Personal Update
Last week a client said to me “ Man you must have an extra gene just for discipline”. We were talking about the times when I eat food during the day. Not about special kinds of food, or anything really food quality or quantities related, just about eating times and how I have to be unconventional with meals in order to work within my self-constructed work and training schedule.
It was a good opportunity to talk with him about different variables that weigh on a decision and that it wasn’t some special genetic gift that I was born with and I wouldn’t even consider it a skill either. It is the general necessity of understanding your most impactful constraints first when problem-solving rather than last. Everyone can create the picture-perfect plan they wish they could to in the utopia of day that goes exactly as you would hope it would from wake to sleep, but that rarely happens.
“Perfect days” are the exceptions, not the rules and we should be planning for them with such infrequency in mind. I’d love to have a homemade Bacon egg and cheese breakfast sandwich every morning with a coffee but that’s not the reality that fits my actual schedule.
Fantastic Podcast I listened to last week
Movement Fix Podcast- Episode 152: Michael Mash, DPT, CSCS- Making barbell exercises more accessible to more people.
The conversation was top-notch and one of the most well-thought-out examples of critical thought processes when approaching training modalities and training tools for the general public.
This is one of those conversations I wish I had heard within the first year of my training career. I like a lot of podcast episodes and shows, but I have to say in my biased opinion I think this type of conversation, or at least snippets of it should be part of every entry-level certification and continuing education course. I want it said in so much repetition that it becomes like riding a bike for coaches. Now, this is not a further endorsement of Michael Mash’s coaching courses because I have never taken them.
Events this week
96 In-person Events & 30 Live Virtual Events from 61 Different Organizations
Most Popular In-Person Events
Australia 15 - United Health Education, International Union Of Nutritional Sciences, Sports Medicine Australia, Strong First, Rehab Trainer, Jps Health & Fitness, Australian Strength And Conditioning Association
Brazil 4- International Society for the Advancement of Kinanthropometry, Fernando Reis Weightlifting, Gymnastics Course
Canada 7- Meetings International, Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization, Exercise Therapy Association, John Rusin, Somatic Senses Education, International Society for Engineers and Researchers
The United Kingdom 8- Chek Institute, Gymnastics Course, International Society for Engineers and Researchers, T2 Fitness Education, Animal Flow, United Kingdom Strength Coach Association, Born To Move
The United States Of America 43- Gymnastics Course, Boxing And Barbells, Dragon Door, Club Industry Show, International Society for Engineers and Researchers, International Association Of Yoga Therapists, American College Of Sports Medicine, Strong First, Anatomy Trains, Buti Yoga, Greg Lehman, Institute For Athlete Regeneration, Institute Of Clinical Excellence, Original Strength, Postural Restoration Institute, Rocktape, Southeast Sports Seminars, Stick Mobility, United States Of America Weightlifting, Carrick Institute, Certified Functional Strength Coach, Brookbush Institute Of Human Movement Science, Pose Method, Athlete Enhancement, Aquatic Exercise Association, American Academy Of Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation, Art Of Coaching, Northeast Seminars, Titleist Performance Institute
30 Live Virtual Seminars
American Academy Of Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation, National Exercise Trainers Association, Australian Catholic University, Dts Fitness Education, Sports Medicine Australia, Neurodynamic Solutions Clinical Neurodynamics Education, Pelvic Health Solutions, Gla:D Canada, Rocktape, Carrick Institute, Functional Anatomy Seminars, Inspire Fitness Academy
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