Solid Reasoning & Modern Formulas Pt 4. Foundation Series

In this episode Byron explains part of his personal philosophy over 3 points that he uses to focus on outcomes. We also discuss the criteria for exercise and provide a handy summary of past points covered in the Foundations series so far.

We start with explaining about targeted Outcomes, which is what a client might want and also what happens when strength is not the most important factor, this may involve injury rehabilitation or even some simple stretching that needs to be done.

We then unpack the Exercise Criteria that is the formula for strength training. 
1 - use the most amount of muscle mass, 
2 - use the longest effective range of motion, 
3 - use the most amount of weight with good form. 

In the second section Byron goes into his recent thoughts on the deeper purpose underpinning exercise.

His current Philosophy of Exercise in 3 points includes:

Not every workout has to be a sizzler!!

Yes it's enjoyable, but even when it's tough it still needs to get done, unlike activities that are only engaged in for pleasure..
exercise is critical to an ongoing healthy outcome for everyone and so should be more approached as a prescription versus an entertainment alternative.

2. Results not Distractions

We want to chart actual metrics and progress, versus a post workout feeling. What does the actual data gathered tell us about our achieving our goal?

This is how we stay focussed on our outcome and stay accountable. If we only use exercise as a form of distracting ourselves then eventually a rainy day or a long day or a heavy traffic day will unseat us from pursuing our outcome.

Staying results focussed as a form of motivations ties us into would chain of successive workouts that when combined together or lead towards a greater outcome which is truly worth dedicating time and money towards.

Because training in the way it is done at profound fitness is more in line with the lifestyle and it means that not every single workout has to be the best workout ever, or have a great vibe. There will be some workouts that have a little bit more challenging and some that a person may not feel like they need to do.
But the overall results
Justify the movement towards the overall outcome that is being worked upon.

In some areas of the fitness industry not feeling great post workout or not feeling a bus from an exercise class might justify a reason not to return to it and therefore ceased to exercise altogether. Results orientated focus means that you can see a small blip as a minor hurdle in an otherwise much longer and more relevant and helpful journey.

Workouts can be enjoyable and Prs can be celebrated but the entire system doesn't rely on a feel good factor, And should there be an absence of a feel good factor The result is still achievable for the targeted outcome.

3.  Methodical not Randomised.

Being methodical means being routed within a method - it serves as a clear structure and reasoning behind all of the exercises selected and the frequency that exercise happens.

It means that any question about "why" or "how" can be answered rather than navigated away from.

However, in many instances in the fitness industry randomised approaches are taken to exercising (in part to entertain a client so they don't get bored, or because the trainer themselves might be bored). 

But randomising a series of exercises unfortunately present problems.

For example if you had a soreness or pain in your leg and over the course of the week you were presented with 20 to 30 different exercises and in the next week the soreness and pain disappears then you would have no idea which one of those exercises produced that result!
Randomise approach to exercise leads to an inconsistent series of events.
Inconsistent events cannot be tracked effectively in terms of the results over time.

This undermines the principle of gathering actual data about the usefulness of an exercise programme. 

The methodical approach also enables much more precise changes and adaptations that can be more definitively calibrated to the person performing the exercise. 

It is also important to point out that an overall method underpins the decisions about exercises and even how the performance of those exercises should go. In other words this enables effective coaching and effective coaching helps make training sessions more productive and more useful to the person doing the training.

This justifies seeking out the help from a professional, as you are sourcing a proven well thought out method. 

It is a worthy investment of time and money and Mike discusses the ROI principle (return on investment) early on in the episode.

SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS FROM PAST FOUNDATIONS.

Medical Professionals - “Get some exercise“ An agreed upon piece of advice for almost everyone. 

How best to get exercise? - We conclude in an Indoors gym environment. 

What to train for?  =  Strength. All other attributes are derivatives of this one physical adaptation. General strength or the production of force is literally how we interact with our environment.

What is strength ? & Why important  - Healthy Ageing  - Sports Performance -physique etc.

What limitations do we have to this - we debated machines vs free weights  and why we use free weights and in particular barbells.

Understanding force production and the balance linkage anatomical model  - an explanation of the science and physics behind our specialist field.

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Mike

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Byron

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Mike & Byron