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Comments on: Tougher Than The Rest https://chadhowsefitness.com/2011/02/tougher-than-the-rest/ Bringing Back Manliness. Fri, 25 Feb 2011 13:19:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Chad Howse https://chadhowsefitness.com/2011/02/tougher-than-the-rest/#comment-9137 Fri, 25 Feb 2011 13:19:31 +0000 http://www.chadhowsefitness.com/?p=2182#comment-9137 In reply to MARK.

Hey Mark – I've run into the same problem before – late night games really effected my sleep.

Try a 20 minute nap scheduled for every afternoon. Try eating bigger breakfasts, and have bigger meals surrounding your games so account for the calories burned in your games.

The big thing is rest – you could even take your lifting from 4 days to 3 days a week while you're in basketball season.

Try a few of these things, let me know how it goes.

– Chad

]]> By: MARK https://chadhowsefitness.com/2011/02/tougher-than-the-rest/#comment-9135 Fri, 25 Feb 2011 11:48:39 +0000 http://www.chadhowsefitness.com/?p=2182#comment-9135 Whats up Chad,

My basketball league just started and my games are at night. I have noticed that my energy levels and strength are being affected in the morning. Not to mention Ive already lost 5 lbs since it started..

I'm loving the workout plan..but I have to ball.

Thoughts..

Much appreciated

]]> By: Chad Howse https://chadhowsefitness.com/2011/02/tougher-than-the-rest/#comment-9095 Thu, 24 Feb 2011 02:43:29 +0000 http://www.chadhowsefitness.com/?p=2182#comment-9095 In reply to Kasey.

Hey Kasey,

Great question. Most of the time I'd say 4 days training as a maximum if you're trying to put on lean mass. That being said, a short session of HIIT is like playing a game of basketball or something. So give it a shot and see how your body reacts.

Keep the session short and intense, and make sure you're getting enough recovery time.

Any more questions let me know,

– Chad

]]> By: Kasey https://chadhowsefitness.com/2011/02/tougher-than-the-rest/#comment-9092 Thu, 24 Feb 2011 01:57:15 +0000 http://www.chadhowsefitness.com/?p=2182#comment-9092 Great post, Chad. Exactly what I needed to hear!

A bit of an off topic question for you – After a lot frustration doing a lot of the things that held you back from building muscle, I'm changing things up to build muscle. Now lifting 4x/week (including challenge workouts!) with 2 full days of rest – looks like this
Day 1 – Upper
Day 2 – Lower
Day 3 – Rest
Day 4 – Full
Day 5 – Cardio/EST
Day 6 – Full
Day 7 – Rest

My question is how intense can my 1 day of Energy Systems work be? Is doing Sprints/HIIT going to be too taxing on recovery? I'd like to be able to sprint that day but I just wanted to get your input because I really respect your opinions.

]]> By: Chad Howse https://chadhowsefitness.com/2011/02/tougher-than-the-rest/#comment-9088 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 21:58:38 +0000 http://www.chadhowsefitness.com/?p=2182#comment-9088 In reply to Dave.

Dave,

I appreciate the feedback – it's great to hear you're getting so much out of the blog. Glad to help in any way I can!

Thanks again,

– Chad

]]> By: Dave https://chadhowsefitness.com/2011/02/tougher-than-the-rest/#comment-9087 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:49:58 +0000 http://www.chadhowsefitness.com/?p=2182#comment-9087 Hey Chad,

I recently started checking out your blog, and honestly,
it's amazing.

The workout and life philosophy that you have is both realistic
and idealistic, and difficult but doable.

Love the workouts, love the blogging, the videos are great.

Major props to you, mate, keep doing your thing.

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