Fitness Trends...

Hanley

-Smolov
-Coan-Phillipi
-Prowlers
-Crossfit
-Mobility work
-Foam rolling
-5/3/1

Anyone noticed how once one or two people start doing stuff, everyone follows suit, stick with it for a while and then move on to the next big thing?

ray jay

someone digs up a program, tries it with some success, others give it a go to see if they get results. I'm not sure why this is surprising, people don't want to be stuck doing a sub-optimal routine if there's something better out there so naturally they'll try different things. Boredom with their previous work outs probably plays a role too

Hail 2 Da Chimp

Kettlebells!
Shakeweight.
Pilaties - Yoga-laties.

Hail 2 Da Chimp

Hanley wrote: »

Anyone noticed how once one or two people start doing stuff, everyone follows suit, stick with it for a while and then move on to the next big thing?

I also would have thought, changing up your routine regularly would be an important part of a balanced regime?

d'Oracle

Hanley wrote: »

-Smolov


Anyone noticed how once one or two people start doing stuff, everyone follows suit, stick with it for a while and then move on to the next big thing?

Yes.

But you told me to do it.:D

Barry.Oglesby

Yes. Flavour of the month these days is mobility.

I'm going to swipe this one from Jim Wendler.

here is your session. The line represents you actual training, lifting, rowing, running or whatever:
Start________________________________End

Here is your session with foam rolling
Start______________________foam rolling_End

Here is your session with foam rolling and mobility work
Start_mobility work__________foam rolling_End

Here is your session with foam rolling and mobility work and stretching
Start_mobility work_stretching_foam rolling_End

It's a bit simple but you can see the point. You only have a finite amount of time and a finite capacity to train. All of that stuff is helpful, some less so than others but the problem is that people lose sight of what's important and end up losing focus on the point of their session and their training as a whole.

I think it's the magic bullet syndrome. People think that the next thing is going to be the thing that will rock their world and suddenly turn them from average to super. Or that this will be the thing that solves their bench or loses the gut.

Red Cortina

Totally gulity of it! Have tried 3 of the 7 things you have listed!!!

G86

d'Oracle wrote: »

Yes.

But you told me to do it.:D

+1:pac:

haha!

Edwardius

Next new fitness fad = barbells. Gotta figure out how to sell them though.

Hanley

Hail 2 Da Chimp wrote: »

I also would have thought, changing up your routine regularly would be an important part of a balanced regime?

Of course it is. Throwing the baby out with the bath water isn't tho. How can you figure out what's working, and what's having the greatest impact on you when you make wholesale changes every few weeks??

I know high volume squat training works for me because I've done it multiple times.

I'm not sure how well Coan-Phillipi works for me when it comes to peaking cos I struggle to time it, I'll be adjusting this time to see if I can do it better.

I know foam rolling's important because when I stop doing it I tighten up and sh!t hurts.

I know when I'm in the office I need to focus more on mobility because my hips get tight and my back hurts.

I now know shoulder strength helps my bench because I tried it with success.

I know LIT cardio positively impacts my CF workouts because I've done them in isolation and conjunction.

All of these things have been done on an isolated basis tho. I didn't just change EVERYTHING in one go. I changed one thing at a time. Like Barry said below, people seem to be looking for a magic bullet and instead of making changes incrementally, they do it wholesale.

Then they just ditch the old stuff and move onto something new and probably will never revisit the stuff they did prior. They just keep looking for the next big thing. If you're seeing results from doing something, keep at it. When it stops, make small modifications and see what happens, after a while come back to the old stuff with the new stuff you've learned and see if it still works. If it does - happy days, you're learning about your body and how to make progress. If it doesn't - that's another thing to cross off the list.

Experimentation and analysis is good. Chopping and changing cos other people are doing something is not.

Barry.Oglesby wrote: »

I think it's the magic bullet syndrome. People think that the next thing is going to be the thing that will rock their world and suddenly turn them from average to super. Or that this will be the thing that solves their bench or loses the gut.

This.

One of the things that irks me about all this, and it's something I'm prone to as well from time to time, is that people recommend what they're doing NOW. They don't look at what's worked in the past. Just the thing that's working currently.

It should never be about experimenting to find the golden program, because it doesn't exist. It's about trying to understand your own body, what works for it, what to do when it stops working and what not to do. If you just blindly follow what other people are doing, you're never gonna be able to achieve that.

The Davestator

I agree that people are always on the lookout for 'the programme' but it doesnt exist!
If there was one programme that was perfect, everyone would do it and be in decent shape. A quick look around any gym will show you that this is not the case.

All the programmes listed have their place, it is the variety and intensity you train at that will make the difference.

Example for a normal gym rat: Spend 2 weeks doing low reps and high weight, then spend 2 weeks doing high reps lower weight, then kettlebells, then crossfit etc. etc.

EDIT - Hanley beat me to it.

Hanley

The Davestator wrote: »

Example for a normal gym rat: Spend 2 weeks doing low reps and high weight, then spend 2 weeks doing high reps lower weight, then kettlebells, then crossfit etc. etc.

...and gets nowhere because he doesn't give anything enoguh time or understand what sort of effect it's having on him/her and why!!

The Davestator

Hanley wrote: »

...and gets nowhere because he doesn't give anything enoguh time or understand what sort of effect it's having on him/her and why!!

It depends on what people are training for IMO. The above will help most people get in shape if their diet is decent and the intensity is right. For people with specific goals, like you say, there needs to be more understanding of what they're doing.

My point, being the same as yours - there is no one programme that will work perfectly for everyone. Personally, I kove to do a bit of everything, running, spinning, kettlebells, weights, 5 a side etc etc.

Will Heffernan

Hanley wrote: »

-Smolov
-Coan-Phillipi
-Prowlers
-Crossfit
-Mobility work
-Foam rolling
-5/3/1

Anyone noticed how once one or two people start doing stuff, everyone follows suit, stick with it for a while and then move on to the next big thing?

It has always been like this...and that isn't necessarily a bad thing...as long as you know it.

I could add about 15 other things to that list off the top of my head.

Most of the gains and results you get come from a small percentage of the work you do...it gets said over and over again...squats, deadlifts, bench, pull ups and pressing.

I was laughing the other day when I saw a video someone posted showing a NFL athlete doing split squats on a bosu ball...you can rest assured not a single athlete anywhere on this planet was built on a bosu ball.

Every athlete you see displaying respectable mass and power has squatting, deadlifting, benching, pulling and pressing in his past.

All the other novelty stuff is for fun...the fun bit is important.

Transform

shhhhhher everyone knows the best program you ever do is the one your are about to do!!

The fitness industry is like the fashion industry - keep churning out stuff that looks sexy but is actually quite old and done before. Nothing wrong with that when you are focusing on the basics and you really understand what you are doing and where you need to work on.

Its easier to catch flys with honey than it is with sh1t.

the drifter

Well what if everyone was to do something different...we would all be spending our time thinking of stuff to do...instead of training...if you dont try something your not going to know if it works for you or not.