week. You're taking off every other day to make sure that you're getting that ample amount of recovery. And I promise you it's not about seven days, it's not about 10 days, it's about on off, on off, on off, on off, on off. My fitness has felt amazing. It has not been easy because I want to train more. I want to train. I, if I could train seven days, I probably would train seven days. But I do think that this is such a strategic and very like long, like long game focused strategy. I just train every other day. My body is not going to take a hit. As a matter of fact, my, I am in the best shape. I just am like, I am in my, like I feel like I am, I'm 45 years old. I'm like in the most ideal shape I could be in. I'm a little bit lighter, I'm a little bit more flexible, I am recovering a lot more because you know, in the morning instead of working out, I'm actually going into the sauna, I'm going into the cold plunge, I'm doing some mobility. I'm still making sure to get my steps in every day, but, but I'm not banging weights around every day, I'm banging weights around every other day. And it's just a, it's just an easier way to think about my training and my recovery. So I wanted to bring that up here with a community of people that I know. Obviously, if you listen to this podcast, you probably think about these things a lot. Like, I would love to see how many of you would be open to trying this. And look, it's going to take some. Some discipline, because you're probably going to want to train. Like, with the way I have been training for years is Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday off, Friday, Saturday, train, Sunday off. And sometimes I will train on Thursdays and just take Sunday off. So it's like, it's very much changing the way I think about it. But if I'm looking long term, I want to be training forever. I want to be in the shape that I'm in for. For as long as humanly possible. If I could be in this shape, I will be that guy that's like 65 years old that looks the same, because I'm disciplined that way, and I know a lot of you are, too. But I do believe that this style of training, one day on, one day off, is potentially the unlock I just do. Because your body is not going to suffer. It's not like you're going to lose the muscle. It's not like you're going to put on all the. All this weight. You're training every other day, and you're giving your body the perfect amount of time to recover because you will be recovering as much as you're training, if not more, because you sleep both days. So I'm excited to share this one. This is my plan for the new year with my fitness, and I think it will ultimately be incredible. I encourage you to try it as well. All right, y' all, share this with someone who you think might appreciate it. I appreciate you guys tuning in. New year for everybody. I hope you're having a good one. Until the next one. Peace. Ra.