I sometimes wonder if I’m sounding too much like a broken record by always repeating the same kind of things about solving problems and understanding what we do.
But then, I still regularly have many discussions like these:
Think about this…
What’s the point in executing an exercise well if you’re missing the whole idea behind why you’re doing this exercise in the first place?
What’s the point in executing an exercise well if you fail to see how this ties back to REAL LIFE?
What’s the point of working towards executing an exercise well if you don’t even have clarity on how this is supposed to solve your problem?
If you’re focusing your energy on “doing exercises,” you’re missing the point, and you’re going in circles.
This goes for both “regular” people and even more so for therapists/practitioners.
Personally, I’m not sure if it’s ethical to promote your work as being a “methodology to solve problems” if you end up getting people who buy your stuff in another fancy type of workout or exercise regimen.
If you’re making your clients “do exercises” and focusing your time on teaching them how to do those exercises instead of teaching them how to solve problems through those exercises…
How are you different from the rest of the broken fitness and rehab industry ?!?!
Even if you say that your stuff is based on the “fundamental human blueprint”
Even if you say your stuff gets the body “connected”
Even if you say you’re using “myofascial slings”
Even if you say your stuff is making people move in the transverse plane.
Even if you say you’re doing “controlateral reciprocation” movements.
Even if you say you do “tensegrity based training”…
What’s the whole point of all this if you can’t dissect a problem and then figure it out?
I’m not against those concepts, but all this stuff is mostly useless if you can’t think.
If you like getting high on these kinds of words and concepts…
How about you drop the fancy concepts for a minute and actually start working towards figuring things out instead of repeating concepts like a parrot?
Yes, perhaps I am ranting a bit. And yes, I am slightly agitated.
But if you’re in the industry and you agree that things are broken, why should you NOT be slightly agitated?
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With all this said, if you’re tired of “doing exercises” just for the sake of it, and you’re looking to get better at solving your biomechanical problems and/or those of whom you’re working with, consider checking out what The Mentorship Program is about, or signing up for the Problem-Solving Workshop.