Strength,Flexibility, Mobility, Breathing, Sequence of Movement, Conditioning, “Hardstyle” technique….. were not symmetrically balanced in equal proportion as indicated by my very weak “11″ on my FMS Screen indicating I was statistically predisposed to incur an injury….I had been told “you should get screened” by someone whose work I follow intimately and have been for several years now.
Now setting the stage to go back and see Brandon Owen, whom I believe is still located in Chatham, Virginia… for the follow-up to the initial screen to measure the improvement. My goal was at least “14″ so I could at a minimum elevate myself to a normal injury rate vs. “accident waiting to happen”. If my score is 14 or lower I’ll be surprised and I know 14 is not something to write home about, I’m clawing my way out of a hole here….on a daily basis. 16 is my goal for this assessment. Brandon was really superb on the initial assessment, learned a great deal about his instructional style, studied it, asked who taught him those nuances. Looking forward to soaking up some of his DNA, very pure which is how I like it. I could tell on the phone he is waiting to see what walks in the door, he expects a big difference and he is going to experience a big difference. He also needs to hook me up with some of his friends who know people who have the huge bass ponds that they will allow me to catch and release the big ones so I can move towards my Virginia Master Angler Certification. Catch and Release, show the landowner a picture if they wish, keep the location a secret.
There I was having hit 40kg X 5 in the DSN thinking just a little more willpower and over the top I would go…….or maybe I would become a statistic.
*You can read the notes about Pavel’s discussion with Valery Fedorenko about why the exercise was not a competition event. Large % of injuries. I love the DSN courtesy of MRKC Neupert, but you best have your poop together or you are going to have issues and mine was not. My obsession with the Double Snatch w 48kg, is ongoing. I reached a point where my absence of solid functional movement patterns and proper technique caught my attention and it was time for my ego to go into a box…..a Very Large Box 
Now I am on a Hardstyle diet of – Face the Wall Squats, Armbars, 1/2 Getups, Full Getups, Swings, Goblet Squats the very basics I neglected to spend enough time in because I developed a solid preference for double kettlebell work. Double Kettlebell exercises amplify your power leaks because you are leaking from two bells instead of one. So before I hurt myself, it was time to be honest with myself, seek out those trained eyes (5 sets of Certified eyes) and place myself where they can pick me apart on a weekly basis. My weight remains unchanged, my wife thinks I lost weight, my doctor thinks I am “denser” and I think I felt like I was going to either need a bucket or an oxygen mask on two occasions. Survived both episodes, laughed about it afterwards, during it was “no joke”.
16kg – You know the quote, so does Will, so do I. Drinking the Kool-Aid, gulping it down.
Breathing – working on mine, this will turn into some type of meditation in conjunction with the stretching below before its all over with….I think.
Flexibility – my current nemesis is The Brettzel, I can’t grab that back foot…the gap has closed from 1 ft to fingertips on heel in last week. No awards for that but making progress.
Iron Woody – the bands I bought when I could not do an unassisted chin-up……started experimenting with those and found out they can be quite handy for things outside of chins.
* I simply spent 5 minutes or so for several days going “I wonder what this feels like ?”. Some of those are “keepers” and I believe can be enhanced further.
* I do not necessarily want to be Stretch from the Fantastic 4, but right now I am just moving into “I can feel those muscles again” phase. When they all come on-line it would be hard to imagine the Double 48 kg’s becoming heavier, I’ll have more muscle to spread the load to.
100 1 arm SWG – 5+5, 5+5, 10+10,10+10,20+20 – 40kg – Pre-Exahausted Abs with “RussBomb”, followed the swings with 8 Russian Ballet Thrust each leg w 20lb ankle-weight and a 32kg sitting just below my navel.
Today – Chins, More Core Work and a DNS Treatment………fortunately “The Request” line was open and I have asked for the amplifier to be set at “11″.
* After 5 minutes of holding a dying cockroach while my DNS practitioner feigned not knowing how to wrap some bands around me……..Dr. Mayer played drums and I hope he will pull those out of hiding by the time I’m ready for him….so I asked him if he knew what key the song was in…..”letting him know I was aware of his stall tactic”. Then he duped me again by having someone come and look at me “tied-up”, then rolling me. Never left my back, but left a 24″ x24″ sweat stain indicating we had penetrated into latent muscle land. When those muscles “turn-on” mine get really sore because they are not even use to being awake much less exercising. Once I can feel them I am then on the way to spreading the load.
Change is good, the new program which includes more stretching and flexibility work, along with technical work and technical conditioning is just what the doctor ordered for me. I’m still gaining muscle and building a better foundation of movement and fundamentals. Lots of muscle waking up.
Time to hit the Chins and I love my T.A.P.S unit – not Tarzan yet but enjoying the ride.
20lbs each – going to order belt so I can go heavier, will build up the reps with 40lbs and see if I can jump to the 24 kg, that’s the next goal.
Seeking out the local chin master from amongst the instructors and with several mountain climbers in the group I don’t think I will have to look too, too far. Just need to build myself up to survive the experience prior to chumming up a Great White Shark.
Patience – as B.B King said “Never make your move too soon.”, he was talking about guitar soloing but it applies here.
I’m learning how to tune my guitar at this point and enjoying the process.
