Change. I've learnt that at times change can be one of the hardest things for us humans to do. Homeostasis, the phenomenon of protecting the current status quo, can be a double aged sword. It can work for us and it can work against us. It can be our strength, but it can also be our weakness
During the last two and half decades I have learnt a lot about change in both athletes and coaches. Change is like maximal speed - it is capped when you stop accelerating. In athletes the absence of a desire to change, to do it better, is a sure sign of the peak and inevitable decline in the career. In coaches, the same. In physical preparation coaches in the KSI Coaching Program, it's the same. I can sense when the individual has said 'that's enough - I don't really want to change anymore'.
Rarely is it in the spoken word - more usual in the actions, often justified by rational reasons that are really just excuses.
The challenge is also knowing when to change and when to stay with what you are doing. The only judge is hindsight on the reality of the outcome. A judge not to fear, but to value, provided we are willing to objectively consider the feedback.
We ultimately decide which pain to choose - the pain of change or the pain of regret if we make a less than optimal decision. Sometimes you never know until you go! Until you try it out.
KSI is one of the longest existing, consistently serving the same focus, companies in the world of physical preparation. KSI is successful in serving up the same high quality service and products because we are willing to change. Change for improvement, not change for change sake. We train athletes and educate coaches. Trends come (and go) we don't jump on them for the sake of being part of the trend. We didn't blow our tops over swiss balls and we aren't going to hump the 'fat loss' guru trend. We are boring - at least that's the way it seems for few appear to be able to stay on the same path. We taught stuff in the 1980's when no-one could give a rat's arse about it, and we teach the same thing now despite some of these things not only become trendy to teach but begin taught in a totally f-up way.
Flexibility is a great example of this - but that's a discussion for another day!
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