INSTINCTIVE TRAINING

Instinctive training is about modifying your training program on the fly. For example, if you’re having a chest session and had 4 sets of flyes written down in your schedule, and hit #4 and feel a great pump, it may be worth doing an extra set or two.

 Over time you’ll start to get a feeling of when an exercise is really hitting the mark, and when it’s not. This also works the other way, if you had 5 sets of barcurls set out in your schedule and after 2 you’re not feeling pumped and it’s just not working for you, you’d be crazy not to drop that, and switch to some dumbbell curls to try and get in the zone. If you’re having a great workout, and feel you can push it a bit further and do some extra sets, you’ll get a feel of this and should keep going.

On the flip side of this, don’t do 20 reps of something just because you didn’t put enough weight on. Stop at 12, and up the weight for the next set.