In this episode, Coaches Jeremiah Waylon and Roger Parks explore the nuanced factors that indicate whether you're ready to advance your kettlebell training or movement practice. They emphasize understanding movement competency, context, efficiency, and signs from your body, providing practical insights to optimize progress safely and effectively.
Key Topics:
Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction: The concept of proving movement competence before progression
02:05 - Clarifying movement competency and its subjective nature
03:43 - Context matters: goals, injury history, and training background
04:52 - Movement perfection is a myth; focus on functionality and outcomes
09:38 - Red flags: pain, imbalance, and cognitive overload
12:30 - Owning the movement: competence over perfection
13:12 - Pain vs. effort: When to hold back from progression
16:19 - Red lights for progression: pain, balance issues, and mental clarity
22:30 - Reducing red flags: patience and practicing with purpose
32:24 - Plateaus and stalls: recognizing adaptation limits and stimulus changes
36:35 - Signs of adaptation and efficiency: noticing your bad reps and flow
43:09 - Structuring progression: how to alter volume, intensity, and exercise variations
46:33 - Using objective data and subjective feelings: progress tracking tools
49:30 - Practical advice for coaches and trainees on pacing and mindset
Remember: Progression is personal and context-dependent. Use signs like consistency, efficiency, and body feedback to guide your next steps, and above all, practice patience for sustainable improvements.
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