I would be curious to hear more expert athletes/coaches insight on how important it is to train following a regular schedule.
This is what I mean: let us say that in a week we have a certain total volume of training - in my case that is, at least, MS, FS, 3 split sessions of F1 and one session of H1. Does it matter, and why, if I consistently train the same exercises in the same days, rather than still doing them all but on days and combinations which vary from week to week?
Let me repeat that the idea is that with both "formats" I am doing the same total amount of work.
I am not a big fun of tight organisation, and I find the approach of adjusting the sessions week by week appealing.
However, I have started thinking that a fixed schedule would be more beneficial. My reasons:
- Knowing in advance which days you will be training allows to program other things around it. In a sense, it could end up allowing more freedom, without the struggle to make room for training sessions which have not been scheduled in advance.
- It is probably easier to understand how your body reacts and recovers from different workouts if the format and timing of the workouts are kept consistent.
What's other people insight on this?