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DRS STRONG WEEK 143: 3 SIMPLE STEPS TO CREATE GOOD MOVEMENT PATTERNS!
Rosario Aguilar • June 19, 2017
" Never allow waiting to become a habit. Your desire to succeed should be greater than your fear of failure."
As we approach Week 2 of The Chad Attack we were heavily focusing on lung capacity and shocking the system in a way to promote a good enough stimulus last week. This week we will be focusing on creating positive HABITS and movement patterns that will allow for repeated heavy doubles in some of the lifts like Snatches. It is one thing to lift heavy for one rep but being able to repeat the lift for a second rep is a different animal. Creating good habits and movement patterns allows for your brain and muscles to have muscle memory and understand the stimulus that will be happening that day. It is important to be consistent on your movements regardless of weight, volume or intensity. Let me explain this further in the next steps.
3 simple steps to help promote good habits and repeated movement patterns.
1) CONSISTENCY: being consistent with your movements is key in order to promote muscle memory. For example if you are doing squats, ANY squats, whether they are air squats, front squats, back squats, overheadsquats, goblet squats, etc. Your stance should be close to the same length and form, unless we are working sumo or different starting positions. This allows your body to get used to the range of motion (ROM) in that stance, which can then transfer to other lifts in catching positions, etc.
2) REMINDER: have a reminder when it comes to your movements. For example during deadlifts if you are one of those people that forget to reverse the movement when you touch and go and the bar starts moving away from you. Try and line up the bar with the shoelace closest to the the toe box of your shoe and if you were to pause at the bottom, you should be able to see the shoelace over the barbell. Have reminders that help you reset and allow you to get back to good mechanics and technique.
3) CONSCIOUSLY MAKE THE DECISION TO MOVE/BE BETTER: sometimes moving better mechanically and with good technique is harder at first. Most of us grow up with poor mechanics and bad posture or unconscious ways of moving, so our body wants to default to what it knows. WE HAVE to override that command by consciously telling ourselves the movement pattern we want to take even if at first doesn't feel as efficient. It gets better with time and effort and once you reset that command, the movement becomes easier and your performance goes up as well. This can apply also when you are in bed or tired after work and you are mentally deciding that " screw it" is better than ok I feel tired but I am going to get up and get to the gym or make dinner, etc. You are resetting that mentallity and doing a more positive routine which then turns into a habit!
I truly believe that this last one is one of the most important ones because it relates to the mentality of people. It always goes back to using your mind to command your body. There is a way to do things.
THE BEST YOU CAN or MEDIOCRE? YOU CHOOSE your way. Just remember if you choose "ahh ill do it better tomorrow" that tomorrow becomes the next day and the day after that and eventually a bad habit. So let's not do that hahaha. CHOOSE DO THE BEST YOU CAN FOR THAT DAY!!! DEAL??? Ok good ! haha
Ok that is enough about good habits! lets break old habits even if they take long! ITS WORTH IT!
Stay Strong,
DRS Strong
Coach Rosario
"Sometimes when Mr. G jumps on the prowler and he says to push him, you just do hahaha! " Thanks for the love G and Coach James!
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Why do we hesitate to do things we want to do? What makes us scared? We might never have the answers to a lot of questions, and believe me I love questions haha! But what I do know is that we are only here with an expiration date so why not go and seek adventure and do the things we are afraid of doing and trying. Anything worthwhile is both scary but yet super empowering. The thrill of doing something out of your comfort zone, outside of your circle, speaking in front of thousands, singing out loud, the saying dance like nobody is watching! so so true for all of us! Look at yourself in the mirror and appreciate every part of you. Dig deep in your own feeling and your own brain. Share the love of something with someone you choose. Read poems, do the photoshoot you have always wanted, sky dive ( never have I ever haha) Get in the gym and kick your butt! don't be afraid to be the last one of the class, it won't be for long! Talk on the phone more often, ask your crush on a beach walk :) anything that you always have wanted to do. LET'S GOOOOOO!!!! Stay Strong, DRS Strong! Coach RRA
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