Language's Impact: Help or Hinder?
Here is a thought, a quote, and a piece of training to consider this weekend.
TQT
Thought
Your internal and external dialogue are frighteningly powerful.
“I’m not prepared.”
“I don’t know if I can do this.”
“I blew up here last time.”
“I’m not that fit.”
If you use language like this, don’t expect a positive outcome.
If you want to succeed, if you want to achieve something worthy, challenge yourself to “not say anything that makes you weak.”
Focus on speaking words that make you strong, capable, and confident.
Watch what happens.
Quote
“Stop saying those things that make you weak and ashamed. Say only those things that make you strong. Do only those things that you could speak of with honor.”
-Jordan Peterson
Training
CrossFit Quarterfinal Prep Events
AM-
[Gymnastic Muscle Endurance Test]
5 rounds for time:
6 RMU
12 Alternating Pistols
15 GHDSU
*15 min time cap
PM-
[Power Test]
2:30 min AMRAP:
18/21 Calorie Row
15 Thrusters @ 95/135
*in remaining time:
Bar Facing Burpees
-rest 2:30 min-
2:30 min AMRAP:
18/21 Calorie Row
15 Thrusters @ 95/135
*in remaining time:
Bar Facing Burpees
*Score is total burpees
Notes:
These two events come from the final day of the first quarterfinal simulation I gave to a cohort of my athletes. I wanted to highlight the differences between the two tests to show how important it is to ask yourself, “what is the dose I want from the test?”
If we start with that question, it becomes easier to select the appropriate time frame, movements, ordering of the movements, repetition ranges, and where we want to place it in the grand scheme of the simulation.
Part of these decisions will be guided on what we hypothesize will be the test to come at the quarterfinals this year. Since it could change from previous years, it’s always a roll of the dice.
Give these tests a whirl. Pay attention to the following few items:
The fatigue points in the tests for you
The overall “feeling” of the tests
The cadence and how they differ
The recovery time after each of them
If you have the requisite ability to express both of these tests correctly, there ought to be a clear distinction between the both of them.
The Crafting Fitness Podcast
Episode 17: The Last Coach You'll Ever Need with Michael Bann
Today I’m honored to be speaking with my colleague Michael Bann.
For the past 15 years, Michael has been deep in the trenches of coaching.
In this episode, I wanted to pick his brain on his coaching philosophy and how he’s changed his mind on movement and coaching movement over the years.
The areas we covered were the following:
● “The last coach you’ll ever need”
● How his perspective on movement and movement asymmetries have evolved over the years
● Saying “no” more often and how he teaches this to his clients
● Learning to create space for clients to become more aware of themselves allowing them to upgrade their own understanding
● Why coaching is an investment in yourself
● Why a coaches job is to call people up and make them better
Below you can find the links to the books he mentions in the podcast along with how you can get ahold of him if you are interested in working with 1:1
Books:
When the Body Says No: Exploring the Stress-Disease Connection
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Contact Michael:
Email - michaelbann@OPEX RC.coach
IG - @coach_michael_bann
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Onward,
Coach Sam Smith
