I have been training a lot for soccer lately. I am trying to get into semi-pro shape. Not because I want to play pro soccer, but because I love soccer that much. I enjoy the things I love, but I also enjoy getting better at them just as much. There are some competitive leagues that I would like to play in and I want to be a dominant force in those leagues.
However, there is a problem. My tactical sense far surpasses my fitness level. So while I am mentally able to play in more competitive games, my fitness is not where it needs to be to do so because of my traveling. I’ve always been very fit, even among athletes, but now it’s time to be serious.
I learned a lot about fitness and exercise from one of the greatest teachers of my life, David Laing. He is the guru of the Power Training program at my high school and quite honestly one of the smartest men I have ever met.
Most people think that health or fitness programs are supposed to take months to see real results. The innovation I am attempting is to create an efficient fitness program with significant, natural all-around health gains (ex: strength, endurance, power, speed) in a matter of days and substantial gains in a matter of weeks without overtraining or other negative side effects.
Here is an overview my regimen. It is based on a 3-day minicycle. Every day, I lift in the morning usually around 5:30 AM. Then every evening, I go for a run at sunset.
There are three major muscle sections in the body: upper body, core, lower body. I workout a different section each day to avoid overtraining.
The minicycle looks like this:
This minicycle occurs twice then I take a break on Sundays. This creates a larger 1-week cycle that looks like this:
With traveling, I have had to create both a gym workout and an equally intensive mobile workout for when I’m on the road and don’t have equipment to use.
Here are my some of my fitness goals:
When it comes to exercise, there are two hard things. The first is starting. The second is continuing. It’s easy to never start for fear of failure or to start and then stop when things don’t work quite as you like.
When it comes to any healthy life habit like fitness, it’s all about goals. Not soccer goals, but life goals. How you do you make them and keep them? Well that is for another time.
I’ve been asked my so many people to help them with their own fitness schedules that I’ve decided to put up some of my fitness knowledge online so everyone can benefit. Stayed tuned for more details.
