Complete Human Performance LLC

AUTHOR COMMENTARY: Live Webinar series

Entirely unserious, highly educational.

Sit down with .viada every Wednesday at 430MST/630EST to read through each chapter of The Ultimate Hybrid Athlete, getting an inside look at how it was written. Afterward, get a recording of the presentation and access to extra materials Alex used for writing (studies, book recommendations) sent to your inbox.

Register in one step with either bio (Alex/CHP)

You don’t need the book to participate, but it helps!

Begins April 15th, 430pm. Runs for 10 weeks (10 chapters).

Q&A available live, and between recordings.

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Strength is a skill.

Movements need to be practiced well, and practiced frequently. Not every session needs to be brilliant, and sometimes you don’t have the energy or focus to lift heavy, or practice a movement as explosively or dynamically as you want to, but you’ll always have the ability to practice doing a movement well.

When you’re challenged, when you’re under stress, when you’re filled with adrenaline or anticipation, you don’t unlock new levels of skill.

Your talent never rises to the level of the challenge, it always falls to the level of your training.

That’s why every rep in training counts. A sloppy warmup set is just ten reps of practicing doing something wrong. A failure set where your form goes to absolute hell is just reminding your brain and body that it’s ok to fall apart when things get challenging. For any sport movement, for any sport lift, make every rep count. Make every rep perfect practice. If you show up to a session and the top set isn’t going to happen, or your speed is off, or you’re too fatigued to do the training as written, then practice instead. Put a decent amount of weight on the bar and practice your setup, practice your cues, practice your bar path, get in those repetitions now so that every one of them will pay off when you really need them.

“Practice makes perfect,” the line every pianist hates to hear because what do you mean I need to play that through again, but slower? A great performance requires great practice. Don’t disregard your “low performance” training sessions as wasted effort.

They’re perfect opportunities to practice.