Some people have been surprised when watching me coach clients. They have expected a hard, rip-roaring sweat session…pushing people to the max like some drill sergeant. And to be honest, sometime that is my job. Sometimes I do need to push people out of their comfort zone in order to get them to their goals. But the main part of my job is not simply getting people to do more (a sweat session). It is getting people to do better (a technical session).
Is there a “right” and “wrong” way to do an exercise?
When I train people, I try to get them to do things in a certain way. I coach them to move in certain ways, to squat in certain ways, to jump/land in certain ways. And to some people, I have a bit of a reputation of not letting them get away with sloppy technique. … Read more