Consistency Yesterday was an incredible day throughout our 3 gyms. Incredible. I said it before but as a coach and programmer test weeks are always that time when I get nervous with anticipation. Did my planning work. Basically did I get it right? I remember having a conversation with a friend years ago where I told them that as a coach, if you weren’t questioning yourself on everything you do then you weren’t doing it right. Test week and in particular yesterday the last 9 weeks came together. That being said it still could improve. We had a couple guys plateau and a couple who went backwards. I know the reasons for the latter. Yesterday brought a couple of interesting conversations and one in particular stood out for me. Its one ive had a few times but it keeps coming around given we bring on new people to our gyms all the time. I had a conversation with someone that had just finished Fran. As they recovered we got chatting and they said they just felt weak and sluggish. They looked at others scores and lifts. The person in question is relatively new to our gym all be it not new to training. They have nothing to compare their scores to. They are just doing work right now. When they come to do these workouts again is when they can gauge their progress. Frustration can completely get the better of us. We compare ourselves to others without having a clue as to their background, lifestyle or training habits. We don’t do named wods often. This means we are just doing work to give us the ability to get better. As long as we push as we are supposed to each time we hit the box then that’s all I can ask for as a coach. There is a program. A progressive system. One of the comments was that most people were new lifters so they would obviously PB. I am completely open with people that within the first 12 weeks of any new training program or style you will see a steep curve in your progressions be it lifts or fitness. It’s not unusual to see new members and clients hitting 30-40kg pb’s on standard lifts and their Helen time reduce significantly. The comment was somewhat incorrect as we had members that had been with me between 4 months and 4 years who pb’d yesterday and by good amounts to. We had one member who has been with me for 4 years who pb’d their deadlift by 15kg to hit 205kg. That is nearly a 10% increase since the last test 9 weeks ago. During our conversation they expressed a want to do extra work outside of gym to get certain elements of their numbers up. I explained to them THAT NOT ONE OF MY MEMBERS HAS EVER BEEN ON A SEPARATE OR SPECIFIC SQUAT PROGRAM OR OTHER PROGRAM FOR THAT MATTER. Here are some stats from yesterday taken from Durbs and DBN only as I don’t have Wests numbers Total members that lifted – 60 Total members with ability to PB against past lifts – 54 Total PB’s – 48 % of members who pb’d 89% Members that logged amount of pb – 39 Total kg’s PB’s by 39 members – 405kg Average PB per member – 10.38kg It’s not a fluke that this many people PB’d. Remember the guy that pulled 205kg for a 15kg pb? He was stagnant for about 6 months and at times even went backwards. But, he stuck with it. Stuck with the program and didn’t try any new specific programs to better his deadlifts. He just did work. Too many times I have seen and heard of people get frustrated with their progress. An immediate response of many is to question what they are doing. Get frustrated and look elsewhere for the magic to make us better. The magic is consistency and dedication. We recently had a number of people compete in UWS. For many it was tough. The training was hard and heavy at times. Some of the girls couldn’t hit certain weights at the start of the program but, they kept coming and lifting and truths bob the weights that were out of reach are now warm up weights for those in question. My point I am trying to get across is that you must be persistent, committed and clever in your approach to progressions. We all have days when we don’t pull pb’s. It happens. Get back on the horse and come through the doors the next day. If you do a squat program it will make you good at squats, for a while. As new lifters you will see big progressions initially. These big jumps will become smaller and you will have to fight for every kilo. That’s where the hard work and dedication come in. 5kg pb every 9 weeks will see you hit 35kg by 12 months but you will have to work your ass off for that 35kg. Take the rough with the smooth and do not fall in to the trap of thinking more is better. If you continue to jump ship at some point you will drown
Posted on: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 08:32:57 +0000
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