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Routine and Recovery

Colton Leonard
May 22, 09

One of the key factors to a successful weight lifting routine is recovery. Distributing your workouts so that you are not over training any body part is essential. Set a schedule and stick to it religiously. I believe most natural athletes cannot recover fast enough to train each body part 2 times a week, but there are the occasional genetic freaks out there. I spread my work out like so:

Mondays are chest, Tuesdays are legs, Wednesdays are off, Thursdays are back, Fridays are shoulders, Saturdays are arms, and Sundays are off.

I have found that I have been able to achieve the best growth through this schedule. By only training one body part at a time, I can go into the gym with the determination of absolutely destroying that one body part instead of having to spend 2 hours bouncing around from machine to machine and 15 different exercises. I am fully focused and energized for every set for that particular body part. Afterward, I have a full 6 days to recover from that work out. Along with The R3 from Cellucor that process can be speed up and I can assure that I am fully recovered. Sleep is also a vital part of the equation. When you sleep your body is growing and repairing all the microscopic damage you did to your muscle in the gym. If you haven’t noticed, I have been mentioning Recovery quite a bit.

Intensity also plays a role. Train with intensity and a strong mind set of punishing yourself every time you walk into the gym. In this sport, it is you vs you. Push yourself and you will reach any goal you set. Ill be stepping in the gym in a few hours and I plan on bringing down the house…

Best of luck in your training,

-Colton “The Castle” Leonard

“The Price of Excellence is Discipline; The Cost of Mediocrity is Disappointment”