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Have you changed your view on flexbility?

I recently received an email from a client asking if I had changed my view on stretching, considering my Flexibility Training DVD was shot in the 1990s.

This is what I told him:

Boringly so my view are still the same on flexibility. I work on what are called generalized principles – things that don’t change. Not on trends or the latest ‘science;, which is little more than controlled (usually by commercial interests) thinking labeled as science (because saying ‘it says so in the bible’ has now been replaced by ‘research shows’ as the way of controlling human thinking and achieving social conformity).

I am not sure if this question was because he thought time may have changed my views in general, or if he was referring specifically to my view on flexibility. Considering the trend of thinking in this decade, he was probably shocked to hear my advice on footage. After all, what idiot would go against the dominant paradigms of the 'everyone' in this decade?

The same idiot who went against many different paradigms during the 1980, 1990 and the 2000s when they were against the trends of each decade.

Flakes change with the season. This idiot finds out what is optimal for the results and refines these conclusions. Hang around if you want to find out what works based on long-term objective application in the real world where the expectation is 'It can be done'.

Move on if you are bound to be just like everyone else at any given point in history. For the world is full of sheep like this.

By the time the coach admits fatigue if far too late

I have developed many theories about training and competition and this is one of them:

BY THE TIME MOST COACHES RECOGNIZE THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF FATIGUE IN THEIR ATHLETES IT IS WAY TOO LATE TO SALVAGE THE SHORT-TERM PERFORMANCE

What happens from my experience and conclusions is this - an athlete is reluctant to recognize fatigue. Driven by emotional based fears of 'not being ready', or 'not having done enough', the athlete typically needs to be held back in training most of the time. Comforted, counselled that they have done enough and can succeed.

Coaches are even more reluctant to recognize fatigue in their atheltes. Rather than hold atheltes back, they typically feed the athletes doubt and fears about not having 'done enough', to meet their own emotional fears and doubts as to whether their athlete/s are ready/good enough/will/can win.

By the time coaches recognize over-training/lack of recovery/fatigue, it's way too late.

Take this team for example - playing in an international compeition involving three different countires, this team has lost about 9 games in a row - exceeding the previously worst losing streak of twenty years prior.

After the third loss in a row, the head coach recognized fatigue as a contributor:

In searching for reasons for the drubbing, Jones said his side had probably been working too hard at training.

"I think we probably need a little bit of a break. We can't train any harder," he said. "We are going to have a break next week and then get back into it.

"We've had three games previous to this and the two we have lost, we were in a position to win. We were never going to win today.

After the first four losses in a row, this coach was lost for why:

"At the moment I can't see where we're going. We keep on making the same mistakes week-in and week-out. We've played five games now and in four of them we've been in front at the 70-minute mark - and we've got one win." (Ed. - the game goes for 80 mins)

Blind  Freddy could see 2 things:

1. They were very tired!
2. If they had been going 'lighter' in training - it was too late!

After 9 losses in a row, again the assistant coach is quoted in the press as recognizing fatigue:

Assistant coach ....conceded that all the Reds players were physically tired after their 26-13 dour loss to the .... over the weekend, their ninth consecutive defeat in a season to forget.

As such, training was lightened at the beginning of this week with Emtage saying the switch to a 3.30pm kick-off time would also improve the spectacle despite temperatures expected to touch 28C.

Did they really lighten up? If yes, was it a little bit a little late?

In almost complete contradiction, out came the 'harcd work' words!

"We have just got to regroup, refocus, work hard and freshen up physically and mentally."

The above line is a complete contradiction! An oxymoron!

Consistant training on solid mehods will deliver great results

A recent comment reinforced this reality, one I see time and time again - if you commit to long term, consistant traniing on solid methods, you will be rewarded.

I just wanted to mention that your strength training programs have literally changed my life. I've done the entire "Book of Muscle" and the Intermediate and Advanced workouts two times each. My body and my mind are now like one.

Your methods are time-tested and true. Thanks for sharing the knowledge that helped me make "me" the best I can be. heers!
--Judah

instead of chopping and changing, running with the latest 'trend', be prepared to be the odd-one out and stay with the simple yet proven methods. I understand that modern media, including 'bodybuilding' media, continually throws up the 101 ways to train 'x', and runs with every sniff of a trend.

I am not interested if its trendy, or the self-promoted 'gurus' are sprouting it - my only focus is does it work better than anything else.

My training methods have been developed over decades of consistant trial and error with a very large sample group of top athletes, and I know what can happen when you apply them.

So avoid being drawn ilke a moth to the flame of the 'latest'. Be cnosistant and understand many things that are considred 'old' or no longer 'fashionable' in traniing are still the best. One of the reasons I like Beverly International - the owners, Sandy and Roger Riedinger, have taken a path I am drawn to - basics, proven, long term provision of the same old great things in their nutritional supplement product line.

The 'good' limb no longer...

I was watching a game of contact team sport on the TV tonight. I noted one of the players with his knee heavlity bandaged, and the commentator stating he had come into the game with that knee injured. He was walking with a limp. Unless the bandages were too tight and altering his gait, he was favoring this leg. Which meant he was putting more than 50% of his weight on his other leg.

I cringed at the thought of what might happen.

Guess what - about 30 minutes later, assisted off with a damaged 'good' knee....tragic.

Remember - if you load the joint when it is doing more than 50% of the word, due to say an injury to the other limb - you are heading towards an injury on your 'good' side. Soon you will not know which is your good side....

Rising above the masses level of commitment to learning...

I received a question in an email recently (that is not uncommon), and the content was probably fairly common. But it doesn't need to be, if one rises above the masses.

The writer, to their credit, was making an effort to learn, but had limited their research of my approach to training to date to free on line articles.

They said I was the person who first exposed them to horizontal/vertical pull/push etc (sure hope so, because it was my original idea, no doubt been plagiarized extensively by keyboard warriors devoid of the ability to create their own material).

He felt he had a handle on the upper body balance (which I doubt, but let's not try to change the world in one) but expressed confusion about the lower body balance.

He wrote: 

"My primary exercises for quads include squats, lunges, and step ups.  My primary exercises for hams include stiff legs and legs curls with a stability ball.  I typically do the leg curls with one leg and a cable strapped to my ankles for added resistance.

Given the hams involvement in moves like the squat and lung and step up, I'm not sure about how to balance my loads between my quads and hams.  Currently to do on average 10 sets of quads and 6 sets for hams."

Well...so here's what I said:

"... it may be time for you to commit beyond free online articles! I would recommend my books

Get Buffed! I or How to Write Strength training Programs (now don't get my book mixed up with some imitators knock-off). I would probably say go with the GB book.

I generally give more time to answering questions from my clients, on our KSI Forum, so I would encourage you (if you were serous about learning my approach) to get to this level.

Here's a tip – any free weight leg exercise where the trunk is above 45 degrees to the ground is a quad dominant exercise. Your three favorites are all quad dominant….your comment about hamstring involvement is wishful thinking regarding balance – like the chicken and the pig. When it comes to bacon and eggs, one is involved, the other is committed….

Then you do 100% more on quad exercises than hamstring exercises. And you probably do the quad ones first…all the time…

Now whilst you are simply copying the masses, if you want to avoid injury, you had best become more educated than the masses. Now its your turn to make an effort – educate yourself, through my books or anyone else’s who you feel attracted to.  But stop being average, researching at an average level, and getting average, injury related results!"

How To Teach DVD - first production batch arrived today!

I was exicted to see the HTT DVDs arrive today, a few days ahead of schedule! I know if you ordered one of these you would be excited about this too!

We have just enough to meet the orders from the pre-production offer! look froward to shipping them and recieving your feedback!

Learn more at http://www.kingsports.net/products-ksi-dvd-htt.htm

I agree - we need more KING Coaches!

I recieved the following in a feedback email recently:

"I would just say to try and get more KSI coaches around the world as at the moment there are not enough. I have to fly all the way to the Gold Coast from Adelaide when I want to see Mitch which isn’t cheap, when you sum up the cost of air fares, accommodation and the KSI service cost." --Anthony

I couldnt agree with Anthony any more! And we will build them! To date we have assembled a fine list of top operators - only challenge, as Anthony pointed out, the world is a big place and we are relatively to the billions on this planet, a bit thin on the ground.

It's not unusual fro the discerning athlete/client to travel to see myself or my coaches. Mitchell, for example, has in addition to the above, a client who travels from the other side of Australia to see him. Both of these clients fligths are in excess of 3 hrs. This is evidence of a number of things including:

1. MItchell is worth it.
2. These athletes/clients are discerning and value excellence in the guidance they receive.
3. They are getting fantastic results!

I do know many chose not to make this effort, and this is their loss, for they will not recieve the level of service and quality of guidance from any other source - period.

However I know from being on this planet for a few score years - some choose to drive cars such as Hyundais, some belief they deserve the quality and safety of cars such as BMW....

You can get another car....you only get one body...

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Student becomes a leader and a teacher

One of our businesses involves developing and training a global sales and marketing team, in partnership with a US  health science company, in develolping a leveraged and residual income. In essence, we teach our team members how to be entreprenuers (which if you receive my free Introduction to Paycheck to Passive email course you will understand is the one of the 2 key skills, the other being investing).

One of our team has developed his business to a level where we recognize his leadership based on his achivement. Fruther evidence (if needed) of his development as a leader can be found in the below, an email from him to a team member in another sales team.

I was impressed but not surprised. He has been a great student of entreprenuership and is reaping the benefits. Here is what he wrote:

Bottom line:

1. Life is not a popularity contest

2. What others think of you is none of your business

3. Uncompromising people shape the world

4. If your business is not growing, it's because you are not growing

5. An exposure to personal development doesn't mean it's impacting your life (the 'knowing' vs 'doing' deficit - I see this everyday in most people). You have to do it and live it, every minute of everyday

6. For things to change drastically, YOU must change drastically

7. What are you going to give up to achieve your business goals?

8. What's your consequence for not achieving what you said you would when you signed up? Have you the integrity to follow through on your consequence/s? This is a very powerful lesson in itself

9. How do you feel trading away most of your time for money?

10. Initially measure your progress via income and plot in graphically over time. You'll be able to see exactly where your mindset and action is at any point

Unsolicited I know. Take it or leave it, agree or disagree with me, I don't care. This is for you, as you took the action to be on the call and showed gratitude, you deserve to be rewarded

However, what you do this information is your choice...

Time will tell...

Mitchell Kochonda

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Seeing my future holiday houses....!

We have just come home from a few days at the coast. In one of our beach stops, we spent time in a coastal resort town where I have been watching the real estate for a few decades. The price just keeps on going up! A few million dollar property is the norm!

Another place we stayed was beside a canal and just back from the beach. The canal properties are now worth millions to buy in there.

Just looking at the canal properties is enough to drive me on to raise our ability to purchase more houses - not to rent out, but to have when we have times like last week to go away and enjoy the lifestyle and natural beauty of other locations.

It was a great incentive! During my holidays I worked to past midnight every night except the last, holidaying during the day with the family, working on my computer at night whilst they slept!