The title is a legitimate question so I will explain what I've been up to lately.
We held a couple of workshops this fall including one with Steve Maxwell, my original kettlebell coach, from over 10 years ago. Steve is a great coach and literally travels the world, living out of a duffel bag, and gives workshops on training: kettlebells, bodyweight, clubbells, mobility, etc. His two workshops for us were on bodyweight training and clubbells. Very good, physical weekend of learning and training.
As a result of these workshops and other things I really concentrated on bodyweight training esp. with rings and the only real barbell work I did was with deadlifts. The break seems to have given my joints a little rest and recovery . There's a lesson in there somewhere! :) I plan to get back to the 5-3-1 program of Wendler's for a few cycles starting in December.I am testing my "core" lifts this past couple of weeks.
We are also trying to expand our small group training business and I've been working on marketing for that as well.
That's it for now. Talk soon!
Train hard and train smart!
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Monday, November 18, 2013
10U: How Much Should Development Cost? | ADM Kids
10U: How Much Should Development Cost? | ADM Kids Read up parents; these concepts should be applied to all youth sports.
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Training is a Means to an End. At Least It Should Be.
Though I am in the field of training and have been for nearly 30 years I have come to the realization that training should be a means to an end not an end in itself. This wasn't always the case as I was one of those always seeking higher numbers in the weight room or more metabolic work to improve conditioning. Chasing numbers for numbers sake, in other words.
Training as a means to an end is certainly not what is going on in much of the training world. With so called systems like P90X, Insanity, Crossfit and the like, the training is an end in itself. In fact, there are competitions involving some of these training systems so they have made training into competitive sport.
In my opinion, training should only be an end onto itself if you are a competitive lifter, powerlifter or Olympic lifter, or Strongman type competitor. Then your training is your sport to a large extent.
But outside of that why would you approach training that way? If your objective is losing weight, improving performance, feeling better, moving better and with less pain, then you have to think in terms of Minimum Effective Dosage (MED). In other words, what is the minimal amount of a specific type of training I need to get the results I'm seeking. In fact, it might be wise to plan your recovery first and work your training needs around the recovery facets of your program.
I'm not saying you don't have to train hard to move towards your goals. But you have to be able to answer the question, why am I doing this exercise/program and is it effectively moving me towards my end game? From a trainers perspective the same question is relevant. If your client/athlete asks you why they're doing what they're doing you better be able to answer the question and explain how it's getting them towards their goals.
So next time you train, ask yourself this question: will this session move me towards what my goals are or is it just exercising for the sake of exercising? Not that there's anything wrong with that but it may not be the most effective way of getting you where you want to go/be.
Train hard and train smart!
http://fitnesstogether.com/media for our website and all of our links.
Training as a means to an end is certainly not what is going on in much of the training world. With so called systems like P90X, Insanity, Crossfit and the like, the training is an end in itself. In fact, there are competitions involving some of these training systems so they have made training into competitive sport.
In my opinion, training should only be an end onto itself if you are a competitive lifter, powerlifter or Olympic lifter, or Strongman type competitor. Then your training is your sport to a large extent.
But outside of that why would you approach training that way? If your objective is losing weight, improving performance, feeling better, moving better and with less pain, then you have to think in terms of Minimum Effective Dosage (MED). In other words, what is the minimal amount of a specific type of training I need to get the results I'm seeking. In fact, it might be wise to plan your recovery first and work your training needs around the recovery facets of your program.
I'm not saying you don't have to train hard to move towards your goals. But you have to be able to answer the question, why am I doing this exercise/program and is it effectively moving me towards my end game? From a trainers perspective the same question is relevant. If your client/athlete asks you why they're doing what they're doing you better be able to answer the question and explain how it's getting them towards their goals.
So next time you train, ask yourself this question: will this session move me towards what my goals are or is it just exercising for the sake of exercising? Not that there's anything wrong with that but it may not be the most effective way of getting you where you want to go/be.
Train hard and train smart!
http://fitnesstogether.com/media for our website and all of our links.
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
New ligament discovered in the human knee
New ligament discovered in the human knee This is amazing considering our technology and imaging capacity.
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
http://ussa.org/news/interns-train-best-world
http://ussa.org/news/interns-train-best-world Kerry Kelly is my daugher. Very proud of her work.
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