When Should I Workout?
Monday, June 2nd, 2008
When people begin a training program here at Condition Kettlebell Gym, many times they ask me “When should I come? Should I have a day of rest in between or can I train back to back days?” My answer is “Come when you can.” In a perfect world, you would want to plan a scientific schedule of rest and training and maybe if you are training 3 days a week, Monday, Wednesday, Friday would be better than Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, but the truth of the matter is your workouts are going to be arranged around your life. You might plan on Monday, Wednesday, Friday but your kid gets sick on Monday and you get a call that your mother is coming into to town on Friday. Don’t skip your gym time altogether just because your schedule is off. So on what days should you train? On the days that you can get there. This is one reason that I love kettlebells so much – because you are training the body as a unit instead of isolating muscles, you don’t require as much rest time in between trainings.