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