If you take a look at enough Turbulence Training workouts, you'll notice something - that most of them are programmed into 4-week blocks.It doesn't matter how long the over program is - if it's just a short 4-week program, or if it's a 12-16 week long program, it will generally be divided up into shorter 4-week blocks.
Now, how this is done is pretty simple, really. If it's just a 4-week long program, then there's only one 4-week block to worry about. But if the program is 12 or 16 weeks long, then what you see is the 12 or 16 weeks being broken down into three or four 4-week programs. So a 3 month program (12 weeks) would actually be like 3 separate 4-week programs stacked together.
I'm a big fan of this style of designing workouts for a number of reasons.
One of the first reasons is that the blocks are short. Many people have a hard time sticking to programs for any long period of time. In fact, this is one of the main reasons why people fail on their programs - they can't stick to them for the long-term. However, when the workout is only 4 weeks in length, then it is short enough for people to be able to focus on, stick to, and complete.
At the same time, though, 4 weeks is long enough to see results. See, if we were only worried about staving off boredom, you could design a ton of variety into a program, even doing something different every single workout. (There are several programs that do this kind of thing.)
The problem with this is that you goo too far to the other end of the spectrum. Now, you're on a program that doesn't concentrate on any one thing long enough to ever make any progress. It'd be like trying to get smarter by studying math on Monday, Science on Tuesday, and History on Wednesday. Sure, you wouldn't be bored, but you'll never concentrate at anything long enough to get any better at it.
That's why 4-week long programs are the best overall combination for.
Another thing about 4-week long workouts is that you can adhere to the same overall goal with the same overall plan, but implement enough changes that the workout still seems fresh (so boredom isn't a factor), but genuinely is fresh enough that the stimulus to the body will be new enough that you will continue to make gains and progress.
Because for the most part, Turbulence Training workouts all follow a basic pattern. You perform the same basic set of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday workouts. You'll get a set of workouts (one each for Monday, Wednesday, and Friday) and repeat them every week for four weeks total. After four weeks, you'll start a new set of workouts.
Now, how this is done is pretty simple, really. If it's just a 4-week long program, then there's only one 4-week block to worry about. But if the program is 12 or 16 weeks long, then what you see is the 12 or 16 weeks being broken down into three or four 4-week programs. So a 3 month program (12 weeks) would actually be like 3 separate 4-week programs stacked together.
I'm a big fan of this style of designing workouts for a number of reasons.
One of the first reasons is that the blocks are short. Many people have a hard time sticking to programs for any long period of time. In fact, this is one of the main reasons why people fail on their programs - they can't stick to them for the long-term. However, when the workout is only 4 weeks in length, then it is short enough for people to be able to focus on, stick to, and complete.
At the same time, though, 4 weeks is long enough to see results. See, if we were only worried about staving off boredom, you could design a ton of variety into a program, even doing something different every single workout. (There are several programs that do this kind of thing.)
The problem with this is that you goo too far to the other end of the spectrum. Now, you're on a program that doesn't concentrate on any one thing long enough to ever make any progress. It'd be like trying to get smarter by studying math on Monday, Science on Tuesday, and History on Wednesday. Sure, you wouldn't be bored, but you'll never concentrate at anything long enough to get any better at it.
That's why 4-week long programs are the best overall combination for.
Another thing about 4-week long workouts is that you can adhere to the same overall goal with the same overall plan, but implement enough changes that the workout still seems fresh (so boredom isn't a factor), but genuinely is fresh enough that the stimulus to the body will be new enough that you will continue to make gains and progress.
Because for the most part, Turbulence Training workouts all follow a basic pattern. You perform the same basic set of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday workouts. You'll get a set of workouts (one each for Monday, Wednesday, and Friday) and repeat them every week for four weeks total. After four weeks, you'll start a new set of workouts.
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