TRAINING OR NOT REALLY?

Let's talk about training today. The idea, the point of training, seems to have a different meaning for different people. As a concept, training should have a much higher purpose than it is currently assigned. But that's for later discussions.

What is "training" for you? Here's what it should be - a process of developing of your various skills. (For the purpose of this article, we'll simplify the definition of "training" from the Pose Method® point of view.)

Nowadays, training in general means practicing for a particular sport. If you're a runner, you run a lot of miles (unless you're a pose runner, then you're drilling), if you're a boxer, you stick to a traditional boxing routine of skipping rope, sparring, etc. But there is a lot more to the training process, than that. In order to have sense and be effective, training should have a goal. Training process goes deeper than a simple plan of repetitions, it's a well crafted and well orchestrated plan of taking an athlete to another level of perception and another level of performance results.

Good training does not include torture by overdoing. If you feel exhausted after your training sessions, it is not a sign of a good training plan. Writing a training program is a very intricate matter and requires knowledge and experience. Simply throwing some acceptable numbers together, at best won't be effective, but in the worst case scenario could cause serious trauma.

Copying programs of elite athletes also doesn't work, because every program is a very individual matter, where more than half is based on the characteristics of each individual athlete. So what works for Hunter Kemper or Lance Armstrong - won't necessarily work for you or anyone else. While you can use whatever program you wish, you have to understand that the program has to be right for you, or it won't produce the results you're hoping for.

At the end of the day, training is meant to make you feel better, feel more and feel like you can do anything. Training is supposed to reveal the possibilities, not define your limits.

Article by Dr. Nicholas Romanov
Composed by L. Romanov