| Concentrate on quality physical training and | | | | and fatigue seeking... leading to poor |
| proper technique and then increase the | | | | technique and ineffective, potentially |
| quantity of your training... Leave your ego | | | | dangerous form. |
| out of your workout program. | | | | |
| | | | Quality physical training is much more |
| Eliminating your ego from your workout | | | | important than beating the person next to |
| program and concentrating on quality physical | | | | you... So leave your ego out of your workout |
| training over the quantity of training will | | | | program. |
| bring about the greatest amount of fitness | | | | |
| performance improvement. | | | | Your fitness excellence will not just be |
| | | | measured by how much you can do... but how |
| Whether you believe it or not... you are | | | | much you can do properly compared to past |
| competing every time you train. | | | | performances. |
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| No, you are not competing with the guy or | | | | Do not increase the quantity of an activity, |
| girl next to you at the gym... you are | | | | either by increasing weight, increasing |
| competing with yourself! | | | | repetitions or decreasing rest periods... |
| | | | until you can perform the activity with |
| Remember... The point of physical training is | | | | proper form and quality of motion. |
| performance improvement. | | | | |
| | | | From a coaching standpoint, I measure the |
| Who's performance? | | | | effectiveness of training by measuring the |
| | | | amount of improvement in the skill seen over |
| YOUR performance! | | | | time. |
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| The object of your training sessions are to | | | | Look at it this way... |
| improve the performance of physical skills | | | | |
| compared to past performances... Being able | | | | There are two people training a resistance |
| to do more, better than you did before. | | | | activity...the first one lifts more but has |
| | | | not seen any improvements in a long time, and |
| Who cares if you can do more or less than | | | | the second one lifts less but shows |
| so-and-so? | | | | noticeable improvement from one month to the |
| | | | next. |
| The reason I bring this up is that more often | | | | |
| than not people get into competition with | | | | Who is performing a more productive physical |
| those around them... and their training | | | | training program? |
| suffers. | | | | |
| | | | The person that shows improvement... even |
| Usually, they will focus on a limited amount | | | | though the total output is less! |
| of exercises with the intention of | | | | |
| "maximizing" their performance and "beating" | | | | I know it is hard not to judge ourselves by |
| those around them... Instead of focusing on | | | | those around us. |
| quality physical training. | | | | |
| | | | But remember this... when you focus on |
| But "maximizing" your performance in one | | | | quality physical training you will make |
| particular physical skill is the fastest way | | | | improvements that will ultimately allow you |
| to move away from over-all fitness | | | | to outperform others with proper form and |
| excellence. | | | | technique. |
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| "Optimizing" performance... showing | | | | Quality physical training produces good |
| competence, ability and quality in a variety | | | | habits that will lead to solid, sustainable |
| of physical skills, is the path to fitness | | | | performance improvement... where focusing on |
| excellence. | | | | quantity of load or fatigue is a short-cut to |
| | | | injury. |
| This is the path of quality physical | | | | |
| training. | | | | And how well can you perform in sport, work |
| | | | and life when you are injured. |
| By competing with those around them, people | | | | |
| inevitably sacrifice quality physical | | | | Make strength, conditioning and fitness |
| training for quantity training. | | | | improvements through quality physical |
| | | | training... and you will enjoy long lasting |
| In an effort to out-perform those around | | | | performance improvements that can actually |
| them, there is an excessive emphasis on load | | | | exceed your expectations. |