Talent scouting
Last week I was interviewed by a college student about to graduate in exercise physiology. He wanted to know what qualities make up a good trainer.
To me, training is like talent scouting.
The first time you train someone is like your first time at a shooting range. You can see the target and use the weapon, but it doesn’t mean every shot counts. It’s knowing all the right cues, but not knowing how an athlete will respond to them.
The desire to make your friends move and feel better comes from a deep seeded selflessness. Not because it makes you look good, because it makes them feel good. If you don’t have that, your not a good trainer, your not even a good person.
A talent scout looks for unique qualities in every human they come across, just like a great trainer does. There not always the easiest to find, but they’re always there.
These talents become things you can fall back on when your motivation is low, and times are rough. The skills your good at give you the confidence to attack the stuff you suck at. A good trainer knows how equally important correction and celebration are.
A good trainer critiques, and then apologetically demands correction with good cues and progressions. All the while he’s constantly searching and enhancing what your great it, urging you to show it off when the time comes.
Warm-up:
Coaches choice
Skill:
1-Minute to complete:
2-Hip to bar
2-Ground kips
1-Banded transition on the rings
1-Muscle up
7 Rounds
For score:
1 minute-Overhead squat 55/75
1 minute-Medicine ball cleans
1 minute -Plank hold
4 Rounds
Auxiliary:
Practice a goat for (10) minutes.
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Well said….same is true for teachers. I’m fortunate enough to be surrounded by excellent trainers and excellent teachers every day!
Great 5am! I loved the difference in our confidence on the over head squats! I felt like there was a really good transfer of understanding this morning. And that’s because you guys are awesome!
Sandy, Kim – always great to see you in the am.
Debbie – love your dedication to train in the pm and the am.
Nikki – I love seeing your squat get deeper and stronger. Overheads look GOOOOOD!
Mitchell – Your a force to be reckoned with.
Tyrone – It’s gonna be fun following you thru the masters open
Mo…in some cases a picture tells a story of what cannot be seen. You are fierce.
Beautiful and strong….inside and out. This picture is a moment I’ll never forget xo
257RX. Thanks foster… Always encouraging and a confidence builder when I think I have none
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Great picture Monica!
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