IN-SEASON
1. Allot time for yourself each
week that is outside of eating,
training and working while on
prep.
Schedule this time as you do your
workouts so you respect it and
give it priority
This concept will allow you to still
feel a sense of self-care outside of
your goals. It will provide you
with a small dose of normal, noncompetition
life to see it still
exists and you don’t binge on
anything post-season (ie.
drinking, eating, lack of training,
etc).
2. Include nutritional break
meals in your program, but
respect them.
What I mean by this is provide
yourself with meals that are
outside of your strict eating plan
to help you perform as an elite
athlete (this is less important if
you are doing IIFYM). This meal
should still be providing you with
nutrition, and high vibrations.
However it gives you a break away
from eating the same thing day in
and day out. Again, this will also
help eliminate the extreme binges
of drinking and eating postseason,
when you are back in a
normal routine without a strict
diet.
3. Talk to yourself, daily.
Remind yourself of your goal, the
actions you need to complete daily in
order to achieve this goal, but also
remind yourself that this is a
competition and off-season is just
around the corner. Do not lose touch
with yourself while in prep.
4. Stay in touch with friends and
family.
What happens for a lot of people is that
they get so obsessed with their prep
that they start to cut ties unconsciously
(“I am so busy that there is no time for
friends”) or consciously (“these people
are not in line with my goals so I need
to stay away from them”). This is bad
news, because either your friends start
to resent you, or you find yourself again
binging on hanging out with friends and
family and giving up the time you need
for yourself in order to stay fit and
healthy off season.