Hard to accept we’re almost 12% through 2025 already.
If you missed the past 2 videos, we’re discussing WHY you should slow down this year if you want more rapid results from your training.
And we’re discussing how to slow yourself down instead of being held back by injury.
And the way to do that?
Identify the reasons you’ll get injured / people get injured in the first place and beat them.
Today, Part 3… Which I said in our last video is a very strong reason why, no matter how much you “practice” your technique, you can’t seem to “get it to work” -
[3] Pre-Existing Yet [Maybe] Undetected Issues and Injuries
In our last video I mentioned “ugly” lifts using bad technique -
“ Military” Military Presses, “Tail Tucking” Swings, and “Knee-knocking” Squats.
Sure , sometimes those are simply not knowing the proper technique.
Many times they’re not.
They’re a result of your body doing the best it can to do what you ask it.
But…
After a few decades of rustling papers and riding a desk, your body has “changed its shape,” and therefore its ability to function the way it’s click here built and the way you want it to.
These are called movement imbalances.
And when you load them enough (weight / kettlebell training), you end up “breaking” things.
Sometimes momentarily.
Sometimes forever .
Neither are enjoyable .
Slowing down, identifying your “issues,” then fixing them, goes a LONNNGGGG way in both your current training and your future training.
Get yourself on a solid restoration program.
Do it daily. 10 to 30 minutes.
Every day.
You’d be surprised what you can do in “just” 30 days.
Me?
Don’t worry - I practice what I preach.
I did precisely what I’m recommending you do, only I did it for 18 months - from September 2010 to April 2012.
It was arguably one of the most successful training blocks of my life.
I got 90% of my 25-year old chronic bilateral knee pain to eventually disappear.
I could walk up and down stairs without pain.
I could run, jump, hike… All of it.
I’m sure if I hadn’t dealt with that in my late 30s, my early 50s would be significantly different . Certainly really painful.
How long will it take you to get your issues to go away ?
Well, it depends on what they are and how long you’ve had them.
One thing’s for sure, time marches on and entropy happens .
Your issues aren’t going to fix themselves by just like that.
In fact, they’re only going to worsen as you get older.
May as well make 2025 the time to fix them.
Not sure if you’ve heard this saying that was born in US Military Special Operations:
“Slow is smooth and smooth is fast.”
Deliberately taking your time your training and identifying your “gaps” - your recovery, your technique errors, and your “issues”…
And then correcting them…
Improves your training efficiency and therefore your results in both the short and long runs .
Assuming of course you’re using a good training program and not just guessing and seeing if it pays off.
All the best ,
Geoff Neupert.