Post by TM79 on Jan 2, 2016 2:38:09 GMT
Here I go again...
My wife was talking to me today after my workout and has stated the obvious, yet again. Most people look at EFF and don't really know what it is or what it's about. And maybe, to be honest with you, I don't know what it's about either. It started off as a place to fill a need from a troubled forum and then turned into a place that offered programming for people doing hybrid training. Soon, it turned into just TM and Jaysun's place to post workout results and whatever else (which is fine btw)
. I started this thread to get you thoughts on it (and whomever else want's to chime in). This all spurred from the conversation I had with my wife today. I told her that I set new records on Bench and Deadlift and then ran a 10K afterwards and explained how you would probably never hear that from one person anywhere else.
She asked me, knowing that that is a rare thing, "why don't other people subscribe to this form of training? It seems to be way more effective than other forms of training (ie: Crossfit, which claims to do this the best)." My reply was, "because people are very prideful of their workout routines and they get sucked into trendy programs like Crossfit and are content because it: excites them, makes them feel involved in a community, produces results, and is random."
It's simple, I know that hybrid training produces far greater results, but it is not "trendy". Nor do I ever want it to be trendy. I'm not interested in becoming a nationwide "phenomenon" or making millions of dollars doing this. I want regular people. I want humble people who hit a PR and don't post it on FB. People who are just happy to be strong as sh!t and also be able to outrun most of the people with those oval bumper stickers. People who push themselves to the limit without a room full of people cheering them on. People who can push themselves to the limit while sprinting down a wooded trail they have never been down and aren't sure where it goes... People who don't do it for anyone else but themselves and their family.
That being said, I'm not trying to be "the coach". I'm not sure if there is a "coach" in that way of training. I just know that what I've been doing really works and think it could work for others. I'd love to hear your thoughts.
My wife was talking to me today after my workout and has stated the obvious, yet again. Most people look at EFF and don't really know what it is or what it's about. And maybe, to be honest with you, I don't know what it's about either. It started off as a place to fill a need from a troubled forum and then turned into a place that offered programming for people doing hybrid training. Soon, it turned into just TM and Jaysun's place to post workout results and whatever else (which is fine btw)
. I started this thread to get you thoughts on it (and whomever else want's to chime in). This all spurred from the conversation I had with my wife today. I told her that I set new records on Bench and Deadlift and then ran a 10K afterwards and explained how you would probably never hear that from one person anywhere else. She asked me, knowing that that is a rare thing, "why don't other people subscribe to this form of training? It seems to be way more effective than other forms of training (ie: Crossfit, which claims to do this the best)." My reply was, "because people are very prideful of their workout routines and they get sucked into trendy programs like Crossfit and are content because it: excites them, makes them feel involved in a community, produces results, and is random."
It's simple, I know that hybrid training produces far greater results, but it is not "trendy". Nor do I ever want it to be trendy. I'm not interested in becoming a nationwide "phenomenon" or making millions of dollars doing this. I want regular people. I want humble people who hit a PR and don't post it on FB. People who are just happy to be strong as sh!t and also be able to outrun most of the people with those oval bumper stickers. People who push themselves to the limit without a room full of people cheering them on. People who can push themselves to the limit while sprinting down a wooded trail they have never been down and aren't sure where it goes... People who don't do it for anyone else but themselves and their family.
That being said, I'm not trying to be "the coach". I'm not sure if there is a "coach" in that way of training. I just know that what I've been doing really works and think it could work for others. I'd love to hear your thoughts.
Still, it wouldn't be like a Crossfit gym, it would probably resemble more of a private barbell club where it's OK to take a treadmill and have a power rack waiting on you to finish your half mile, etc. You know, something setup for this type of training. You can't really do it in a regular gym without pissing people off.