Today we beat the crap out of our nervous system by doing dynamic work. I remind people weekly that it's not about the weight as much as the SPEED.
I can also coach technique better these days because the weight is lighter and the small adjustments and bad habits can be addressed.
So how does the program build courage? It's easy to do when the weight is heavy and we unrack a load and you can hear all the bones cracking as they settle next to each other. The support muscles have you shaking as if you have hypothermia, and THEN you break the main joint to begin the descent of the weight just knowing that you will be stapled somewhere beneath you. It takes balls to do that!
But you still have to muster up some guts when you stand in front of a box you have to jump up to after you've pre-fatigued the same muscle group required to jump.
Today was that day for one of my participants whose goal is to never modify the workout plan for the day for any reason.
His being 80 years of age has not slowed him down, yet and we weren't going to have it be the first.
I'll call him "Ralph", because that's his name, stood in front of the box he had to get up on thinking about it a bit too hard.
WHAT? You made an 80-year-old man jump onto a box? After dynamic squats and deadlifts? What kind of sadist does that?
Answer=ME! (and Ralph because he's just as stubborn as I am)
He stood...looked at the height...stood...measured it in his mind...stood... recalculated...stood until I BARKED and pushed him..."JUMP Pilgirm" (In my best John Wayne voice)
He landed on top one foot at a time.
NOPE! That's not it. "Do it again"
Re-sets lines it up, checked it all again until I bellowed, "Jump NOW!"
Attempt number two...Success!
Confidence built!
The rest of the exercise went off without a hitch.
10 sets later...BIG smile. No! HUGE smile.
Success!!!
Procrastination makes easy things hard, hard things harder.
Having the courage to overcome, PRICELESS!
Be like Ralph.
Today's Training:
Cycle: Commute
Leg Swing: 2x10
Leg Abduction Swing: 2x10
Cat/Camel: 2x10
Fire Hydrant: 2x10
Straight Arm Standing Seal Claps: 2x10 (dynamic stretch for the pecs) 2x10
Dynamic Squat: 10x2x 50% plus chains
Dynamic Deadlift: 10x1x50% plus chains
Reverse Hyper: 4x25
Box Jumps: 10x3
GHR: 5x10
"Lara" Abs: 3x12
Cycle: Commute