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Hard to fathom we’re almost 12% through 2025 already.
If you missed the past 2 videos, we’re discussing the causes why you should slow down this year if you want more rapid results from your training.
And we’re discussing how to slow yourself down instead of getting slowed down by injury.
And the way to do that?
Identify the factors you’ll get injured / people get injured in the first place and OVERCOME them.
Today, Part 3… Which I said in our last video is a very compelling 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.
Naturally, sometimes those are simply not knowing the proper technique.
Many times they’re not.
They’re a result of your body doing the optimal it can to do what you ask it.
But…
After a few decades of rustling papers 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 dysfunctions .
And when you load them enough (weight / kettlebell training), you end up “breaking” things.
Sometimes for a while .
Sometimes long-term.
Neither are desirable.
Slowing down, identifying your “issues,” then fixing them, goes a long way in both your current training and your future training.
Get yourself on a good restoration program.
Do it daily. 10 to 30 minutes.
Every day.
You’d be surprised what you can do in “just” 30 days.
Me?
Don’t worry - I practice what I preach.
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 successful training blocks of my life.
I got 90% of my 25-year old chronic bilateral knee pain to eventually disappear.
I could walk up and down stairs without pain.
I could run, jump, hike… All of it.
I’m certain if I hadn’t dealt with that in my late 30s, my early 50s would be very different. Certainly VERY painful.
How long will it take you to get your issues to resolve?
Well, it depends on what they are and how long you’ve had them.
One thing’s for sure, time keeps moving and entropy occurs .
Your issues aren’t going to resolve themselves by alone .
In fact, they’re only more info going to get worse as you get older.
May as well make 2025 the year to address 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 taking your time your training and identifying your “gaps” - your recovery, your technique errors, and your “issues”…
And then correcting them…
Improves your training efficiency and therefore your results in both the short and long runs .
Assuming of course you’re using a proven training program and not just winging it and seeing if it works .
Stay Strong ,
Geoff Neupert.