Less Can Be More – BowlFit Tips

In the years I have been a trainer I have found part of the reason people don’t stick to new workouts plans in the past is they think every workout has to push them to their limits and basically be miserable torture.

When I have a new client the first thing I tell them is they don’t need to be pushed that hard every single workout to see results, in fact sub-maximal training is where the most gains are actually made. Rather than training for a 1 rep max, or completing sets to failure, you actually want to stay within 70-90% of maximal effort. That is where the most progress can be made, and you’ll tend to not hate your workouts as much either so you’ll be more likely to stick to your training when you aren’t overly fatigued after every session. The reason for this is that maximal effort can be too much for the body to efficiently recover from, especially if your allostatic load is already high from stress, lack of sleep, juggling multiple responsibilities, etc.

Unless you’re on vacation with no other worries in your mind and all the time to sleep and eat the best meals ever, your body is not running on a full tank of gas but rather half a tank at best. So before you push yourself to the point of feeling sick to stomach during your next workout remember that less is more even in the world of fitness!

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About Heather –

Heather D’Errico MS, CSCS, CFSC, LMT

Heather began BowlFit in 2013 with the hope to provide awareness to bowlers about how crucial training off the lanes truly is. She has been an avid bowler her entire life competing as a collegiate bowler for Robert Morris University, assistant coaching at the University of Central Missouri, and now head coaches at Roberts Wesleyan College in Rochester, NY.

She obtained a master’s degree in kinesiology with an emphasis on exercise science and interned with the head strength coach at UCM. She became a certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS) through NSCA shortly after graduation and began coaching athletes at Next Level Strength and Conditioning in Fairport, NY.

In October 2015 she received her certified functional strength coach certification and then went back to school in July 2016 for massage therapy. She is now a licensed massage therapist and runs a business called Restorative Bodywork in Rochester, NY that specializes in movement therapy and sports massage.

Heather has also been competing on the PWBA tour the last 3 seasons and continues to use her experiences as a competitive and professional bowler to create programs for bowlers. She enjoys the challenges of making programs specific to each bowler as every person needs to focus on different areas for their performance goals. With that said her training motto is “do no harm” and believes each program should most importantly make a bowler FEEL better and play with minimal injuries/pain.