A typical day at Mike T Nelson's house

Had a great Memorial Day with the family just being outside and active. Got some paperwork done and then decided it was time to go to Mike T. Nelson's garage gym. Actually, the goal was to work on a few new things. They were juggling and falling/rolling so we actually went out to the yard. Flipping the 12K was about all I could do for my "First rep is the worst rep" try. Talk about FUN! It wasn't that bad but I destroyed a Target cardboard box of his as well as a few holes in the ground (sorry Mike). All I know is that I can't be trying too many things at once - just stick to basic progressions and do a few. Mike said this exercise has helped his sports vision more than any other protocol. Gross to fine applies here - doing juggling is much more real world and "gross" than doing simple eye tracking. So I got PRs in front and back flips and the open hand snatch. Great stuff!

Moved on to falling and tumbling. While this seems so easy, it is a VERY important concept to learn. You never know when you could be in this situation and you want to be sure to spread the load by using your elbow to brace your fall and not your hand. If you do it right you can really feel the difference. Started by standing but it was too hard - it is best to progress from a crouch position to standing. So I crouched and ground out probably 5 reps on each side. When Mike asked me to do it on my left side I began to laugh. Why? Stress response! As I am right handed, it seems everything I do on my left side is a little weak. I should probably do twice as much work on the left than the right to make up for this.

We finished up with some deadlift form work, from which I felt as comfortable as I had in about a year. And then did some LCCJ hitting double 53s for PR of 3. Mike did 2 OK reps at the double 32s for a PR! Nice work!

I told Mike everytime I go to his house I learn new exercises, break PRs and move better. Any questions with that? Go to see Mike if you want to take your training to a new level. You'll be glad you did!