Complete Physiques offers specific training based on the client’s needs. There is no single program that will fit everyone’s immediate needs.
Complete Physiques training programs are designed to keep in mind that the goal is to push the body to work at new levels, which is ultimately where your results will come from. You can’t simply train the same everyday without increasing intensity and expect to see results – this is where people tend to spin their wheels and become frustrated. As with nutrition, there is also a science behind training. Not enough and you won’t see any results. Too much and you’ll over train and regress. There’s a fine line so you have to make sure you’re training at an optimal level.
For many of my film industry clients, we train most commonly in the arena of functional training with a focus on cardiovascular endurance. With many of my clients, I use plyometrics, cardio strength training & moderate resistance training in addition to various cardiovascular protocols.
Athletes are a bit different. An example for my athletes: we may use a progressive method of training to essentially become bigger and stronger. Then, we’ll add in volume training, which has been shown to cause hormonal changes resulting in increased testosterone and growth hormone production naturally. These two principles combined creates a unique synergy perfect for anabolism, exactly what the competitive athlete is looking for!
The trick to achieving continual results and progress is to not allow your body to adjust to any one variable. I can guarantee you that if your sole goal is to just keep adding weight to the bar, eventually it will not work and you will get stuck. If you keep reducing your rest breaks, eventually you will not be able to recover in time to even do a hard set. If you keep taking your reps up, eventually you get into more of an oxidative type of training that will do nothing to help you gain lean mass. One of my philosophies employs a rotation of these techniques combined with training principles like time under tension (TUT), continuous tension, rest-pause and other methods to make your routine more effective.
Definitely listen to your body and what it’s telling you – this is crucial to make sure you progress and not regress. And, always remember the key ingredient is “intensity!”
