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I love the TN mountains!
Same here. It’s one of our favorite family vacation spots.I love the TN mountains!
Is it a long drive for you?Same here. It’s one of our favorite family vacation spots.
Yeah it was 7 hours straight yesterday. We made a couple stops to break it up so it made it more manageable.Is it a long drive for you?
@Luis T. Gonzalez — Thanks for the update! That is AWESOME!!! It was all YOU — you worked the plan! And I like how you also listened to your body and made some tweaks to the plan along the way. That's how training plans work — there is room in the margins to personalize it. One could argue that we must personalize our training plans a bit, to make them work for us.Well I would say the snatch test plan worked. I was able to pass the snatch test and 1/2 bw press this morning. Thank you again for that plan. I’d say it works!
@Catherine Buck Le ironically all the tests felt easy. The windmill was my biggest challenge. It’s so weird that I sweated most during mobility than other things but I guess that’s my body telling me that may be a weakness. My biggest take away from the cert came from my training partner who I was inspired by. He recommended that I put strength on maintenance to work on my conditioning. He was a highly successful track and field athlete. Working with him made me realize how important a training partner is. The certification weekend was different to me. It seemed very laid back compared to the level 1 certification and I guess it emphasized to me how important my personal training is and put the responsibility back on my shoulders to have the ability to take what I’ve learned and benefit others with the knowledge I have. And most of all to keep in mind one question. What will I be able to do when I’m 70? Thank you again for all your help!@Luis T. Gonzalez — Thanks for the update! That is AWESOME!!! It was all YOU — you worked the plan! And I like how you also listened to your body and made some tweaks to the plan along the way. That's how training plans work — there is room in the margins to personalize it. One could argue that we must personalize our training plans a bit, to make them work for us.
Any fun new learnings or key takeaways from the SFG2? I hope you had a great time and made some new strong friends!
Super strong work! The snatch test is no joke, especially when you have to pass 12 other tests on the same weekend! You crushed it!!
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That's really funny about the mobility. About 15 years ago I took a Saturday morning yoga class on base, figuring how hard could it be. It was hard, like really hard! I must have looked like a butt-clown to all these flexible people.@Catherine Buck Le ironically all the tests felt easy. The windmill was my biggest challenge. It’s so weird that I sweated most during mobility than other things but I guess that’s my body telling me that may be a weakness. My biggest take away from the cert came from my training partner who I was inspired by. He recommended that I put strength on maintenance to work on my conditioning. He was a highly successful track and field athlete. Working with him made me realize how important a training partner is. The certification weekend was different to me. It seemed very laid back compared to the level 1 certification and I guess it emphasized to me how important my personal training is and put the responsibility back on my shoulders to have the ability to take what I’ve learned and benefit others with the knowledge I have. And most of all to keep in mind one question. What will I be able to do when I’m 70? Thank you again for all your help!
I feel that. I was literally pouring sweat during the mobility stuff and I looked around and no one looked like they had a single drop haha. We were reminded over and over that stretching helps to take the brakes off of your strength. So if you are tight in an area, then your body is basically going to work against itself like you are adding bands to a lift. If you can be a little more mobile then you might make a pr just from “taking the brakes” off your strength.That's really funny about the mobility. About 15 years ago I took a Saturday morning yoga class on base, figuring how hard could it be. It was hard, like really hard! I must have looked like a butt-clown to all these flexible people.
@Catherine Buck Le ironically all the tests felt easy. The windmill was my biggest challenge. It’s so weird that I sweated most during mobility than other things but I guess that’s my body telling me that may be a weakness. My biggest take away from the cert came from my training partner who I was inspired by. He recommended that I put strength on maintenance to work on my conditioning. He was a highly successful track and field athlete. Working with him made me realize how important a training partner is. The certification weekend was different to me. It seemed very laid back compared to the level 1 certification and I guess it emphasized to me how important my personal training is and put the responsibility back on my shoulders to have the ability to take what I’ve learned and benefit others with the knowledge I have. And most of all to keep in mind one question. What will I be able to do when I’m 70? Thank you again for all your help!
Thursday, May 9.
I'm fasting a bit today. I have been reading through Geoff Neupert's, "Kettlebell Burn Extreme." One of the staples in the book is a 36 hour fast once per week immediately after your "cheat" day. I remembered hour much I used to fast for nearly 15 years. During that time frame, I would fast 1-2x per week and generally felt really good after about 4 days of fasting. In general, I would fast roughly 18 hours with an 6-8ish hour window for eating. I have never fasted more than about 18 hours but I know from experience how well it works and good and strong I felt. Today, I'm just going to move, drink water, and maybe lift a little after work. Here is a video I found to be very insightful: In the video the doctor basically recommends a couple weeks of 2 meals per day, then go to 2 weeks with just one meal at dinner and you have 2 meals on the weekends, then you graduate to 1x per week with a 36 hour fast where you just skip your normal dinner and wake up the next morning for a breakfast meal.