This Past Week (3/1-3/7)

This past week was a productive week for me. I began working with two new clients who are a lot of fun and bring a TON of energy to their sessions. I also began phase five of my S.E.L.F. Made Simple training program, which I am loving by the way. I am definitely seeing results with this program, both in terms of strength and size gains, and right now I'm planning on this program being the cornerstone of my large team training programs. As I may, or may not, have said in my last post (I can't remember now), S.E.L.F. Made Simple is my version of Jim Wendler's 5/3/1. The progression is very similar, with the main difference between the two being that 5/3/1 calls for its athletes to do their final set to failure every training session while SMS has a set number of reps that the athlete is to hit.

While this may seem like a very minor detail, it does, in fact, make a huge difference in the overall well-being and long-term success of an athlete. Don't get me wrong, in my experience 5/31 has definitely gotten people bigger and stronger. But I'm not talking about everyday lifters or powerlifters and strongmen for that matter. I'm talking about athletes, humans that need to have both power and skill for them to be successful. And not just skilled with the ball or puck, but skilled in regards to how they are able to move and control their bodies. For the latter to truly make an impact an athlete's arsenal, movement training sessions are often required. These would include linear and lateral acceleration and deceleration, top-end speed, and vertical jump training, among others. In order for an athlete to be able to perform well in these sessions and get the most out of these sessions they are going to have to have a fresh nervous system and a hormonal system that is in equilibrium, and this is not possible if the athlete is lifting to failure four times a week.

I'm going to stop talking about this now because I would like to save my argument for a later blog post and article, but that gives you a basic idea of where I'm coming from.

So what else happened this past week? Nothing much in regards to Self Made. Right now I'm in my second week of SMS phase 5 so I'm busy filming all of the new exercises I'm doing in this phase to put on YouTube and in my Exercise Index. Ahh, that reminds me, I did also add four new videos to the Exercise Index this past week. I also sent out the March issue of The Source. Wow I can't believe I forgot to tell you all about that haha.

Yeah so this month's issue turned out pretty well I feel like. The feature article was about a motivational tool I use called a 90-Day Wonder, which is where you write your goals down for the next 90 days. You do some other stuff with it too, and surprisingly enough it works like magic. And by magic I mean I have completed 90% of the goals I wrote down back in December. Anyways, for more information about this be sure to check out the articles on my site and make sure to sign up for The Source so you can be the first with these articles!

Well, that's all I have for you about last week. Now it's time to live this one.

Get big or die tryin'.