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2355: How to Safely Increase Your Summer Workouts Intensity

2355: How to Safely Increase Your Summer Workouts Intensity

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth · Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge

June 10, 202428m 34s

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Show Notes

  • Understanding what programming entails. (1:38)

  • Intensity is the easiest metric to accelerate results, but also the quickest way to overtrain. (2:24)

  • The misconception that people know what they are capable of doing. (5:06)

  • The magic in how you manipulate intensity. (5:48)

  • Six Factors to Focus on to Safely Increase Your Summer Workouts Intensity.

  • #1 - Increasing intensity judiciously. (8:26)

  • #2 - Applying increases for short periods of time (2-4 weeks). (11:18)

  • #3 - Sleep and diet must be on point. (13:52)

  • #4 - Free weights vs machine/compound vs isolation. (16:46)

  • #5 - Intensity up/volume down. (19:16)

  • #6 - Priming properly before intense workouts. (22:20)

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