Over the years I’ve commonly shocked people when giving them advice on their training when it came to directing them to hit certain goals. Having been in this business for over 10 years and having coached now for over 14 the same questions tend to come up over and over again. Because of this I wanted to take the time today to examine another question that tends to show up that I frequently find myself discussing with the masses!
So every morning I get up and I’m an absolute grizzly bear until I get my coffee. No, I’m not going to pretend to be the strength coach that says I hit the floor with both feet first thing ready to headbutt open the bathroom door and punch the front door open and march right on into work ready to kick ass and take names. That comes…just much later after the caffeine has kicked in.
It’s probably not consistent with what you might imagine, but there’s a building up to that sort of thing. If you also happen to be a slow starter as well then welcome to the club. Just know that even though you and I may be slow to start the important thing to remember is to be consistent and unrelenting! After all, the finish is what matters.
So you look at your training partner come Monday and the same old question comes up…“Are we training on the bench press today with barbells, or with dumbbells?” Now there’s certainly nothing wrong with this question, but if this the only question that ever comes up on your typical Monday training session then you need to start looking to make some upgrades. If it is then today you’re going to want to read this and expand the horizons on your iron game!
The days are long, it’s raining, it’s cold, it’s too damn hot, I don’t have a gym membership, the list consists of every reason as to why your pursuit of strength should NOT happen! Today we’re going to go against the grain and change the attitude of why essential strength should happen! Trust me, this one is an essential read.
Because I train and run an online business I’m frequently witnessing people do things that get my attention when it comes to training. For starters much of the search algorithms that Facebook and YouTube use regularly cause fitness related posts to flow into my newsfeed. Many of these posts are great consisting of colleagues and friends that I have tons of respect for in the industry. However even though there are good ones I also find myself getting a lot of craziness in my newsfeed at the same time.
