TRAIN WITH PRIORITY | BUILD YOUR BACK
Right now, one of my main training priorities is building a wider back.
That means more total back volume and spreading the work across the week. But if I increase something, something else has to give.
I cannot prioritize every muscle group at the same time.
My biceps, triceps, chest, abs, shoulders and forearms are taking the second seat. I still train them, but I train them to maintain while I put more of my effort and recovery into what I want to bring up.
That’s what I mean by training with priority.
When you train with me, I want you to get out of the all-or-nothing thinking that everything needs maximum attention all the time. Periodize your focus areas. Bring up what needs more work. Maintain what doesn’t.
An ache, strain or limitation can even become an opportunity to focus on something else you can train.
My upcoming back-focused training will put this into practice. You’ll train back twice a week in an upper/lower split. Back takes priority. For the other body parts, I select the work that gives us the most bang for the buck.
You don’t need to figure out what you’re going to train for the next 12 months.
Train four weeks at a time. Pick the focus. Do the work. Then we go from there.
Because if I can’t train, I can’t gain.
Seize the Training Day.