How to plan a fitness routine
Ambition is not the constraint, recovering from a bad week is. Plan a minimum version and the routine survives.
What matters here
- Pick two or three sessions per week, not six
- Decide the minimum version of each
- Schedule the sessions like appointments
- Progress one variable at a time
- Track sessions rather than outcomes
The minimum version
For each session, write what the short version is: twenty minutes instead of an hour, a walk instead of a run. Having a minimum means a busy week does not become a zero week.
Scheduling
Put the sessions in the calendar with a real time. Exercise that is planned for later competes with everything else and usually loses.
One variable
Increase weight, distance or frequency, not all three. Progressing one thing at a time makes it clear what is working and reduces the injury risk that ends routines.
Frequently asked questions
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