I have weeks where work and life make it hard to get all my sessions in, and I’m curious how others handle it. Do you shorten your workouts, shift days around, or just accept the lighter week and move on? I’ve been trying to keep the habit going even if it means a shorter session, but I’d love to hear what works for the rest of you.
For me I would say if I am traveling for work. Worst case it’s a couple of GPP workouts at the hotel gym and I just take a full week off from my Barbell Lifts.
I found 1 week off a few times a year due to travel isn’t too bad however if my family is sick or I am just super time crunched.
Maybe it’s just a primary lift for that day and the accessory stuff has to suffer for a week.
That’s how it usually goes for me.
Big fan of the just-do-the-main-lift approach when time’s tight. What usually saves me is shrinking the session down to the biggest bang-for-your-buck lifts and letting the accessories go for the week — way easier to talk myself into a 35-45 minute session than a full one. And honestly, a lighter week here and there has never set me back once, so I try not to stress about it. The sessions that disappear are the ones I try to squeeze in perfectly.
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I’m on the road with work three to six weeks a year.
I get my cardio in at hotel gym and try to do some kind of squat, hinge, pull, press. What Info depends on the weight at the gym. Sometimes it’s a 40 pound dumbbell which really requires a ton of tempo stuff at high reps.
Other times of the year, I just stop working out all together. It’s not ideal but when I’m sick, my six kids and wife are sick, and I have deadlines looking I can miss two or three weeks. It sucks but you just need to get back on when you can.
But my goal is four workouts a week. If I only get in twice, I call it a win.