When you’re working on explosiveness, your recovery time is as important

as
—if not more important than—the training program itself. They go
together.
You cannot get maximum effort and results out of tired muscles. If you’re
overtraining, you’re going to get weaker results than a person who
undertrains. If
you think sneaking in an extra day of lifting is going to speed your
progress, let
me assure you, you’re doing the opposite. If you think you’ll get better
results by
doing the sequences three times a week instead of twice (as prescribed),
you are
incorrect. In fact, if you did the sequences only once, you’d have better
results
than if you did them three times. Why? Because this program is extremely
taxing, and you need complete rest to be ready for the next workout. For
example, you’ll do heavy legwork on Day 1 and Day 4, which gives you
enough
time to recover between workouts. I don’t want you doing more legwork
than
that. Rest, recover, and take care of your body.
And during your workouts, I also want you resting between sets, because
this
program is for maximum output, it’s not a race to see how fast you can
finish.
Your muscles need adequate recovery so they can give you the best
opportunity
to get your best results. Think about the guy who runs sprints; he’s not
going to
race twice immediately back-to-back with maximum effort, he’s going to
take
time to rest and recover between heats to give his body time to prepare for
the
next challenge. That’s how I want you to approach your workout. I’m not
talking
about taking fifteen minutes to make phone calls and grab a sandwich, but
listen
to your body, know how much time it needs to prepare for the next set, and
give
it what it needs so it can give you the best results.
YOUR ANIMAL INSTINCTS
Fact: Humans are not designed to jump or fly.
Becoming explosive in any sport is actually one of the most difficult things
to
do. It’s harder than losing weight, harder than getting in shape. Why?
Because
humans are built to walk, not jump. You have to train the body to jump.
Natural
for many animals, not for humans.
Note I said train the body, not teach the body. What’s the difference?
Training conditions your body to move instinctively. Teaching forces you
to stop
and think about what to do. Training is for action, teaching is for thinking.
I
don’t want you to think; I want you to act from instinct.
Ask any little kid to jump, and he jumps. And he jumps and jumps and
jumps
all over the place because he can. He doesn’t stop to think about how to
jump, he
just knows. He may not jump very high or with any great skill, but his
body
knows what to do. Then ask an adult to jump. He stops, thinks about it, and
says,
“Why?” He can’t remember the last time he jumped, and decides he
probably
can’t do it. Thinking, not acting.
Animals don’t think before they act.
This workout will condition your body to know what to do, to move
naturally,
so you don’t have to think about it. We’re training the muscles to be ready
when
you are, so you can explode in every direction under any condition. That’s
it. I
want you so well conditioned that your body is ready to take you wherever
you
want to go.