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Need advice on meet prep

Posted on 3/8/18 at 8:03 pm
Posted by Hu_Flung_Pu
Central, LA
Member since Jan 2013
22218 posts
Posted on 3/8/18 at 8:03 pm
With my schedule, I can't finish a workout. I get home at 6 and visit with my kids for 30 minutes then workout. 20 minutes of warmup because my arm is beat up a little then an hour of workout. I then have to put kids to bed. I haven't finished a workout in 2 weeks as the volume went up.

I think I'd rather workout more often in the week with more intensity and more frequently but shorter workouts. I'm currently doing Sheiko and I'm worried I'm degrading before the meet because I'm not finishing.
Posted by onelochevy
Slidell, LA
Member since Jan 2011
16658 posts
Posted on 3/8/18 at 8:13 pm to
Can you wake up early and get it done before work? I started getting up at 330 to get my workout in before work because I was having trouble getting them in after work. My 3 year old always wants to play when I got home and its hard to say no to him because I want to lift weights. Decided to just wake up early and get it done that way I can keep my family time in the afternoons.
Posted by Rep520
Member since Mar 2018
10458 posts
Posted on 3/8/18 at 9:02 pm to
I ran Jonnie Candito's six week program for meet prep and I liked it. I've never run Sheiko, so I don't know what time/volume you're doing now or how Candito's 6 week compares, but workouts weren't terribly long on it.

It seems like it might work as a peaking program coming off a volume based program (which I know Sheiko is). It's essentially a 3 phase block setup with 2 weeks of accumulation, 2 weeks of transition and 2 weeks of pushing to maximal strength. I figure Sheiko's volume would set you up nicely for the intial accumulation block.

I pr'ed on squat and bench, so maybe I'm biased, but it gave me results. I don't remember going longer than an hour per workout, either.
Posted by lsucoonass
shreveport and east texas
Member since Nov 2003
68513 posts
Posted on 3/9/18 at 9:53 am to
How far are you out?
Posted by Brinner
Retirement home
Member since May 2008
2656 posts
Posted on 3/9/18 at 1:11 pm to
yea I started working out in the mornings. Time with kids in the afternoon was more important than sleep and working out in the afternoon
Posted by TDcline
American Gardens building 11th flor
Member since Aug 2015
9281 posts
Posted on 3/9/18 at 6:31 pm to
You doing the meet tomorrow? I might be there. Not competing though but will be there with the guys I lift with.
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