Listen... no I said listen!
Interesting thing happened today. I was talking to a young trainer (anyone younger than 40 is a young trainer) about psychology.
I have this view that sometimes the simplicity can be revealed in the most complex situations and complexity in the most simple....
...and I've always seen a training session as a micronism of life.
If I have a client that I'm taking through a session I can reasonably tell you exactly what type of person they would be in any given number of situations.
Why?
Because they lay themselves bare. Within a training session they can't pretend any longer, they have to do it, and that causes them to react and behave in any number of ways.
Some whine. I don't usually have this experience. Clients that come to me are rarely the whining type, but it has happened one or twice in my career.
Some people get scared. With these ones I gently cox them through every phase explaining whats going to happen, how they will feel and the best way to react. When it happened exactly the way I've described it, they gain confidence in me. Then slowly we make the journey step by step.
Some people are ridiculously strong. But there is also a problem in this. Many years ago I trained a senior partner at Andersens. He was bullet-proof. This guy was mentally steel coated. But he had no idea where his limits were, which I think is dangerous. He would literally train himself unconscious.
Two men stand out for me.
For similar reasons.
One used to train with a group and in all the years I trained him he never lost focus on his goals, not once. The other guys could tease and banter him ruthlessly, and he wouldn't react, he just got on with the business in hand, his training program. Perfect technique, perfect execution, measured, intelligent and progressive.
The other one was the son of one of my clients. This young man was the most coachable client I've ever met. You show him something once, and he had it forever. I remember telling him that his 5 start was always his fastest. On sport day 15/20 mins before his race he begins warming up throughly, then he practises 4 starts. The 5th was his race start. He won.
Monday's Workout
1. Chest press 20x21
2. Pulldowns 70x13
Single arm row 20x13
3. Rotating lat raises 8x8
Rotating front raises 8x8
Upright rows 16x8
4. Bicep curls 14x5
Hammer curls 18x5
Incline curls 14x5
Seated curls 14x5
5. Skull crushers 18x5
Tate press 18x5
Dips x5
Close hand pushups x5
Tricep Pushdowns 170x5
I did this as an accumulator.
1. then 50 crunches
1+2 then 50 crunches/50 reverse crunches
1+2+3 50 crunches/50 reverse crunches/50 double crunches
1+2+3+4 50 crunches/50 reverse crunches/50 double crunches/ 50 Mountain Climbers
1+2+3+4+5 50 crunches/50 reverse crunches/50 double crunches/ 50 Mountain Climbers
15 mins Handstand drills
Spin Class
8mins warm up
8 mins Hill climb
2x3min intervals
16 minute hill climb
3min interval
8 minute hill climb
Cool down
Today's Workout
1km Bike Tried to maintain 45km/h + for this
10 Push ups
10 Jumping jacks
Repeat 5x
Rotating lat raises 6x21 8x13 8x8 10x8 10x5
Front raises 8x13 8x8 10x8 10x5
Upright rows 16x8 16x8 16x5
Single arm snatches 18x8 18x5
Bent over lat raises 16x5
This sequence accumulates but each time the reps should go down and the weight up. After yesterday this was hard.
200m treadmill
Bicep curls 16x10
Dips x10
Repeat 5x
Started treadmill easy at 13km/h then went up to 18km/h for my last one
Still trying to be careful with my shins and ankles...
SO....
I was talking to a young trainer about psychology... and we are talking about how bosses stress the people underneath them and he was saying a lot of it is about the language they use and the person being criticised interpretation of those words...
As he was talking I started getting annoyed, then I stopped myself and LISTENED to his words, the annoyance instantly disappeared and our interaction was really pleasant.
I call this getting off it. I have no idea what I was about to even get on... but I did get off lol.
I have this view that sometimes the simplicity can be revealed in the most complex situations and complexity in the most simple....
...and I've always seen a training session as a micronism of life.
If I have a client that I'm taking through a session I can reasonably tell you exactly what type of person they would be in any given number of situations.
Why?
Because they lay themselves bare. Within a training session they can't pretend any longer, they have to do it, and that causes them to react and behave in any number of ways.
Some whine. I don't usually have this experience. Clients that come to me are rarely the whining type, but it has happened one or twice in my career.
Some people get scared. With these ones I gently cox them through every phase explaining whats going to happen, how they will feel and the best way to react. When it happened exactly the way I've described it, they gain confidence in me. Then slowly we make the journey step by step.
Some people are ridiculously strong. But there is also a problem in this. Many years ago I trained a senior partner at Andersens. He was bullet-proof. This guy was mentally steel coated. But he had no idea where his limits were, which I think is dangerous. He would literally train himself unconscious.
Two men stand out for me.
For similar reasons.
One used to train with a group and in all the years I trained him he never lost focus on his goals, not once. The other guys could tease and banter him ruthlessly, and he wouldn't react, he just got on with the business in hand, his training program. Perfect technique, perfect execution, measured, intelligent and progressive.
The other one was the son of one of my clients. This young man was the most coachable client I've ever met. You show him something once, and he had it forever. I remember telling him that his 5 start was always his fastest. On sport day 15/20 mins before his race he begins warming up throughly, then he practises 4 starts. The 5th was his race start. He won.
Monday's Workout
1. Chest press 20x21
2. Pulldowns 70x13
Single arm row 20x13
3. Rotating lat raises 8x8
Rotating front raises 8x8
Upright rows 16x8
4. Bicep curls 14x5
Hammer curls 18x5
Incline curls 14x5
Seated curls 14x5
5. Skull crushers 18x5
Tate press 18x5
Dips x5
Close hand pushups x5
Tricep Pushdowns 170x5
I did this as an accumulator.
1. then 50 crunches
1+2 then 50 crunches/50 reverse crunches
1+2+3 50 crunches/50 reverse crunches/50 double crunches
1+2+3+4 50 crunches/50 reverse crunches/50 double crunches/ 50 Mountain Climbers
1+2+3+4+5 50 crunches/50 reverse crunches/50 double crunches/ 50 Mountain Climbers
15 mins Handstand drills
Spin Class
8mins warm up
8 mins Hill climb
2x3min intervals
16 minute hill climb
3min interval
8 minute hill climb
Cool down
Today's Workout
1km Bike Tried to maintain 45km/h + for this
10 Push ups
10 Jumping jacks
Repeat 5x
Rotating lat raises 6x21 8x13 8x8 10x8 10x5
Front raises 8x13 8x8 10x8 10x5
Upright rows 16x8 16x8 16x5
Single arm snatches 18x8 18x5
Bent over lat raises 16x5
This sequence accumulates but each time the reps should go down and the weight up. After yesterday this was hard.
200m treadmill
Bicep curls 16x10
Dips x10
Repeat 5x
Started treadmill easy at 13km/h then went up to 18km/h for my last one
Still trying to be careful with my shins and ankles...
SO....
I was talking to a young trainer about psychology... and we are talking about how bosses stress the people underneath them and he was saying a lot of it is about the language they use and the person being criticised interpretation of those words...
As he was talking I started getting annoyed, then I stopped myself and LISTENED to his words, the annoyance instantly disappeared and our interaction was really pleasant.
I call this getting off it. I have no idea what I was about to even get on... but I did get off lol.
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