The ability
to learn different things that keep your mind and body flowing is a gift in
itself. Learning what you want to do makes things all that much simpler even
when it gets difficult sometimes. Why is it important to learn what you want to
learn? Because the more you experiment and practice, the better knowledge you'll receive and having it become a second language. Billy Robinson of Catch
Wrestling legends said it best “Learn how to learn.”
What is it
you want to do? Want to learn to lift weights, practice hand balancing, move
like a wild animal, become a old-time strongman or yet you want to learn them
all who knows but whatever you decide to do, make not only the best of it but
make it your own, you can learn the basics but it’ up to you to find what you're best at and making the habit to become self-reliant in your own style of
training. We all use different patterns, moves, training ideals and what can
work and what can’t but yet its how you interpret the way you experimented and
practiced.
In the
commercial gyms today, you see a lot of trainers who push you when you're not
ready, they'll tell you to do something and if you get it wrong they'll let it
slide but then they get pissed and give you a hard time when you're just
learning. I'm not saying they're all like that, I know a few guys and they're good at what they do but a lot of them just don't give a damn and rather take
your money then share and help you succeed in what you want to accomplish. I’d
say for the most part avoid commercial trainers. A lot of those guys don’t tell
you how to be successful, they tell you to work this, work that and more stuff
that has nothing to do with results, just them to keep cashing the checks.
When you
have learned a few basics and have mastered them, the next step is to climb the
ladder and get better at some of the harder stuff. After a while, you'd want to
put them together to create your own program to suit your goals. Nobody does
things the same exact way because our body to weight ratio is different and we
have to work things that suit our structure. Use what you learned, from different tempos, speeds, movements and holds that work for you.
One of the most
important aspects of expanding your knowledge and experimentation in what you
want to do is this, break the rules. Sure you can learn a thing or 2 but you don't have to follow every single person’s advice, if you did, you're only
closing off instead of finding what works for you. When you train, make up your
own rules, you already have the basics down so why not rebel and make it your
own. You're the king/queen of your own program, you know what works and what doesn't and nobody can tell you what to do. Once you have mastered what you
learned from others, break away from them and become who you want to be.
Be
creative, open up your mind and make it happen for you and only you. You can
pass down what you learned but don’t give away all your secrets otherwise you
won’t let them discover things for themselves.
Be sure to check out Don Powers’ new book Catch Wrestling For
Cops here at Strongerman. You don't have to be a cop to make it work for
you.
