Hard to imagine we’re almost 12% through 2025 already.
If you missed the check here past 2 videos, we’re discussing WHY you should slow down this year if you want speedier results from your training.
And we’re discussing how to slow yourself down instead of BEING SLOWED DOWN by injury. And the way to do that?
Pinpoint the reasons 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 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 maximum it can to do what you ask it. But…
After a few decades of handling paperwork 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 / movement compensations.
And when you load them enough (weight / kettlebell training), you end up “breaking” things.
Sometimes briefly.
Sometimes irreversibly.
Neither are fun .
Slowing down, identifying your “issues,” then fixing them, goes a LONNNGGGG way in both your current training and your future training.
Get yourself on a effective restoration program.
Do it consistently. 10 to 30 minutes. Every day.
You’d be surprised what you can do in “just” 30 days. Me?
Don’t worry - I walk the talk.
I did EXACTLY 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 rewarding training blocks of my life.
I got 90% of my 25-year old chronic bilateral knee pain to FINALLY disappear.
I could go up and down stairs without difficulty.
I could sprint , bound, hike … All of it.
I’m convinced if I hadn’t addressed that in my late 30s, my early 50s would be much, much different. Certainly VERY painful.
How long will it take you to get your problems to go away?
Well, it depends on what they are and how long you’ve had them.
One thing’s for sure, time marches on and entropy occurs.
Your concerns aren’t going to resolve themselves on their own .
In fact, they’re only going to deteriorate as you get older.
May as well make 2025 the time to take care of 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 slowing down your training and identifying your “gaps” - your recovery, your technique errors, and your “issues”…
And then correcting them…
Boosts your training efficiency and therefore your results in both the short and long runs.
Assuming of course you’re using a solid training program and not just winging it and seeing if it works .
Stay Healthy ,
Geoff Neupert.