Breaking workout rhythm

[Stevelegh]

Hi Everyone,

I'm just curious about people's workouts and what they do when they miss one.

I've started doing splits 4 days a week and I'm finding it a struggle when I miss a day.

I know I'm setting myself up for a shootdown here, but workouts get missed due to kids getting up sometimes as early as 3am, so mornings are shot and evenings can get messed up by wife's commitments or her work or my work. I'm not throwing excuses, I'm just trying to find a solution.

When I was doing my full body workouts, I found I could drop a day, then pick it up again the following day with no problem but it seems much harder with splits.

My reasons aside, I'm sure everyone misses the occasional workout, so my question is whether you just drop that day and move on or try an 'pick up' the lost day and move the whole workout forward.

Funny thing is that I always seem to miss 'leg day'.

I wonder why? (hehe)

I'm thinking of going back to full body as I think it just suits me better. Is there any shame in that? There seems to be a train of thought that full body is for newbs and should only be used for a few months then splits should be used.

I'm thinking that if my consistency is going to suffer and I'm faced with a choice between a 'lesser' quality of 'regular' workout, then that's better than the opposite.

I'd appreciate any thoughts.

[GeHfN VAlLiS]

You might try a rotation plan. Keep the split format you have, but when you miss a day, pick up where you left off. Advance the schedule one day and push your next day off ahead to the end of the rotation again.

For example, a four day split possibility:

Day 1: Chest
Day 2: Back
Day 3: Shoulders/Arms
Day 4: Legs
Day 5: Rest
Day 6: Chest
Etc.

Now, let's say you get interrupted and miss Shoulders/Arms day, that now becomes day 1, with the same order of routines and your next scheduled day off is still day 5.

Day 1: Shoulders/Arms
Day 2: Legs
Day 3: Chest
Day 4: Back
Day 5: Rest
Day 6: Shoulders/Arms
Etc.

Now, just as a thought, if interruptions are that common, and you were used to full body workouts, you might consider moving to a three day split (Chest/Back, Shoulders/Arms, Legs for example) that way you're pretty likely to hit each body part twice a week.

Just thoughts. . .