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PINK & AGRESSIVE
Obj: Power Endurance
Warm up: 4x Barbell Complex
Training:
(1) 7 Rounds
15x Dead Lift @ 135#
10x Ring Push ups
2 minutes on systems board
(3) 5 Rounds
20x GHD Sit ups
2x Rope Climbs - no feet
20x Back Extensions
Comments:
I aim to treat all my athletes like there were, young, aggressive, ambitious, hard working climbers, suffering in my gym
while their peers are socializing at the coffee shop or posing at the rock gym.
This means I work to give my athletes the same attention I give Andy, pictured below. Andy is a young, hard working climber,
brand new Exum Guide, and inspirational athlete in the gym.
And I absolutely hammer him. I push him as hard as I can - load him heavy, scrutinize his movement, question his effort,
and guinea pig him with stuff I would hate to be subjected to.
I wish all my athletes were like Andy, but they aren't of course. Many are middle aged, have old injuries, as well as
families, mortgages, kids, bills, busy careers, and at first, soft bodies.
I have understandably high expectations for Andy. It would seem natural to have lower expectations for my less athletic
and committed athletes.
But lowering expectations would be one of the worse things I can do for them, myself, and the gym as a whole.
People don't train here to coast. They don't train here to be quiet and anonymous, and unnoticed. Sometimes they try to
hide, but I always find them, and when I do, they seem thankful.
And I hammer them just like I do Andy. I push. I criticize. I coach. I demand. I expect.
I try to make the gym the one "no bullshit" place in their lives. No phony social mores, no cheating, no coasting.
This place is about black iron, and heavy sweat.
Simple, but hard.
We don't have instant results here. It takes a few weeks for things to start clicking. For new athletes, this gym must
be a tornado of unfamiliar exercises, weird new movements, loud music, banging plates, seemingly constant soreness, and a
crazy-eyed, intense coach who calls them out and laughs at their pain.
It's an acquired taste. Some don't like it, and leave. Others take time to appreciate and crave it, but for the first
few weeks, their eyes are clouded with doubt and apprehension.
I can't help with the doubt. Words would ring hollow anyway. I can only hope they see what my veteran athletes can do,
and aspire to the same. But they must journey through the doubt, and uncomfortable first few weeks, alone.
- Rob
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| Andy builds pressing strengh. |
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| Then gets the pump on the systems board ... |
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