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For comparison> Me after a workout…

> Hair messy

> Clothes full with sweat

> No make up and sweaty face

… basically I look like sh*t!

…I either do something wrong, buy the wrong make up and hair products…or I’m just a case of reality.

Love yourself! It doesn’t matter how you look like in the gym. This is just the “making of” time…give everything there and don’t be ashamed!

Anne

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Met my “Relaxation Class” client on the street :)

…and she feels so much better now.

She came with lower back pain and tight muscles and now it’s all gone…hooray!!!

I must say that I did put a lot of effort into this class since I want people to benefit from it long term. So I stretched and pulled her muscles into each and every direction. 

I actually overdid the time by 20min since I was so busy with stretching her…she has booked for the next 8 weeks :)

This is going to be a lot of stretching in pulling! 

It sounds so easy but at some point I actually have to lift my clients upside down to release the tension in the spine and this can be very challenging …especially when I do this with male clients who have close to 100kg…;)

Anyway> I love when a client gets the benefits from it and sees results. That’s the best reward ever. For this I will lift them up for as long as my own muscles can handle it ;).

I’m so happy that she feels better now. After 8 weeks I’ll look like Popeye (kidding) and she’ll have the best back&shoulders ever :)

Take care of your health,

Anne

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Raynaud’s syndrome

Hi,

I just figured out that apparently I might have the Raynaud’s syndrome. 

Since I know that a lot of girls are following me (women are more likely to have it), I thought it might be a good idea to share this with you. 

What is the Raynaud’s sydrome?

The syndrome is a disorder causing discoloration of the fingers, toes, and occasionally other areas. 

Have you ever had blue finger tips or did they discolor when you have been in the cold? 

Do your fingers and toes get numb when there is a sudden drop in temperature?

Have you ever had that famous moment when your fingers were so cold in the winter that standing outside and opening the door with your keys was close to impossible because your fingers were so frozen?

Do your fingers get cold even when you wear cloves? Does the same happen with your feet? Do they get cold even when you wear appropriate footwear?

Well, if you can answer this with yes then you might have this syndrome as well.

How to avoid it as good as possible?

Try not to drink anything with caffeine.

Smoking can also worsen the symptoms. 

Keep your hands, feet and face warm when going out in cold temperatures.

Emotional stress can be a trigger as well and should be avoided.

…

It’s getting colder now ;)

Take care of yourselves and stay warm,

Anne

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My cheap workout gear…who can beat this price!?

Hi guys,

I’ve said in a post earlier that I only wear the cheapest clothes I can find to be able to have TONS of it and change my clothes for so often that hardly any catwalk model could keep up with it…

There we are…my latest outfit of today (I’m still wearing it)

Werk it baby, werk it….werk your £1.50 top and your fancy £3 leggings…yeahhh!!!

Who can beat this price ;)?

….you see…there is nothing special about this outfit. No brands, no deco, no original cut….just plain and simple since I only need it to sweat and feel comfortable….absolutely boring but it serves it’s one and only purpose.

Take care, work (out) hard and love life,

Anne

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Self acceptance…

Hi,

I’m going to make a self check here.

What do I have what a pretty girl is supposed to be having if I follow the rules of the magazines>

Big boobs> Hm…well, absolutely no…I never had them :(

Tiny nose> No, mine looks normal but not tiny

Big lips> Gosh, I was born with very thin lips

Great skin> I’m 31 and still have acne…I have terrible skin, no matter what I do :(

No pores> I do have pores!

Tiny bum> My bum and hipbones are huge, I can’t change this since I cannot cut off my bones

Nice teeth> My teeth are terribly small, they don’t look like those Hollywood teeth

Flawless feet> My feet are not nice looking from all of the workouts and running

Soft skin> Wow, the inside of my hand is with very thick and ugly skin from lifting weights/doing pull ups so much

Pretty face> I could win an award in a horse face competition. Have you seen my chin?

Being max 25 years old> Well, I’ve past this stage a long time ago

Having a model look a like boyfriend which isn’t older then 25 either> Well, that’s certainly not the case here…I love my partner for who he is…and he doesn’t look like a model at all.

Wearing designer clothes> Since I have to change 5 times a day due to all of the workouts I do, I simply cannot wear expensive clothes…if I would have paid a fortune for all of the 20-30pair of sports bras I have, I would be very poor by now.

Skinny calves> With my calves I could compete with any wrestler and football player

Small ears> One of my ears could fly me to the Bahamas… that’s for sure ;)

Beautiful hands> I have lost two fingers and got them operated back on my hand. They look far from perfect. 

Good Smell> …I tell you…after workout session number 4 I definitely don’t smell like a perfume store anymore ;)

Looking good in any clothes> Ah…no…just…no!

Looking cute in the shirt of your boyfriend> My boyfriend is 16cm smaller then me…he is more likely to look cute in MY shirts ;)

Tan> …when I stand in front of a white wall then you couldn’t find me anymore. I’m as pale as a vampire. 

…I could go on and on and on…

So what do I have then?

Long and toned legs> Hooray…at least something! But please don’t look at my calves!

Defined abs> Yoooohoooo! But they still aren’t perfect looking because my muscles look uneven!

Toned everywhere> …yeaaaahhh…but noooo…means toned on my chest area as well…which means again> No boobs :(. I can’t afford a plastic surgeon!

…

so…after this list here I should actually either shoot myself, go to a plastic surgeon, complain about how I look like 24/7, be depressed, dream/wish to be someone else,  feel ashamed for myself, never show myself to anyone in public (especially not my face…only until it’s fixed by my plastic surgeon of course ;)) and just simply hate myself to death and hope it makes me prettier.

OR…

I can try to accept what I have and make the best out of it.

I can start to love my height and maybe my funny ear isn’t so bad at all. My partner loves it!

I can start to actually appreciate my bulky calves since they carry me through very intense workouts and never get tired.

I can start to like my small boobs since boobs don’t have to be big to be pretty. My partner loves them and calls them cute :) I was ashamed for them for many years until I found out that there is nothing wrong with it.

I felt ashamed for my face…so much that sometimes I didn’t want to speak because I thought it might show my features even more. I got bullied at school because of it. Now I like my face :) 

I also had to accept that I cannot be polished for every workout session. My feet get dirty from working out barefoot, my clothes stink from sweating, my hair is a mess from moving/jumping around so much…I just cannot be as “perfect” as the girl on the cover of a magazine. 

I will also never be the tiny, cute, skinny hushy pushy little girl for my partner…since he is much smaller then me, older and weaker (he does’t work out). You know> There is nothing wrong with being the strong girl! We don’t have to be fragile…strong can also be very beautiful!

What I mean with this post is NOT to change your likes or dislikes towards certain looks. There is nothing wrong in finding big boobs attractive and being happy that the shirt of your boyfriend doesn’t burst when you try it on ;)

But what I do want to say with this post is that we shouldn’t only love what others have but what WE have as well. 

We shouldn’t only find others acceptable but we should find ourselves just as acceptable and lovable. 

This is not a post to say that you/we are wrong…I made this post to say that you are RIGHT! 

And now put the paper bag away from your face, your body, your whatever you don’t like and live!!!

Take care,

Anne

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Old Logo/Avatar…which never happened…

…because it felt too personal to me just because you can see a tiny bit of my bum…;) I first loved it and then I felt embarrassed about it.

So I decided to draw a cute picture instead which looks just like me >

…well, nearly ;) …my lack of talent didn’t allow me to actually go with any more shapes and forms.

You see, now you know the secret behind this funny little avatar I’m having here.

It also explains why my name is “pact” or better “workoutpact”. 

Since my name is Anne Caroline and I’m a personal trainer, I simply put the AC PT together to an PACT…on so I became a workoutpact :)

Well, now you know!

Take care,

Anne

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Just tested our aerobic class…

Hi guys,

can you imagine that all of our personal trainers (we are three) met up this afternoon in between our sessions to plan for our aerobic classes!?

It was so much fun…

It was brainstorming the personal trainer way. 

We needed some movements which entertain people for an hour, keep their heart pumping, give good shock moments (for the interval effect), are easy enough to pick up quickly (since we don’t want our clients to figure out what to do for half of the session) and have a health and strength benefit.

So we put one of the trainers in  the middle for 15min and the others had to copy this trainer. After another 15min the next trainer went to the middle and showed the movements and the other two copied him/her etc. 

It was so great how many different movements we put together which were simple and effective.

It made so much fun…

You know, doing a class while the other trainers say “wow, that’s a good one. I can feel it. No, this one only for a short time, they will suffer if we hold it for to long. Yes, this one is good, I can easily remember the movements. This one is good, gets your heart pumping and is easy to copy”…

We had such a laugh and sometimes of course threw some funny clown movements in just to check out if the others still bother ;)…we will not do this in the real class of course ;)

I can’t wait for it to start now. I think it will be so much fun for me to do those classes.

Stay toned, fit and don’t forget your cardio,

Anne

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5:47am…

…and ready for my next 1to1s to come.

Tired and cold. I hate the new temperatures outside and the darkness to go with it. It was so easy when it was already bright and warm at this time of the day in Summer. I didn’t mind the times at all…but now it feels like midnight :(

Good morning to everyone and have a great day,

Anne

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Oh ohhhh!

…and I mean the Teletubby “oh ohhh” ;)…

I had a look after our new time table yesterday and realized > Holy sh*it! ALL of my new classes are already on there and ready to be booked. 

Here it is: http://www.trainingpoints.co.uk/group-training.htm

The problem> I haven’t even thought about what to do in some classes. I thought I had more time and just let it go a bit. 

So today (on my only workout free day) I have to put some ideas together (means I will try out lots of different exercises, alternate them if required etc)…so I can be as flexible as possible when giving my classes and be able to alternate the exercises for different needs and levels without even thinking.

I never do a class after a  1,2,3-plan since I never know who is coming and what fitness level this person has. There is one hole idea (for example “fat burning”…so I know the exercises have to be on a fat burning level, high reps, fast movements, etc) of a class but the exercises always change to improve the fitness level of the person and to not let our clients adapt to exercises (this is the death of every workout programm).

As a personal trainer I cannot do “ready made”-fast food-like classes which just touch a baseline of everyone. It got to be better then this. I have to make sure that the toughest and the weakest clients get a suitable workout….and just alternating the weights is not really what we are looking for ;) 

So far so good!

In December one of our trainers is gone for a month. So I will be doing his classes as well. So I will be doing instead of 8 classes, 15 classes per week for one month…PLUS my 1to1s.

Even this…no prob! His kettle bell class I’ve done a couple of times now and I’m okay with it. The fat burning is of course the easiest of his classes since I love fat burning anyway…even the Thai Boxing won’t be a problem.

But the self defense! I have no idea what he is going to do there and I have never visited a self defense class myself. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!

I think we got to cancel this one then ;)

The other thing I was wondering was what happens when both of them are at holidays. This happened already and I had to do all of their classes and some of their 1to1s. 

This would be 27 classes in a week plus my 1to1s and some of their 1to1s…my body will be dead by the time they come back.

You see> I never have to force myself to do a workout. I never count points or I’m never proud that I’ve kicked my arse to go to the gym…since I’m not only there anyway but haven’t really much of a choice ;)

I HAVE to work out. It’s my job. I don’t need any motivation since I’m the one who gives the class and when I’m not there it might be noticed (big time ;)).

I don’t have to force myself…I don’t have to be proud of anything accomplished since I’m doing it anyway and it feels like nothing to me anymore.

3 times work out a week? Well, how about 20/30/50times per week? My numbers are slightly different from the average person and that’s why I have lost all of my counting about how much I have worked out a day or what I have eaten.

I eat…that’s it….and train and eat and train  and eat…that’s it. 

Please don’t get me wrong but so many workouts are not recommended for anyone! Unless you are not a pro FORGET IT! It’s not worth the risk of your health.

I couldn’t be on a low kcal diet since my body wouldn’t be very happy to run me through the classes without fuel. 

It is so easy for me to keep fit, train hard, eat the right food and such and such….since I haven’t got of a choice. 

I think that’s why you will never find a post of me where I’m proud of my workout since there is nothing to be proud of really…I’m just doing my everyday job. I don’t have to motivate myself…not because I’m better (far from it) but just because I HAVE to do it. 

That’s why I think> I have it so much easier then all of you to be fit. I don’t have to be fighter.

Just try to imagine you would be getting paid for waking up at 5am and do your full workout or even two, three or four…of course you would do it :)

I have it so much easier then you girls and that’s why I’m so proud of you. 

All of those fit girls on those nike-adverts you are reblogging the pics from: Those are pros! They do this for work! They shouldn’t get as much reward as you do. They have the time to work out…they get money for their looks and fitness.

You don’t! And you still do it and you still achieve it just by pure motivation and determination. YOU are the winners here…not the girls who haven’t got anything else to do then training.

YOU are the awesome people.

This is what I always think when I see the people coming to my class. I adore their drive, passion and determination. 

Anyway> I have work (outs) to do now to be able to give my classes. I hate to train on my workout free days (since there is only one) but sometimes I haven’t got much of a choice.

Stay strong! I admire all of you! 

Anne

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Fit vs Skinny …I let my own pics speak!

Hi guys,

since I have been through a lot in my own life and struggled I thought it might be helpful that I let my very own private pics speak to let people understand how much of a benefit a fit body vs a skinny body is.

My before and after pictures are very different towards the ones of others as most of the people show pics of them being bigger to them getting smaller.

I will do it the OTHER WAY AROUND!

Not only this> I will show what it actually means to put on a lot of ACTIVE muscle mass and lose body fat. 

To not make anyone confused:

I will show the difference in between me as a starving anorectic person and me as an incredibly fit and healthy person. In between those pics are 14 years of difference…

Okay, let me start:

Be aware that I’m 180cm (5’11) and my past weight of the old pics is 47kg (103 lbs) and my weight now is 59kg (130 lbs)…so in between those pics are 12kg (26lbs) of weight difference.

This is me 18 years old with 47kg (upper body tiny and bony, legs look healthy…down to the pear shape which was even visible at only 47kg!!!)>

This is me 31 years old with 59kg (bulked up 12kg of muscle mass at the right places)>

Those are my shoulders when I was 18 years old with 47kg>

Those are my shoulders now>

….but the best part yet to come:

This was my bum when I was 18 and had 47kg…flat, straight through the leg, flabby, saggy and I had a reason why I only showed it from the side ;)>

…and this is my bum now …31 years old, 59kg>

So…have you noticed anything?

You are asking yourself how the world I can possible have 12kg more on my new pics?

Yes…well…it’s all muscles! I have gained a lot of muscles and since they are much more dense then fat I just got more and more toned, fitter and shaped. If I would have put on 12kg of fat I would look different…this is for sure!

My measurements are very different now…when I was starving I had a very tiny upper body compared to my lower body and now it’s much more balanced. 

When I was young I tried to starve myself to skinny legs but as you can see: I lost all of my muscles around my upper body. So starving made my situation WORSE!

I can tell you: I had such a horrible life when I was at this starving mode. I was tired, exhausted, depressive, weak, was constantly thinking of food, was constantly thinking of killing myself…I was so so sad!

I wanted to come out of this situation so I forced myself to eat and train. I tell you as an anorectic person it was AWFUL to see that my weight went up and up. I constantly had to tell myself that it is not fat but muscles. I wanted to give up so much since gaining weight was so horrible for me. 

So I decided to not weigh myself anymore and just train and eat…and I haven’t given up on this since.

To the skinny girls and training girls out there> You must accept that you might not lose weight but gain weight. You must not give up because of this!!! DO NOT GIVE UP! Do not get dictated by the scale. The scale might hinder you to train and eat. The scale might trigger your feelings of being fat.

Just train and eat healthy and have this as a lifestyle. There will be a point when your fit body is your constant body. I haven’t put on or lost any weight for many years now. This fit look is my constant look and I neither want to go up nor down.

Since training and eating clean has become a lifestyle for me I’m not obsessed with losing any weigh or changing anything. 

I can say> This is me! This is who I am…living my healthy lifestyle. This is my set point weight. I have finally found myself and don’t need to change a thing.

This feeling is one of the most relaxing and rewarding feelings a woman can have. I have no weight goal when I train…I train for the fitness itself. My goal is not to change anything look wise but to be fitter and  better.

Don’t be obsessed by the scale…just don’t look at it…just train and eat clean! Be fit and your new self will come eventually. 

I am 12kg heavier now!!! And I don’t regret a thing! Thanks god I have forced myself to ignore the weight gain. 

I love being 12kg heavier. I love to be strong and powerful. I love my 12kg!

Take care, train hard and love your new lifestyle,

Anne

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1to1s with me:)

Hi guys,

today one of our personal trainers took the camera and captured me while doing a 1to1.

I so enjoy working out with this client of the pics as her personality is just amazing and her little girl, which always comes with her mommy to the 1to1s, is just too cute to be true.

Sometimes she stands in front of us adults and shows us how to move. It feels like having the smallest personal trainer in the world :)

But now I let pictures speak:

Doing some downward facing dogs. Do you see the little girl? Isn’t she cute? She LOVES when we do the downward facing dog as apparently we look like houses for her.

Doing some lower back exercises …bum in…bum out…bum in…bum out…well done!

…but twisting the spine isn’t so bad either :) Come one let’s twist again!

Going to Daddy’s corner as mummy is too busy with working out :)

After all of this twisting, shaking and moving some “banana” stretches back with our little assistant.

I hope you enjoyed the little tour from the “woman at work”. 

Take care and enjoy your day,

Anne

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Starting new classes, getting inspired!

Hi guys,

just sitting here and getting lots of ideas for our new classes. Although we are a personal trainer studio we also offer classes as well. 

We are three personal trainers in the studio and every one has different abilities which makes it so great to not only work with my workmates but also getting inspiration from each other and being able to offer a lot of different services and classes. 

That’s the good thing about being a PT as you can give classes AND do 1to1s. A fitness instructor or dance instructor wouldn’t be allowed to do this down to his/her more basic certificate.

Anyway…

At the moment I not only do 1to1’s but also cover some core classes, posture classes and bums/tums classes.

The other female PT covers all pre-/post-natal classes and our male PT covers the fat burning, kettle bell and Thai boxing class. 

Since we understand that paying £45 is not affordable for everyone we decided to give classes as well so clients who cannot afford 1to1’s can still experience a workout with a PT (our classes are MAX 6-8 people). 

We thought to add more classes that more people with different interests and fitness levels can join.

I will do an extra posture class, aerobic classes, classes for elderly people and maybe a stretch-relaxation class early mornings on top of the classes I already do…

The other female trainer will give more pre-/post-natal classes to give those girls a more regular workout …and will give some classes for people with special needs as well (arthritis, knee/back problems etc).

Our guy will give extra self defense classes which is so important especially living in a big city like London. After the attack which occurred to me one night (read my post “Got attacked at Auckland Road”> http://workoutpact.tumblr.com/post/9912319058/got-attacked-in-auckland-road ) we realized that it is very important to give people the ability to defend themselves in situations like this…as not everyone is a fast runner…

So at the moment I’m going through books, DVD’s, videos etc.) for inspiration and ideas to make my classes as good as I can.

…and I must say I already had a laugh or two just watching some of those funny old 80ties aerobic dance videos where people are all dressed up with tight “arse” free leotards and legwarmers topped with HUGE hair and half of a ton of make up in their faces :) > Hilarious! 

I tried to imagine myself working out like this (to be honest> with laughing my tears out) and I can tell you that after a session the whole studio would need a complete renovation just because all of the make up and hair spray would stick on the floor, on the mats and the workout equipment. 

…aham…of course I will NOT train 80/90ties style workouts in my class but you know…sometimes it happens that you go through some funnier videos just for your own entertainment.

Anyway, I continue my studying and take care,

Anne

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Q:thanks so much for replying! and my oh my, that's quite the work ! I guess this is why I haven't been seeing much of an improvement :/ And to your questions, my strength training usually consists of bicep curls, weight machines, bench, press- that sort. It's quite vague, really. My diet is.. well not the best in the world, I stick to a high fiber diet of 25g a day with 5 meals a day- limiting my carb intake. Sorry to be of a nuisance :[ but what workouts for strength training and ab do you rec?

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Strength training for weight loss

I would recommend body weight exercises for strengthening yourself. If you want to lose some weight it’s better to go for body weight exercises just down to the fact that doing them requires a lot of muscle strength AND burns calories.

For example> When you train your pecs on a chest press machine the only muscles which are working out at this very moment are your pec’s…nothing else…so it’s only the pec’s which are burning calories in this moment and nothing else. 

Then you go to the next machine and this time it might be only your biceps working out and nothing else…so you strengthen them definitely (when you train them regularly enough of course ;)) but you hardly burn any calories at all.

If on a weight loss diet I would always recommend to do body weight exercises so you have your calories burnt not only on your cardio day but strength training day as well.

What does this mean?

Just think about doing press ups as a chest work out rather then the chest press machine.

Just being in the press up ground position requires a lot of core strength (it’s like holding a plank not on your elbows but hands which is just as hard). So while you are doing your press ups your entire core has to work with it.

Not only this> Down to the fact that you ALWAYS have to carry the weight when doing the press up (doesn’t matter if you press yourself down or up) BOTH…the concentric and eccentric movement of the press up are actively involving your arms, chest and core…within the entire exercise. 

And if you choose to do another body weight exercise you will have the same effect. 

So for burning calories and strengthening I would always recommend  free weight exercises AND body weight exercises as the machines might be helpful for a beginner and for strengthening but if you haven’t got much of time and want to loose weight faster then you should go for the machine free version.

I will post at some time soon an extra post just about different body weight exercises and workouts which help strengthening and boost the metabolism. But be patient as my “paying” clients ;) come first.

There are so many core exercises out there which are good and strengthen the abs/back/inner core/outer core/obliques etc (it always has to be trained combined otherwise muscle disbalance occurs) …

If you haven’t got much of time then exercises which train the core muscles combined are very good (so rather then crunches you should do a plank or jack knifes for example).  Kettle bell exercises (swings, side swings etc) are VERY good for the full core as well and many more…too many to pack into this email…gets already too long ;)

Can you tell me more about your diet? I haven’t figured out what you are eating?!? The diet is very important, too!

Take care, enjoy your workouts and have a great day,

Anne

(I’ll publish this post so it can be from help for others as well. Jet again> If you are not comfortable with this I’ll remove it from my blog immediately :))

edit> I edited the title so it’s easier for people to figure out what this post is about :)

Thank you for your reply!

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5:45am and ready for first class!

Hi guys,

sitting here and had my breakfast (yes, I woke up about 30min ago just to make sure I have enough food in my stomach to keep me going for the next sessions to come ;))…and now I’m ready to go to the gym and “kick some arses”. Unfortunately it’s two girls I train on a fat burn mode…this always means that I train every single step with them together. This will be exhausting: 2hours of fat burning…

I’m tired already…or let’s say I’m STILL tired from sleeping but ready for my challenge.

Take care,

Anne

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Rest and recovery

Hi,

someone has asked me how much rest and recovery is needed when trying to work out 5 times per week.

Answer: Well, it depends entirely on what kind of training you are. 

Example:

If you do heavy strength training (training with weights so heavy that you can do max 6 reps of this exercise) then the muscle needs in between 3-5 days recovery.

If the reps get higher…lets say 6-8reps…then the specific muscle you have trained with these reps needs about 2-3 days recover.

If your reps are in between 8-12 reps the golden rule is 2days (48hours) rest.

If you train your muscle in between 12-15reps per exercise you will need 1-2days of rest…

If you train with high repetitions you can train this muscle every 24hours. This includes any cardio training or endurance training like running, swimming, but also dancing or playing football etc.

So runners can train daily and even should train about 5times per week as our cardio performance is the first to disappear if not trained enough. The same for flexibility. That’s why dancers, runners, footballers etc have to train daily and actually CAN train daily.

People who want to grow big muscles (the ones who train in a rep range of 8-12) are the ones with the 48hours rest. Those are the ones which train 3-4times per week. This is the most appropriate way for beginners who start weight lifting. They train their entire body on one day and rest another.

You might ask yourself> But why do I see so many bodybuilders who claim to train daily? Well, as I said earlier> It’s only the specific muscle which needs to rest for 48hours. 

What does this mean: Once your muscles get used to any form of weight lifting, you can train your muscles for a longer period with more weight and more exercises.

So in the beginning (when you train your entire body within 45-60min) you only have one exercise per muscle group and you probably do 3 sets of 8-12reps (of you wanna grow some muscles). 

After a while the muscle gets fitter and stronger. So you upload your weight to stay in the 8-12reps range and will do probably 5 sets of it. And there will be a point when this isn’t even enough and the person starts to train this muscle with even higher weights, more sets AND more exercises around this muscle…so the muscle gets trained from each and every angle (body builders do this to get the “perfect” shape of the muscle in each an every direction).  

SO now a person needs 45min alone just to train 2 or 3 muscles. What can this person do to not over train the body, get enough rest for each muscle AND train the other muscles as well? 

It’s called SPLIT TRAINING!

Advanced Bodybuilders or people who train on strength train in this split training. This means that they only train specific muscle groups in their daily routine. Like this they can train daily, get more out of each and every muscle and avoid over training. So a typical weekly routine of an advanced weight trainer would be :

Mo: Arms, Chest…etc…

Tuesday: Back, Legs, etc…

Wednesday: Arms, Chest etc…

Thursday: Back, Legs etc…

…this example, of course, is very simplified ;) but helps to understand what they do.

To come back to the question> How much rest and recovery do I need?

Well, I don’t know as I don’t know your training routine and you specific goal ;)

As you can see there are many different rest/recovery times for different training approaches and it depends entirely on what you want to train for.

But what I would always recommend is: Even if you “only” train on cardio please have ONE day of rest per week. One day on which you do nothing! Even the toughest body builders or strongest athletes have this ONE DAY rule…this is just to make sure that no over training occurs and the body can heal enough…it is very important to keep this rule as over training is FATAL for any sports person.

On all of the other days: Go ahead! Just make sure that you try to give your body the appropriate rest in between your sessions. This would be the healthiest training approach AND the approach which tends to be the most successful. 

Take care, have your appropriate rest for what ever you do and enjoy your weekend,

Anne

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