SPEEDIER findings

Hard to accept we’re almost 12% through 2025 already.

If you missed the past 2 videos, we’re discussing the causes why you should reduce pace this year if you want more rapid results from your training.

And we’re discussing how to slow yourself down instead of being held back by injury.

And the way to do that?

Identify the factors you’ll get injured / people get injured in the first place and beat them.

Today, Part 3… Which I said in our last video is a very good 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.

Of course , sometimes those are simply not knowing the proper technique.

Many times they’re not.

They’re a result of your body doing the maximum it can to do what you ask it.

But…

After a few decades of shuffling papers and riding a desk, your body has “changed its shape,” and therefore its ability more info to function the way it’s built and the way you want it to.

These are called movement imbalances.

And when you load them enough (weight / kettlebell training), you end up “breaking” things.

Sometimes for a while .

Sometimes forever .

Neither are fun .

Slowing down, identifying your “issues,” then fixing them, goes a LONNNGGGG way in both your current training and your future training.

Get yourself on a reliable restoration program.

Do it daily. 10 to 30 minutes.

Every day.

You’d be amazed what you can do in “just” 30 days.

Me?

Don’t worry - I practice what I preach.

I did precisely 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 FINALLY disappear.

I could walk up and down stairs without pain.

I could run, jump, hike… All of it.

I’m sure if I hadn’t taken care of that in my late 30s, my early 50s would be much, much different . Certainly VERY painful.

How long will it take you to get your issues to disappear ?

Well, it depends on what they are and how long you’ve had them.

One thing’s for sure, time keeps moving and entropy happens .

Your issues aren’t going to resolve themselves by alone .

In fact, they’re only going to get worse as you get older.

May as well make 2025 the time to fix 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 easing up 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 quality training program and not just guessing and seeing if it pays off.

Take care,

Geoff Neupert.