The iconic Louie Simmons’s quote comes to mind: “The brightest stars burn out the fastest.” The problem in the fitness industry is that it’s a motivation-heavy environment.
It gets the people goin’.
The problem with motivation is that it comes and goes. And, frankly, students that run on extreme motivation are often least likely to succeed long term. So, with that in mind, how do we figure out proper training volume?
Two things come to mind:
- Training is only as good as we can recover from. If you’re beat up, sore, and not able to contribute a meaningful effort to a training stimulus, you shouldn’t be running to the gym. You should be recovering.
- Training a little for a long time is better than training a lot for a short time. If you choose a training volume that is all or nothing, you’re likely to quit. Choose a training volume you feel you can show up for indefinitely.
Ask yourself, how would you show up (and how often would I show up) if you knew you had to go for the next thirty years?
5/20/25 WOD
DEUCE Athletics GPP
Complete 4 rounds of the following:
8 Landmine Goblet Hold Lateral Lunges(ea)
Complete 3 rounds for quality of:
40 Yard Reverse Sled Drag
8 Staggered Stance DB RDL’s (ea)
40 Yard 1-Arm Front Rack Carry
For Time:
4 Rounds,
12 DB Push Presses(50/35)
50 Double Unders
DEUCE Garage GPP
5-5-5-5
High Bar Back Squat
Complete 3 rounds for quality of:
10 Standing Teapots (ea)
12 TKE Step Ups (ea)
Then, complete 4 rounds for time of:
15 Goblet Squats AHAP
10 Squats
5 Jump Squats
-Rest :90-