How Your Training Program Works

Now that we have discussed having the right mindset, the importance of food logs, and how to accurately track your nutrition to build a solid nutritional awareness, I want to go over your training program.

My goal is simple; I want to kick start your program with a plan that will push you in a safe, effective, and smart way. You will not see random exercises off of Instagram here.

At Mack Performance, I firmly believe random workouts will only generate random results and I want to help you get the best results possible.

I’m going to take proven exercises and use them in a professionally designed program which you’ll love and kinda hate at times. It’s a sorta love-hate relationship 😈😈

Your program will be 12 weeks long with three four week training phases. Each training phase, we'll progressively challenge your workouts by switching up the movements and ask you to do a bit more work than you did last week. You’ll be ready for that work because each training phase builds upon the previous one.

At Mack Performance, the last thing I want to do is just send you a workout program and expect you to figure it out for yourself. I’m here to help you clear up any confusion you may have.

Let’s touch upon the critical aspects of your training program, starting with your workouts.

Warm Ups:

There is a right way and a wrong way to optimally prepare for your workouts. The right way is to always do your warm ups sequence before working out.

Your warm ups are specifically designed to bulletproof your body against chronic aches and pains while optimally preparing the body to get the most out of today’s training session.

Each warm up should be completed within 6-7 minutes so there are no excuses for not doing it.

The Workouts

A common misconception is that you should do a lot of cardio to lose body fat. However, strength training will provide the biggest results and should be your priority.

Here’s why:

1)Strength training builds lean muscle mass. The more muscle you build, the stronger you become and the harder you can train. This leads to you burning more calories over time.

2) Strength training tears down the tissue in your muscles. Your body then repairs the tissue to build it back bigger and stronger. This process requires extra calories, meaning your body is burning more calories during the repair process.

3) Strength training during a fat loss plan helps you maintain the muscle mass you already have. This is important because if you lose too much muscle during your diet, your metabolism can slow down.

Finishers:

More often than not, each workout will end with a finisher.

First off, what is a finisher?

A finisher is an exercise or sequence of exercises designed to challenge your muscles and/or cardio. Basically, finishers are intense bouts of exercise used at the end of a workout.

Throughout your training program, we’ll be using finishers for the following:

  1. Fat Loss: Finishers are a great tool to increase the total calories burned in a workout. This is a solid recipe for a lean, muscular physique (paired along with good nutrition, of course!

  2. Muscle Growth: Finishers are great for metabolic stress. You know that burning feeling you get when you’re chasing the pump? This and several other factors are important for muscle growth.

  3. General Conditioning: Finishers are a great way to make your workouts more effective and efficient. By improving your conditioning, you’ll be able to recover quicker.

  4. Fun: A big part of training properly is being “boring consistent” with the basics and finishers are a great way to keep it entertaining.

While I’ll map out your 12-week training program, I’m always open to YOUR feedback. As your coach, I’ll listen to your feedback and design you the best program to fit your needs. So, if you feel like you want something included or if you have any questions, just shoot me an email!