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I’m doing a lot of squats at the moment.
Regular weighted ones to try and build my squat back up after injury.
Imagine I wanted to do 21 reps.
I set the bar up, adding the weight and did one rep.
Then stripped the bar off and put the weights away.
Then got it all out again and did another rep.
And repeated until I’d done all 21 reps.
Madness you would think.
“Do all 21 in one go” you might say.
Or “Three sets of seven”.
Or “Two fours, a three, two twos and six singles”.
All would make more sense than 21 singles.
Setting up from scratch 21 times.
It’s a bit like our meals.
I don’t, realistically, expect people to prep an entire week’s worth of food and Tupperware it up.
Cool if you want to.
I know there are people out there that do this (most FitPros if you believe Instagram).
Note: Do not believe Instagram.
I don’t expect anyone to do that as I never have and it sounds a pain.
But could we do that ‘Two fours, a three, two twos and six singles’?
Make a few meals at a time for some of the week, where it’s not too much of a pain?
Get some ‘doubles’ and ‘triples’ in?
While we’re already doing the equivalent of ‘setting the bar up’?
Save a bit of time and energy here and there.
Have ‘better’ options readily available for the times where it’s normally more difficult?
Just go from ’21 singles’ to whatever combination of ‘reps and sets’ you feel works for you.
Much love,
Jon ‘Seconds’ Hall and Matt ‘So Solid’ Nicholson
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