I am on Week 3 of the 12 Wk Strength Template. This week has been a nightmare so far time wise. I have to workout early mornings. Today was Day 2 and I ran out of time and couldn’t hit the 303 Tempo Squats. Tomorrow was scheduled for GPP and Thurs and Friday was Day 3 and 4. But I have to work Early Thursday Morning so I wont be able to make Day 3. Weekend is out as well due to work and obligations.
Should I do Day 3 tomorrow (3 days in a row) and Day 4 Friday? SKip Day 3 or Day 4? Looking for any solutions that would get a good result. If I skip a day, would you repeat week 3 next week or just move on?
First off I would work on reducing warmups and rest periods if you have tight time constraints. When I ran the 12 week strength last spring I had a 90 minute max window, I was able to get in and out in 75-90 minutes every day. It required some focus, and I had to be a bit extra careful on my loading, but it was doable.
Do not skip any days. If you have to lift 4 days in a row, so be it. It’s always better to get all your volume in for the week, even if it isn’t in optimal fashion. Your loads may need to go down a bit to hit your RPE targets because of the extra fatigue, but the beauty of RPE training is that it allows you to account for that and still get the work in. Always find a way to get the work in if at all possible. Don’t let pursuit of the perfect get in the way of the good.
Thank you! I think I had too many conversations this morning. I normally have about 105 minutes to get it in. My warmups for the 1st exercise of the day have been taking almost 30 minutes. I need to cut that down to 15 or 20. I will finish week out. Tomorrow will be Day 3 and Friday will be Day 4 as planned.
Yeah conversations will kill you. I also see no reason why warmups should even need to take 15-20 minutes. It’s pretty much just placebo at that point. You can trim some sets off, and only take just enough time between warmups to change plates. If you have time to kill then placebo your heart out. But if your schedule is tight and you’re having to skip some some of your volume (the stuff that actually matters) to get more warmups in (stuff that doesn’t matter), then it’s time to definitely take a long, hard look at how you’re allocating your time.
Update. First time training 3 days in a row. It was not as bad as I thought. Weights were not even lower than my supplemental’s last week! If any of you have to do this in the future, don’t Nocebo yourself and train as you would any other day! I even got done a little earlier than expected and had time to do arm work!!