Cleaning out the garage

After nearly six months of prep time (and 8 years since his passing), my dad's estate is finally online with K-Bid. Since he owned over 100 cars, it is not surprising that he had literally TONS of car parts and accessories. Most auctions are 1-2 pages at most, but this one hit 7 pages. Wow.

What does this have to do with training? Well, I used to be a collector like my dad. I bought every single book and DVD on training that I could get my hands on. I read several magazines every month. Online, I compared notes and comments on every training system there was. What did I get? A lot of confusion, that's what. Everyone was an expert, and all of them wanted to sell me something.

I grew up reading about the bodybuilding of Arnold and Bill Pearl. I also read a lot about powerlifting, which I really enjoyed and even competed a few times. But lifting only two days a week made me feel strong and slow; I was always tired and had no endurance. This led me to try kettlebells, and I must say they are wonderful tools. But after years of using their "high tension" model I began to break down. Injuries and the inability to improve my flexibility and mobility led me to Z Health. Joint mobility really helped my training injuries and lowered my tension level drastically. My gait improved and my left ankle that had been broken became very mobile and allowed me to get back into sports I had given up on, such as downhill skiing.

But going back to my roots, my heart was always into lifting weights. Even with all the joint mobility in the world and I still had not been breaking my personal lifting records. But I did set a PR with chiropractic visits. In fact, I was just about ready to quit lifting when Mike T Nelson led me to the Gym Movement protocol designed by Frankie Faires and championed by Adam T Glass. This protocol made me LISTEN to my body, not someone else. To be internally governed and externally guided. I have never felt better and my personal records are falling on a regular basis.

Back on task: I could go on and on about GM, but simply put I am done collecting. I am done listening to others. Yes, there are many ways to skin a cat, but actually using biofeedback and listeing to your body TRUMPS all other methods out there. Adam T simply said he is not trying to add to your "toolbox", rather to clean out the garage! And like getting the auction online, it is so darn rewarding when you have a clean slate and have a clear picture of where you are going.

Amen to that:)