A lot of people are starting to ask me about how to shape up for the Summer.
Well, the bad news is that you really should have laid the foundations during the Winter, but the good news is that with good diet and some daily core training you can still get great results.
Try to add a DAILY abdominal routine. You don't need to train them too hard, just make sure that you are doing enough to stimulate them. Training back muscles and other 'core' muscles can also help. Running will improve your 'core' as will some kind of bodyweight/freeweight training routines.
It all depends on how hard you are training, and what you are training for and what your body is used to. The Shaolin training system doesn't really take account for rest and recuperation and the intensity of training is still very hard. Mostly you only rest when you physically can't train any more. The other side of the spectrum is seen in HIT training as advocated by Mike Mentzer when you workout on less consecutive days and take more time resting the muscles. Both systems have been shown to work. Personally I have seen more improvements in clients by following a more balanced approach.
Diet should be a little less fat than you were eating over the winter, so add more fruit and high fibre foods to help take the place of that 'full up' feeling.
Well, the bad news is that you really should have laid the foundations during the Winter, but the good news is that with good diet and some daily core training you can still get great results.
Try to add a DAILY abdominal routine. You don't need to train them too hard, just make sure that you are doing enough to stimulate them. Training back muscles and other 'core' muscles can also help. Running will improve your 'core' as will some kind of bodyweight/freeweight training routines.
It all depends on how hard you are training, and what you are training for and what your body is used to. The Shaolin training system doesn't really take account for rest and recuperation and the intensity of training is still very hard. Mostly you only rest when you physically can't train any more. The other side of the spectrum is seen in HIT training as advocated by Mike Mentzer when you workout on less consecutive days and take more time resting the muscles. Both systems have been shown to work. Personally I have seen more improvements in clients by following a more balanced approach.
Diet should be a little less fat than you were eating over the winter, so add more fruit and high fibre foods to help take the place of that 'full up' feeling.
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