Training order

[angele.menard]

I had a quick question about the training order in the program.

I do a lot of these programs and generally aim to hit all five sessions each week, but realistically some weeks I only manage four. When that happens, I like to prioritize lower body and avoid missing leg day. In this program the last training day of week is lower body and I missed it last week.

I’m wondering how important the order of the workouts is and if so why? Does it make a big difference if the order changes a bit from week to week?

For example, would it be okay to move the glutes/legs day up and leave an upper-body day (like shoulders or chest/biceps) for last when needed?

I also have a shoulder injury, so if I do need to miss a session, I’d prefer it be shoulders and focus on physio that week instead.

Thanks so much!

[Naomi]

angele.menard wrote:

I had a quick question about the training order in the program.

I do a lot of these programs and generally aim to hit all five sessions each week, but realistically some weeks I only manage four. When that happens, I like to prioritize lower body and avoid missing leg day. In this program the last training day of week is lower body and I missed it last week.

I’m wondering how important the order of the workouts is and if so why? Does it make a big difference if the order changes a bit from week to week?

For example, would it be okay to move the glutes/legs day up and leave an upper-body day (like shoulders or chest/biceps) for last when needed?

I also have a shoulder injury, so if I do need to miss a session, I’d prefer it be shoulders and focus on physio that week instead.

Thanks so much!

Hi Angela-

Nicole does arrange these workouts in the order that she does so that you have plenty of rest days between upper body/lower body days for proper recovery. That being said, the order of these workouts in this challenge is set for the general challenge member who, assuming, would be able to get 5 days in with no injuries to work around, etc. Since you have specific needs, you can rearrange however seems best for you, your situation and your schedule. We can’t possibly predict all scenarios, and we aren’t able to anticipate how people might need to adjust things individually (that’s more of personal/one-on-one training). Generally speaking, it’s best to follow the challenge workouts and meal plans as Nicole has it laid out, but if you need to change anything up based on your individual circumstances and needs, just do what you need to do and do what you can to make it work for your situation 🙂

~ Naomi

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