What can be combined and what can't ?

[Balker]

Hi, i've been using Darebee for four months now and I still didn't figure this one out :
Programs have a add-on categories, but challenges don't. Does that mean that challenges can't be added onto a workout unless specified, or that they all can be added ? Or maybe a secret 3rd thing ? I'm not sure of what i can choose going into january
For precisions, in the last 4 months i've been doing "Daily exercice + Challenge + Addon Program", and in december i switched to 2 minutes mobility challenge + Fit December + Stretching, because 2 minutes mobility mentionned it could be used as a warmup to my workout

I'm mostly wondering if i can always do Challenge + Non-addon Program + stretching ?
Thanks a lot

Edit : I saw on the forum that some people were doing multiple challenges at a time, what's the rule there ? Going with the feeling ?
Oh and sorry if i'm not very clear, english isn't my first langage so i'm not sure of my sentences

 

[Fremen]

There are no fixed rules but just to be clear, add-on programs are designed as extra training to the main workout, normal programs are intended as main training and give the best results if they are not overlapped with other programs because each program has its own progression which is different from program to program.
The challenges are also extra training, at least most of them.
So to answer your question: Challenge + Non-addon Program + stretching, are great, you use the challenge as a warmup then do the main workout and then use the stretching as a cooldown, everything goes well.
If you browse through the logs you'll see that everyone has their own way of interpreting the training proposed by Darebee and that's fine.

 

[Laura Rainbow Dragon]

Edit : I saw on the forum that some people were doing multiple challenges at a time, what's the rule there ? Going with the feeling ?

Yes.

Most of the Programs (with the exception of the "add-on" ones) are designed to be complete workouts. You could do simply the Program workout each day and have a well-rounded, progressive fitness routine. The Workout of the Day is also coordinated on a planned rotation such that you would get a well-rounded fitness routine over time if you just did it daily. The Exercise of the Day and most Challenges are designed to be add-on activities. (There are a few Challenges which are exceptions to this, such as some of the running challenges, which could definitely comprise your main workout if you were doing one of those.)

We have a wide range of different fitness levels here as well as a wide range of different training goals. We also have some folks who just don't like a lot of repetition and so will choose to do two or more different workouts at Level I instead of doing one workout at Level III.

The baseline recommendation is to do one Program plus (optionally) one Challenge and/or the Exercise of the Day and/or an add-on Program.
Doing multiple Challenges at a time is fine if that suits your specific training goals and you know your body can handle it. Do take a look at Day 30 of each Challenge before taking this path, however. Many of the Challenges ramp up significantly, and what can look like an easy load on day 1 could become over-training by day 30. (Another option to help prevent over-training with doing multiple Challenges is to stagger them. So you're on day 1 with one Challenge but day 15 with the second--or something similar, depending on how many Challenges one stacks together.)

 

[Brianlikestoworkout]

There are no rules, do whatever you feel like works for you

 

[skudi]

The darbee police will not come to arrest you