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Seems legit.
In other news, I did the World's Greatest Shave this weekend. I did once upon a time in 2006 when I was 17. I decided to try and replicate one of the "during" photos. I think it won't be long before this hair-do catches on.
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From my PT session this morning:
[video=youtube;CMPIwjqvlMM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMPIwjqvlMM&feature=youtu.be[/video]
In three weeks, Jimmy's squat has gone from 10x40kg to 5x70kg. Needs some work on keeping the knees out/control, but great progress nonetheless.
His deadlift has gone from 10x40kg to 1x130kg. Could use some work on his setup and using his hips and legs rather than his arms.
He's also gone from being able to do 1 pull up to 6.
His weight has gone down 3.9kg (we were only targeting 0.5kg/wk, but the first week was a whole 2.7kg down), he's lost a lot of padding around his waist, and he tells me his muscles are feeling firmer.
[video=youtube;CMPIwjqvlMM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMPIwjqvlMM&feature=youtu.be[/video]
In three weeks, Jimmy's squat has gone from 10x40kg to 5x70kg. Needs some work on keeping the knees out/control, but great progress nonetheless.
His deadlift has gone from 10x40kg to 1x130kg. Could use some work on his setup and using his hips and legs rather than his arms.
He's also gone from being able to do 1 pull up to 6.
His weight has gone down 3.9kg (we were only targeting 0.5kg/wk, but the first week was a whole 2.7kg down), he's lost a lot of padding around his waist, and he tells me his muscles are feeling firmer.
He's actually been publicly, endorsing me a lot. Unfortunately, being new to this area, a lot of the people viewing his endorsements are about 2,000km away.
Once I shaved my head, that evening one of my friends told me he wanted get naked and ride my head like a reckinball. But that would never work -- my head's too far up my own arse to stick it up someone else's.
Another PT video, after moving all our equipment to a new studio 500m up the road (with twice the floor space). This is Jimmy's wife, who did her first ever barbell squats last week and started learning kettlebell swings this morning after a few weeks of KB RDLs.
EDIT: It helps if I actually add the video.
[video=youtube_share;b3OsAYMFTNQ]http://youtu.be/b3OsAYMFTNQ[/video]
EDIT: It helps if I actually add the video.
[video=youtube_share;b3OsAYMFTNQ]http://youtu.be/b3OsAYMFTNQ[/video]
I notice that her knees are coming out a bit in front of her feet. I know she is new to this, but I was wondering what your thoughts on stance were and how you teach people? I've seen conflicting stories about how some people say your knees shouldn't come out past your toes others say that it's perfectly fine. Personally, being so tall, I can't help but bring my knees out past my toes, but not at the cost of my lower back or otherwise good form(knock on wood).
I thought the alignment on the squats was good. Knees follow feet if they pass them, no big deal, contentious but I'm not tall and get that.
Swings had a bit too much back bend but good for a beginner.
The only thing I would say negative is she put it down in the classic thank goodness this is over way that many do then hurt their backs. many seasoned trainers do it, I undoubtedly do on occasion, but it's dangerous.
Very good work for a beginner.
Swings had a bit too much back bend but good for a beginner.
The only thing I would say negative is she put it down in the classic thank goodness this is over way that many do then hurt their backs. many seasoned trainers do it, I undoubtedly do on occasion, but it's dangerous.
Very good work for a beginner.
Until I started using them I thought they were one of many gimmicks, but they are really good.
Downside is definitely the cost, they are stupidly expensive especially in rip of UK.
Downside is definitely the cost, they are stupidly expensive especially in rip of UK.
I used to make a big deal about people not letting their knees go past their toes. But it turns out that outside of extreme circumstances, there's no reason to worry about it. It all depends on your own bone structure and basically every other technique factor. So I don't even worry about it with squats. In fact, often the knees need to come past the toes in order to allow everything else to align safely.
Yeah, I pointed that out to her very quickly after the set, and had been coaching the importance of picking up and putting down the kettlebell with just as much focus on technique as during the set from day one. It's just a matter of habit in her case. I reckon if I hadn't said anything she'd have kept on going, and probably would have put the kettlebell down a little more neatly.
Knees are bending a bit more than I'd like, and she's still thinking more in terms of "up and down" rather than "forwards and back" -- KB should be moving like a pendulum; shins remaining vertical, chest up, torso tightly neutral, all in the hips. Mostly small things, but based on how she's gone with RDL's, I think she'll be doing some very pretty swings soon.
I've had the same experience. I always figured they were mostly just something that's cool for their uncommon-ness factor (although they've grown so much in popularity that every gym I've been in over the last 2 years has had them, so they're becoming more normal these days), but it turns out there's definitely something to them.
And yeah, they definitely rack up a cost. I'm glad I haven't had to pay for any of this equipment.
Like the comment, having to stop training before starting sucks. We've all had them and hated it.