Targeted for Termination

Since my son's favorite movie is Terminator, the title above has been running rampant around my house. It of course also applies to the real world, as the company I work for has been doing some "house cleaning" as of late. While it's never fun, I always remind myself that it's business, not personal - so I felt OK about the termination early Monday AM. Then, on the way home from work I got a call from my friend who said he was let go last Thursday. It was kind of like "touche"!

Why do I bring this up? Because terminations/firings apply to many things in life. Especially in training. #1 hint: if your trainer gets you hurt, they are an idiot. It really is that simple. I've heard horror stories of clients doing kettlebell bear crawls down a concrete embankment and getting injured - all done to "make things harder" (sounds like a well-known kettlebell guru to me). Any endeavor you take on in life you are told to be relaxed so you can perform at your best. Of course, to everything except kettlebells. Wrong answer.

So in looking at my giant pack of books and DVDs I have begun to think of ideas and protocols that need to be terminated -exercises and routines that use someone else's internal feedback. Why this is coming crystal clear to me is due to my jumping on "The Gym Movement" bandwagon which focuses on personal biofeedback to determine an exercise's effectiveness. It's time to weed out the junk and focus on what works. There is so much info out there you need to know what you DON'T like to know what you DO like. I have an inner peace I've never had before and its great! So when the next DVD or book that comes out touting its effectiveness, please throw it against the wall to see if it sticks. If it's not listening to YOU it will not help YOU.

Training tonight: Broke TBDL volume PR (via the 380-385 Matrix) got 7,705 in 25 minutes, and a density PR as well. Then did 100 lunges in 7.5 minutes (PR)which really kicked my butt. I had to watch and make sure the tension wasn't ramping up to much - there were times my breathing was hosed up and had to back off a bit. Did a little grip work but I was shot. Great workout!