Sticking To The Plan>>ACCEPT + ADJUST + KEEP MOVING FORWARD
Romir Jacob
Qualified Human Resources & Project Management Professional seeking an enriching position
Good morning everyone,
Its a snowy day in Toronto. Just yesterday the prospect of warmer weather seemed higher. Likewise, when we make our workout plans or project plans, some unexpected risks always occur for which we cannot prepare for.
When we make our workout or project plans, its usually over a period of weeks . Sometimes when these unexpected events occur, they cause people to derail their plans and everything falls apart.
My message is not to give up. Keep pushing. A missed day or two is perfectly fine. We have to ACCEPT what has happened, ADJUST accordingly and KEEP GOING FORWARD
Using my analogy of workout plans I shall illustrate how every project manager must continue pushing on .
If you see my LinkedIn profile I am currently in a very hectic program and when you try to balance that with placement, paid work, as well as hobbies and leisure its quite the juggling act.
As the coursework picks up in pace, I cut out the leisure activities , reduce the paid work to what is necessary, and with great reluctance I cancel workout sessions.
Ultimately a missed workout session means that I have lost out but that is OK
I ACCEPT that... I adjust by seeing where else during the week I can insert the missed exercises, then I log it into my workout agenda and continue on with the program. I also focus extra hard on the sets of what I missed so that I make up for it. It does not mean crashing the plan by tossing in too many extra sets, or leveling by increasing the duration of your workouts by a large margin ( 3-4 hours instead of 1-2 hours). That is a strong No. This changes the entire scope of your workout plan and could have negative effects in the form of an injury. Injury amounts to project failure since u incur lost time from rest followed by rehab. In projects this would mean delaying the end and the client is unhappy. Especially in fitness if you are doing this for yourself the client is you so it is in your best interests not to overdo anything. Haste makes waste!!!
So when ADJUSTING, only do what is necessary to stay on track. So if you have been derailed by missed workouts try the following as you KEEP MOVING FORWARD towards your goals during the project:
(1)Schedule an extra session where you perform the exercises you missed at 70% intensity so that you are working hard but not killing your body.
(2)Add only 1-2 extra reps to your sets while focusing . You are still getting in reps but you are not overdoing it. For example if you do three sets of 10 with proper form of an exercise, just add in two extra reps so you have three sets of 12. with proper form It is preferred as opposed to doing three sets of fifteen-twenty reps done sloppily .
Keeping these in mind , I wish you all the best of luck with your workout and project plans.
AND remember
ACCEPT + ADJUST + KEEP MOVING FORWARD