Tuebor
Level 4 Valued Member
I do a decent job at writing my own programs and a great job of following them into their entirety. I do keep the records of what I accomplished from training session to training session but once finished I crumple the program up, toss it in the trash, and continue on with another. This log is to help me see what has and hasn't worked in the past. And what weights and times where accomplished.
I am fortunate in the fact that I have never allowed myself to be "out of shape" instead of getting into a length measuring contest of past accomplishments I will leave with a quote from Mark Twight.
"Memories and hope are not so different; one is ‘having done’ the other is ‘to do.’ Neither constitutes action. You are what you do; thus, if you do nothing, you are nobody. If you once did great things, you think you are great. You coast along on dead, preserved laurels, lifeless and wasting away. I sickened of people, myself included, who don’t think enough of themselves to make something of themselves – people who did only what they had to do and never what they could have done. I learned from them the infected loneliness that comes at the end of every misspent day. I knew I could do better.”
My guiding principals of training
1. Fix your movement issues, maintain authentic movement algorithms – Attack your weakest links, know and accomplish the basic movement patterns. Understand that your body is one piece.
2. Build a huge Aerobic base – Higher your aerobic base the faster you overcome fatigue, the more work you can do in the same amount of time, and the longer you can sustain.
3. Work on general strength – relative strength is far more important than absolute, be strong everywhere, think farmer, rail road worker, logger.
4. It’s about movements, not muscles – Hinge, Squat, push, pull, carry.
5. Strive to do fewer things better – The devil is in the details, find the largest bang for your time movements and focus on improving them.
I am fortunate in the fact that I have never allowed myself to be "out of shape" instead of getting into a length measuring contest of past accomplishments I will leave with a quote from Mark Twight.
"Memories and hope are not so different; one is ‘having done’ the other is ‘to do.’ Neither constitutes action. You are what you do; thus, if you do nothing, you are nobody. If you once did great things, you think you are great. You coast along on dead, preserved laurels, lifeless and wasting away. I sickened of people, myself included, who don’t think enough of themselves to make something of themselves – people who did only what they had to do and never what they could have done. I learned from them the infected loneliness that comes at the end of every misspent day. I knew I could do better.”
My guiding principals of training
1. Fix your movement issues, maintain authentic movement algorithms – Attack your weakest links, know and accomplish the basic movement patterns. Understand that your body is one piece.
2. Build a huge Aerobic base – Higher your aerobic base the faster you overcome fatigue, the more work you can do in the same amount of time, and the longer you can sustain.
3. Work on general strength – relative strength is far more important than absolute, be strong everywhere, think farmer, rail road worker, logger.
4. It’s about movements, not muscles – Hinge, Squat, push, pull, carry.
5. Strive to do fewer things better – The devil is in the details, find the largest bang for your time movements and focus on improving them.