Comments on: The “Law” of Training Results, Part 1 http://chasingstrength.com/the-law-of-training-results-part-1/ Strength: noun. the ability to overcome. Sat, 04 Sep 2010 22:45:34 -0400 hourly 1 By: BDougie http://chasingstrength.com/the-law-of-training-results-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-752 BDougie Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:58:33 +0000 http://chasingstrength.com/?p=330#comment-752 Hi Geoff this post really hit home for me.. I ve been a Canadian National Kickboxing team member for over 10yrs.. For the first six years everytime I hit the weight room I would always turn to my teenage roots of training like a body builder.. Leading up to many fights I would live in the weight room just to look good estetically in the ring (stupid), Although this sometime did work to my advantage as many opponents became intimadated at first sight. As i moved up in the ranks and the competition beame more challenging I found myself carring extra weight around and getting really tired (cause the fights were now going the distance). Injuries also started to set in as I was always pushing my body and creating many muscle imbalances... A couple years back finding training tools like kettle bells and becoming a certified yoga instructor I can easily agree What You Reep Is What You Sow! Thanks for the touching post.. Hi Geoff this post really hit home for me.. I ve been a Canadian National Kickboxing team member for over 10yrs.. For the first six years everytime I hit the weight room I would always turn to my teenage roots of training like a body builder.. Leading up to many fights I would live in the weight room just to look good estetically in the ring (stupid), Although this sometime did work to my advantage as many opponents became intimadated at first sight. As i moved up in the ranks and the competition beame more challenging I found myself carring extra weight around and getting really tired (cause the fights were now going the distance). Injuries also started to set in as I was always pushing my body and creating many muscle imbalances… A couple years back finding training tools like kettle bells and becoming a certified yoga instructor I can easily agree What You Reep Is What You Sow! Thanks for the touching post..

]]> By: GEOFFN http://chasingstrength.com/the-law-of-training-results-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-743 GEOFFN Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:12:36 +0000 http://chasingstrength.com/?p=330#comment-743 TJ - Yeah, it's crazy how good the TGU is. I am only now really appreciating its benefits. There is much to be learned about how your body functions or doesn't function in that "simple" exercise. It truly does make everything else feel better and easier. TJ – Yeah, it’s crazy how good the TGU is. I am only now really appreciating its benefits. There is much to be learned about how your body functions or doesn’t function in that “simple” exercise. It truly does make everything else feel better and easier.

]]> By: GEOFFN http://chasingstrength.com/the-law-of-training-results-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-742 GEOFFN Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:10:36 +0000 http://chasingstrength.com/?p=330#comment-742 Russ - Yup, that is the beauty of the TGU. It works the stabilizers incredibly well. We know that some of our body's strength limitations are not due to weak prime movers, but to weak stabilizers. Increase their strength, get stronger all over. It's amazing what one little exercise can accomplish in such a short period of time, especially when compared to the whole training journey. Keep up your smart work. Russ – Yup, that is the beauty of the TGU. It works the stabilizers incredibly well. We know that some of our body’s strength limitations are not due to weak prime movers, but to weak stabilizers. Increase their strength, get stronger all over. It’s amazing what one little exercise can accomplish in such a short period of time, especially when compared to the whole training journey.

Keep up your smart work.

]]> By: TJ Byxbee http://chasingstrength.com/the-law-of-training-results-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-740 TJ Byxbee Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:30:51 +0000 http://chasingstrength.com/?p=330#comment-740 great post Geoff-I teach kettlebell/Indian Club boot camps outdoors year round in Florida to many different types of "athletes" from boxers, tennis players, golfers, swimmers, and triathaletes as well as baby boomers wanting to stay lean and move well into their golden years. Teaching the TGU and getting my students to feel confident in mastering it has really paid off. It takes a while for many to get used to that are not used to an integrated condtioning systtem as Kettlebell training provides. Across the board everyone gets better at what they like to do whether they compete or not. It's one of my favorites! great post Geoff-I teach kettlebell/Indian Club boot camps outdoors year round in Florida to many different types of “athletes” from boxers, tennis players, golfers, swimmers, and triathaletes as well as baby boomers wanting to stay lean and move well into their golden years. Teaching the TGU and getting my students to feel confident in mastering it has really paid off. It takes a while for many to get used to that are not used to an integrated condtioning systtem as Kettlebell training provides. Across the board everyone gets better at what they like to do whether they compete or not. It’s one of my favorites!

]]> By: Russ Moon http://chasingstrength.com/the-law-of-training-results-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-739 Russ Moon Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:49:39 +0000 http://chasingstrength.com/?p=330#comment-739 Geoff, Awesome. TGU - I thought "If the TGU has healed many an injured shoulder could it not then be used to strengthen the shoulder to prevent injury ?" MMM Sticking with it and going to "own" the positions, if it takes a year, it takes a year. I have noticed the following side effects of the TGU work : 1. My shoulders are more sucked into the socket when I swing or snatch....which made both lifts more efficient and tamed the arc further. 2. My snatch finish position has become more vertical. 3. My tender left elbow from not fully locking out on the extension of the swing or the bottom of the snatch now locks out and the tenderness went away. 4. More hip flexibility, better integration of the "corset" Great conditioner and the static holds are increasing my pressing strength. Geoff,

Awesome.

TGU – I thought “If the TGU has healed many an injured shoulder could it not then be used to strengthen the shoulder to prevent injury ?” MMM

Sticking with it and going to “own” the positions, if it takes a year, it takes a year.

I have noticed the following side effects of the TGU work :

1. My shoulders are more sucked into the socket when I swing or snatch….which made both lifts more efficient and tamed the arc further.

2. My snatch finish position has become more vertical.

3. My tender left elbow from not fully locking out on the extension of the swing or the bottom of the snatch now locks out and the tenderness went away.

4. More hip flexibility, better integration of the “corset”

Great conditioner and the static holds are increasing my pressing strength.

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