Scheduling around gym access
littlebudgie
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I've been absent from the gym for a while, but last I was there I was following the All Pro's Beginner's routine. That had me at the gym 3x/week on non-consecutive days.
I just returned to school, and it's a fair commute - about an hour to get there, and then another back. I'm in class Monday-Thursday, and in my hometown (and working) Friday-Sunday. I'd hoped to save money by cancelling my hometown gym membership, but if I did that, All Pro's wouldn't be a very good program for me, since I wouldn't have three non-consecutive gym days I could go. (I'd really rather not commute an hour just to go to the gym.)
So, advice. Do I:
1) Keep my hometown gym membership on top of my school gym membership, in order to do All Pro's 3x/week? (This is my least favourite option, since I'd like to save the money.)
2) Somehow modify All Pro's and do it 2x/week?
3) Pick another program, and if so, which one?
My current priority is retaining muscle mass while slowly cutting, but later this fall/early this winter I was intending to start a bulk.
Thank you in advance!
I just returned to school, and it's a fair commute - about an hour to get there, and then another back. I'm in class Monday-Thursday, and in my hometown (and working) Friday-Sunday. I'd hoped to save money by cancelling my hometown gym membership, but if I did that, All Pro's wouldn't be a very good program for me, since I wouldn't have three non-consecutive gym days I could go. (I'd really rather not commute an hour just to go to the gym.)
So, advice. Do I:
1) Keep my hometown gym membership on top of my school gym membership, in order to do All Pro's 3x/week? (This is my least favourite option, since I'd like to save the money.)
2) Somehow modify All Pro's and do it 2x/week?
3) Pick another program, and if so, which one?
My current priority is retaining muscle mass while slowly cutting, but later this fall/early this winter I was intending to start a bulk.
Thank you in advance!
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Just do 2 of the days back to back and save yourself some money. It'll affect your strength progress a little, but unless you plan on lifting in a meet ASAP, what matters is not getting strong ASAP but eventually getting there through consistent progress.0
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I'm following all pros beignet routine and have the same goals as you.
Maybe you could do Mondays and Thursdays both heavy instead of following the heavy, medium, light.
Or do monday(heavy) Wednesday morning (medium) and Thursday evening (light).
I don't know how well these two options would work but I would give them a shot if I was in your situation, as I enjoy allpros routine0 -
So strictly in terms of your goals and assuming you need to cancel for financial reasons I would lean towards either training 2/week or alternatively you could structure something where you train full body/rest/upper/lower.
In the latter case you wouldn't necessarily follow all pros but you'd still use primarily compound movements and structure some form of linear progression.
You could probably stick to all pros doing it 2/week and you'd just need to adjust progression as needed.
When it comes time to bulk I think it could potentially become more important/useful to add in another day.0
