Dear Gym Hoppers: Follow a Program

In the early days of the functional fitness revolution, they used to call it the Shiny Squirrel Program. People would scour the internet looking for “good workouts” and they would, by a process of distraction, string together a month or year of training based on entertainment, bias, and not much intentionality. 

Being distracted by shiny workouts and bouncing around like a squirrel isn’t good for anyone’s physical development. 

This has been normalized more than ever with ClassPass. 

The gym hopping, scattered focus of training efforts guarantees one thing: you’re doing none of those training experiences well.  

In fact, the thing about training is that it progresses and in order to progress well, you’ll need to follow a program. Sure, one can add bonus volume to a well thought out program, but the moment you’re under-recovered for a programmed session or undercutting your effort in a program to hedge for some random session you begin to undermine the intention that brought you to the gym in the first place.