Scaling your workout successfully.
Scaling is cool, embrace it.
Firstly: What is scaling?
Scaling is applying a progression to movements & workouts to get you to a better fitness state.
Secondly: Why do you scale a workout?
Injury
Volume capacity
Postpartum
Movement ability
Thirdly: When should you scale your workout?
When you see a workout first released at your gym, try not to automatically scroll down to scaling options or think I’ll just scale to the movement I always do. Try holding that thought & action until your warmup is complete.
Your warmup is one of the first opportunities you have to assess your scaling requirements for the day. Each workout has a well-developed & effective warm up.
Through your execution of the warmup, you can assess how you are feeling & moving today. Based on how you are feeling & moving you can then measure that against your body’s history (injuries, abilities etc), this is where you can start narrowing down whether you need to scale and if you do, to what extent.
After the warmup, ask yourself “Can I meet the workout requirements & stimulus if I perform it Rx (as prescribed or written)”. If your answer is yes, Fantastic, go for it, challenge yourself and attack the workout.
If your answer is no, also Fantastic! This is the time you need to scroll down to the scaling options and have a look around. Choose a challenging scaling option which will strengthen, grow & develop your abilities or move you closer to functionality if you’re working with an injury or are postpartum. Then…go for it, attack your workout!
Scale for fitness development NOT to make your workout easy!
I hope this helps you make great scaling choices for your future workouts.
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