SWIFTER results

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

If you missed the past two videos, we’re discussing the causes why you should take it easy this year if you want faster 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.

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 optimal 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 to function the way it’s designed and the way you want it to.

These are called movement compensations .

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

Sometimes momentarily.

Sometimes forever .

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 solid restoration program.

Do it daily. 10 to 30 minutes.

Every day.

You’d be stunned 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 click here 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 ultimately disappear.

I could walk up and down stairs without pain.

I could run, jump, hike… All of it.

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

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

Well, it is determined by what they are and how long you’ve had them.

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

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

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

May as well make 2025 the year to take care of 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 slowing down your training and identifying your “gaps” - your recovery, your technique errors, and your “issues”…

And then addressing them…

Improves your training efficiency and therefore your results in both the immediate and future.

Assuming of course you’re using a proven training program and not just guessing and seeing if it works .

All the best ,

Geoff Neupert.