FT Questions....

[Scott Stevenson]

Hey Scott-

Got another month left of free time till school starts back up. Would there be any advantages to splitting up the workouts and doing upper in the am and lower in the pm?

Thanks!

Joe

Joe,

I'm assuming when school starts up, you won't be able to maintain a two a day schedule, so in that case, I'd say no.

Splitting up the workouts could make sense for someone who is employing all of the recovery techniques possible so that he /she can train with the highest stimulus (volume and intensity) possible, ala an Eastern Bloc Olympic weightlifter or a professional football player trying to get into shape before a season.

For you, I'm guessing you'll not be doing this and then would have to go to the regular schedule and readjust. Also, having just a month and doing the program for the 1st time, i'd say this wouldn't be a good idea.

If you, let's say would typically use Tier II and had done several Intensive Blasts this way and figured out you'd have a month to really get after it (train, eat, sleep, and optimize recovery) then you might be able to go with Volume Tier III for a 4 week blast (running it as long as possible, maybe dropping to Tier II at the end), but that would all be contingent in experience with the program...

Although not everyone finds this to be the case, I find recovery better with one a day programs and longer pure rest days, (e.g., training 4 x / week vs. splitting the work out over 6-7 days). Some of this may be psychological, of course, too. Getting geared up mentally for a big workout can be tough day in day out.

-S