Learn about the key differences between high & low quality training programs.
Customized vs. Generic
Customized programs are tailored specifically towards you. They factor in your goals, body, experience, limitations, and available equipment to formulate a program that will work just for you. A generic program only factors in your goals and requires you to fit into what has worked for the program creator or others. They don’t take into consideration the massive differences that every person has, which can cause results to vary from person to person. A customized program works around you. A generic program makes you work around it.
Structured vs. Random
Structured programs have a purpose for every action you take. Each action is strategically designed to take you one step closer towards the end result you desire. Random programs give you undirected exercises and workouts that don’t align with the end goal. They’re perceived as high quality because of the variety, but are actually counterproductive to the goal of consistency. A structured program takes you in the right direction. A random program takes you in any direction.
Progressively Challenging vs. Sudden
Progressively challenging programs take into consideration your current experience level and systematically builds your current skills/abilities. They make small periodic changes throughout the program to continuously challenge you. Sudden or dramatic changes in difficulty can reduce program compliance, motivation, and even increase the risk of injury. They’re perceived as high quality because of the difficulty, but are actually counterproductive to the goal of adaptation. A progressively challenging program builds you up. A suddenly challenging program knocks you down.
Guided vs. Aimless
Knowing what you must do to get the results you want is one thing, but why is another. Guided programs will teach you step by step, what, why, how, and when to do things on a daily basis, so you can build new habits. An aimless program will give you a list of things to do with no context, explanation, or understanding of why you should implement the information into your lifestyle. They force you to invest your time into your goal without even knowing if you’re making progress or when you’ll obtain it. A guided program teaches you exactly how to get to your destination. An aimless program forces you to figure it out on your own.
Nutrition Enhanced vs. Solely Workouts
Nutrition enhanced programs properly integrate nutrition with your workouts to enhance your results. They teach you how to eat accordingly to the energy demands required to perform at maximum efficiency for your workouts. A low quality program just gives you workouts to do without teaching you how to properly fuel and recover from them. They use nutrition as a supplement for the workouts rather than a priority, when majority of the results actually comes from nutrition. A program enhanced by nutrition will fuel you. A program based solely around workouts will drain you.
Infitnite vs. Other
The difference between a good vs. bad program can ultimately determine the results you get from your investment, time, and commitment. At the end of the day, the best program for you is one that motivates you to create long term sustainable habits that stick with you for a lifetime.
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