Summer STRONG bodies are built in the winter.
Fall is the perfect time to build muscle. Hearty root vegetables, soups and stews are plentiful. Those warm, stick-to-your-ribs meals have a seasonal purpose – they’re preparing your body for the long cold winter!
Think about those squirrels running around your yard, stashing seeds and crushing chestnuts as they prepare to hibernate.
It’s natural to want to hunker down going into the winter. It’s cold, it’s dark.
But you have a choice: binge on holiday junk, or put those calories to good use.
The best way to approach it is to EMBRACE it and put your body’s natural inclination to work FOR you.
Building muscle gives you metabolic flexibility and requires eating AT or above maintenance levels.
Getting stronger is the optimal way to develop the body you want:
- Real muscle definition
- Feel energized and strong
- Train with a purpose and meet goals, instead of slack off all season
- Enter spring with a foundation ready to “cut” and show off all that new muscle, if that’s your goal.
It’s not a “bulk”, nor will you become “bulky” unless you are training a certain way (bodybuilding vs powerlifting) or eating wayyyyy above maintenance.
Lean muscle is denser than fat. It also holds on to essential water and glycogen (sugar from stored carbohydrate that you use for working out), so the more you have, the greater those stores are.
Your body also WANTS to use fat as fuel – that’s why those chipmunks get so chubby! They create massive fat stores to burn off over the winter, because naturally occurring carbohydrates (fruits & veggies) are scarce and snow-covered.
Set yourself up for strength and metabolic success this fall and Start with our NEW Strength & Power Building Cycle starting today.
We’ll use the Big 3 – Squat, Press, and Deadlift to build strength, adding weight each week over the next 8 weeks.
Squatting below parallel is the BEST way to build that booty, relieve back pain, and strengthen your knees.
Bench pressing will boost your max pushup potential exponentially.
Deadlift improves grip strength, which is a key indicator of longevity, as well as bone density.
Adding the pause to the squat and bench ensures the tendons and joints get strong under tension, which helps limit injury and build a bulletproof body.
Athletic skills such as jumping, bounding, and our classic CrossFit daily conditioning will ensure you’re training power & speed, along with extra core work for abs of steel.
Finally, Aerobic Capacity (aka Zone 2 training) on Thursdays will keep you feeling light and cardio-ready for our next training cycle in January, going into Open Season!
We’re going to finish the training cycle with a special Merry Lift-Mas celebration to test all 3 lifts!
So if you want to maximize your muscle this season, book a call to get started today!
If you’re unsure how to eat during this training cycle, get an InBody scan done with us at Radix, or use the exact macros calculator I use as a PN coach to determine your maintenance calories for FREE.
See you in the gym!