David Jarrett
Level 4 Valued Member
My name is David Jarrett, and I am beginning my fitness journey with Simple and Sinister. A couple of months ago I weighed 301 pounds. I cleaned up my diet and started walking in the mornings and have lost some weight. Now it's time that I start a more serious exercise routine.
I have been practicing my swing and getup form over the past few weeks with the aid of my local SFG instructor. By the way, if you can go see an SFG, do it! While I like to think I have pretty good attention to detail, my instructor has helped me make dramatic improvements with my swing and getup technique. She also introduced other supplementary exercises to help me work on some deficiencies I have with flexibility and range of motion. In all honesty, with no exaggeration whatsoever, I feel better right now than I have in years! And it has happened so quickly, too; just in the past few weeks. For example, two weeks ago I couldn't lie down flat on my back in the floor and lay my head on the ground; all I could do was barely touch the very top of my head to the ground while looking straight back. Today I can lie down flat and the back of my head rests squarely on the ground like it should. I went from thinking I had a serious neck deformity to normal again in just two weeks! Seriously, go see an SFG if you can.
I precede each S&S practice session with the recommended goblet squats, hip bridges, and halos. Even the warm-up was very difficult for me at first! I couldn't make it through a SINGLE set of prying goblet squats! I had to take breaks! Now, the warm-up feels much easier. I still take my time through it but not because I have to. I use my warm-up to really drive home the rest-period concepts in S&S. I have had a tendency to move through the exercises a bit too quickly (not really passing the talk-test) and so I take every opportunity to practice slowing down.
One final note: I'll be tracking the time it takes for me to complete my swings and getups, but I do so blindly with two clocks. In other words, I don't worry about the time while I'm doing the exercise; I simply follow the talk-test. I am tracking the times just to see how much my rest periods are reduced organically over time.
Stats as of 06/15/2020:
Age: 37 years old
Height: 5 feet 10 inches
Weight: 267.4 lbs
Measurements: TBD
I have been practicing my swing and getup form over the past few weeks with the aid of my local SFG instructor. By the way, if you can go see an SFG, do it! While I like to think I have pretty good attention to detail, my instructor has helped me make dramatic improvements with my swing and getup technique. She also introduced other supplementary exercises to help me work on some deficiencies I have with flexibility and range of motion. In all honesty, with no exaggeration whatsoever, I feel better right now than I have in years! And it has happened so quickly, too; just in the past few weeks. For example, two weeks ago I couldn't lie down flat on my back in the floor and lay my head on the ground; all I could do was barely touch the very top of my head to the ground while looking straight back. Today I can lie down flat and the back of my head rests squarely on the ground like it should. I went from thinking I had a serious neck deformity to normal again in just two weeks! Seriously, go see an SFG if you can.
I precede each S&S practice session with the recommended goblet squats, hip bridges, and halos. Even the warm-up was very difficult for me at first! I couldn't make it through a SINGLE set of prying goblet squats! I had to take breaks! Now, the warm-up feels much easier. I still take my time through it but not because I have to. I use my warm-up to really drive home the rest-period concepts in S&S. I have had a tendency to move through the exercises a bit too quickly (not really passing the talk-test) and so I take every opportunity to practice slowing down.
One final note: I'll be tracking the time it takes for me to complete my swings and getups, but I do so blindly with two clocks. In other words, I don't worry about the time while I'm doing the exercise; I simply follow the talk-test. I am tracking the times just to see how much my rest periods are reduced organically over time.
Stats as of 06/15/2020:
Age: 37 years old
Height: 5 feet 10 inches
Weight: 267.4 lbs
Measurements: TBD