Happy NFL Opening Day everyone, immediately a couple of you are going to mad thinking of the NFL. Either because, you hate them or you don't like that Fall is around the corner. They're both here, grin, bare it and try not to spoil it for the rest of us. For those that didn't know, no I'm not a Pats fan, don't hate them, don't like them, GO PACK GO! Ok, I'm done with that. I got my sports mention/fix in, let's get to the reason why you're reading, the good stuff. Stop me if this sounds familiar, you’re tired you’re sweaty and there’s a pretty good coating of you-juice all over…oh stop there? The point(s) being everyone sweats when they work out, and almost anyone can drive you to that point, seriously. Give the most random person on the street a shirt that says “Trainer” on it and a clipboard, tell them that the client needs to leave the gym drenched in sweat and they’ll make it happen, however they need to. Here’s the thing kiddos, you simply cannot measure if a workout was actually good for you simply by how much you sweat and by how awful you feel. I’m pretty sure Dr. John Rusin said something to that effect. I’m not saying it’s the worse thing in the world. You’re not going to catch cancer and The Man in Black isn't going to walk through the door to drop your dog dead if this happens. You're going to have workouts that leave you feeling this way, especially athletes because they simply don’t know how to step away from that red line feeling. What I’m driving at is that you should be able to literally walk away, because if you can’t something went wrong, not good. Secondly, you should feel good and maybe a bit energized, but if you have the energy and motivation to go run a 10k afterwards, go to jail (or back to the gym) and try again. The answer, as usual in fitness, lies somewhere in the middle. I’m saying this as someone that is ok with that red line feeling now and again too. Believe me, there have been some puddles of yesterday’s lunch left all over by yours truly, especially on hills. Been there, done that. It sucks and it’s not a good thing to feel that way after (almost) every workout. I would much rather have a client hate life for about 30 seconds while they perform an exercise with an appropriate weight, at an appropriate intensity and be able to walk away. Soreness happens always, just about no matter what. Some days it's pretty noticeable, other days it's negligible. Even if you’re on a deload week (we need to talk if this is a new concept for you), you’ll be sore. Conclusion here is, soreness is not a good measure either. I have to do all I can to hold my tongue from jumping out of my mouth when a client comes back to me, complaining that they didn’t feel they were sore enough. Every coach and trainer has had this happen to them, they get the evil eyes going and devil horns magically sprout from their neck just for a second. The intelligent ones just increase the weights a bit and maybe change up a variation or two from the previous session’s programs. The not so knowledgable ones...well that's what we're hoping to avoid here. Here’s the thing about using these as a measure, are they actually going to be measures of progress for you? How terrible you feel after each workout and whether or not you can make yourself feel worse and worse? Feeling so sore you can't even walk up the steps of the bus to go to work? The answer is, probably not. Why in the bloody hell would you really want to use that as a measure of a good workout, if that's the case. Measures of whether or not your current workout program (more than a single workout, GASP) is going to be things like, do you have more energy during the day, does your (insert often sore joint) feel less achey, are your clothes fitting better? Don’t aim to drive yourself into the ground, because if you try to do it every single time, eventually you won’t get back up and then all that progress is down the tubes and back to square one you go, hooray…NOT! That's what I got today folks, stay tuned next week. I have a special series of posts concerning carries planned. Is anyone really surprised? Thanks for tuning in, go out there and get after it!
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Happy Labor Day weekend everyone and to those of you in Boston, God Speed to all of you movers today. Those of you reading this today that aren't from the Boston area or have never lived here here's the deal. A small portal to hell opens up, September 1st and the days around it. The chariots are disguised as moving trucks and there are seemingly no rules to be followed. The reason being is because there's so many colleges and universities, most leases on apartments start and run out around this time, I experienced it once for myself and I just assume stick a rusty nail up my nose than do it again, to all you doing it today, take a deep breath, be patient and best of luck.
Alright, now that everyone knows why September 1st is a big party here in Boston, here's this weeks Insta post
Power Clean Form 101: Perfect Your Technique and Build Explosive Power- Last week Mike Anderson had a new piece drop on Stack. Mike's taught me most of what I know about olympic lifts (and lifting in general). He certainly gave me my base at the very least, so if you like anything that I write or talk about in the slightest, you need to go check this thing out, like now. Gray Cook: Stability vs Mobility- For those that have followed me for more than 5 seconds, or have come to train with me, you know damn well that I love carries (you'll see more on this next week...hint hint wink wink). Gray Cook has probably forgotten more about carries (and fitness in general) than I currently know. This video from a couple years ago, on this subject is worth a watch. I believe he's talking to a Strong First KB coaching course, but the message is still good accross all platforms. Strength House Podcast Ft. Tony Gentilcore- For those looking for a different fitness podcast here's one to get into. Beer and fitness? Yeah sign me up. Greg Robins and Tony Bonvechio have been at this for awhile now, but if you need a better reason than the two I provided before, Tony G was on this episode and it was filmed at Core. Need more of a reason than that you say? We can't be friends. |
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December 2023
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