I talked to a friend of mine who has been very busy working
over the Holidays, as this is the peak season for his
business. As a result, he has not been able to do as much
as he wanted to in the gym and also he has not been able to
get in all the meals that he needs to on time.
He became very frustrated, as a result and contemplating to
perhaps just dropping the whole program until the beginning
of the New Year when things would normalize for him.
However, I advised against doing so for the following
reasons why:
1. By stopping to train it would lower his metabolism which
in turn would lower his energy levels and thus make him
less productive at his job.
2. Even though he cannot get in the gym as often, getting
his workout in and following the diet as much as possible
will prevent him from losing valuable muscle gains while
making undesirable fat gains. This in turn prevents him
from getting further depressed as he sees his body go to
waste.
3. Once the chance comes and he can start hitting the gym
more often and following the meal schedule to the, he will
be in good shape and his body will respond very quickly to
the more aggressive routine.
This is a very different scenario than the one he would
have encountered if he would have stopped training and
dieting altogether, as in this case, he would have needed
to use at least a week to get his body conditioned for the
weights again and it would have taken him an extra week, or
maybe even two, to get rid of any body fat that he might
have gained depending on how bad the diet had been.
Try to be flexible, Be Consistent, Be Prepared. Having
said that, in order to be successful in bodybuilding you
need to have the right mindset. Bodybuilding is both a
physical and extremely psychological endeavor. Of course,
we all get frustrated when our schedules are affected by
work, or any other life circumstance that may be thrown our
way. Life is full of monkey wrenches in case you have not
noticed and it does not make it easy for us to get our
workouts and meals in. Therefore, we have to fight
aggressively and plan ahead if we want to get our workouts
and meals in daily.
Being a bodybuilder we must keep our eyes on the ultimate
goal, which is always more muscle mass with less body fat.
In order to accomplish that one must be consistent with the
training and diet. If for whatever reason the program that
the bodybuilder has mapped out is too much of a time
commitment at a certain period in life, then the solution
is to modify the bodybuilding program to one that does fit
the time schedule.
Back in the days there were periods when I had to work
60-70 hours a week, I modified my training to where I would
hit the gym 5 days a week for 40-45 minutes of weight
training. Since I had no time to do cardiovascular
exercise, I would superset antagonistic muscles in order to
get some sort of cardiovascular effect (refer to my
abbreviated bodybuilding plan at the end of this article).
That is all I could afford to do.
Many times I tried to get my training in before work, but
if for some reason I would miss it in the morning, then I
always had lunchtime to make it up or later in the evening
after work. Worst case, there was always the weekend for
makeup sessions. Regarding meals, I always brought in all
of my meals with me pre-prepared and also enough Meal
Replacement Powders for those times that I was really on
the move.
Then there are some of you for whatever reason may not even
be able to do more than three sessions a week. If this is
the case, then no issue; make the most out of the time that
you do have available to train. The key to making lasting
bodybuilding gains at the end of the day is that you have a
realistic plan that can be executed consistently, not
trying to follow one that looks really good in paper but
cannot be executed. You will get to where you want to go,
it may just take a little bit longer depending on how much
time you can dedicate to reaching your goals of getting in
shape.
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