Hard to believe we’re almost 12% through 2025 already.
If you missed the past 2 videos, we’re discussing WHY you should reduce pace this year if you want more rapid results from your training.
And we’re discussing how to slow yourself down instead of getting slowed down by injury.
And the way to do that?
Identify the factors you’ll get injured / people get injured in the first place and resolve them.
Today, Part 3… Which I said in our last video is a very compelling 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 website mentioned “ugly” lifts using bad technique -
“Heil Hitler ” 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 optimal it can to do what you ask it.
But…
After a few decades of sitting at a desk and riding a desk, your body has “changed its shape,” and therefore its ability to function the way it’s 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 fun .
Slowing down, identifying your “issues,” then fixing them, goes a significant way in both your current training and your future training.
Get yourself on a effective restoration program.
Do it daily. 10 to 30 minutes.
Every day.
You’d be amazed what you can do in “just” 30 days.
Me?
Don’t worry - I practice what I preach.
I did exactly 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 FINALLY 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 addressed that in my late 30s, my early 50s would be very different. Certainly really painful.
How long will it take you to get your issues to resolve?
Well, it depends on what they are and how long you’ve had them.
One thing’s for sure, time keeps moving and entropy happens .
Your issues aren’t going to resolve themselves by just like that.
In fact, they’re only going to deteriorate as you get older.
May as well make 2025 the year to address 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 slowing down your training and identifying your “gaps” - your recovery, your technique errors, and your “issues”…
And then addressing them…
Improves your training efficiency and therefore your results in both the near and far term .
Assuming of course you’re using a good training program and not just guessing and seeing if it sticks .
All the best ,
Geoff Neupert.