Hard to believe we’re almost 12% through 2025 already.
If you missed the past couple of videos, we’re discussing WHY you should slow down this year if you want faster 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 causes 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 good reason why, no matter how much you “practice” your technique, you can’t seem to “get it website to work” -
[3] Pre-Existing Yet [Maybe] Undetected Issues and Injuries
In our last video I 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 office work and riding a desk, your body has “changed its shape,” and therefore its ability to function the way it’s designed and the way you want it to.
These are called movement compensations .
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 long 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 shocked 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 effective 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 convinced if I hadn’t addressed that in my late 30s, my early 50s would be very different. Certainly extremely painful.
How long will it take you to get your issues to go away ?
Well, it hinges on what they are and how long you’ve had them.
One thing’s for sure, time marches on and entropy occurs .
Your issues aren’t going to get better on their own by just like that.
In fact, they’re only going to deteriorate 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 easing up 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 short and long runs .
Assuming of course you’re using a quality training program and not just winging it and seeing if it sticks .
Stay Strong ,
Geoff Neupert.