Axiom Strength and Conditioning

I needed a break.
4 months in fact.
Social media was killing my creativity and drive. So much of it, all though well produced, I find to be vapid and shallow. Posts seem to be either be minimal in clothing or someone doing push-ups with a couch on their back. Quantity certainly rules over quality these days. Vanity and aesthetics rule over performance. People (not just in fitness) want the outcome without the work. People want praise without earning it. The edits in post and use of good angles may fool the public but not those who know the game.
Much of my fitness lives inside a protected bubble. I am very lucky to work alongside and collaborate with very smart and creative coaches. The standard is high amongst my collogues so I tend to be disappointed when I poke my head outside of the window.
But I am not those influencers. I am a coach.
I see what we do daily. My athletes. My mothers and fathers. My students. My small business owners. My doctors and lawyers. My baristas and tattoo artists.
We work hard and we do it quietly with pride. We don’t need to broadcast for likes because we never started for you. We do it for ourselves.
Just a reminder:
Philosophy without function is just whimsical.
Function without creative intent is clunky.
I want to meld the two together.
Function with metaphor.
Action with intent.

Many would think that what you demand of your body it will perform. This isn’t fully true. You have to teach your body what you need from it through training. You have to learn how to tell it what you need. You have to speak in a language it knows.
As a beginner, your focus should be moving well. How we do things is the first level of communication with ourselves. We learn control. Soon, we will find our limits. This can be in strength, speed, endurance or range and is where your body begins to communicate back. Learn to listen. When to push and when to give. In time, we can ask more accurately and appropriately. We would have learned how to listen for when we have overreached or underperformed. Then our limits will begin to expand beyond into new areas.
For some, too much of the gym is what weight is being lifted. Instead think more about what you are saying to your body. Can it understand? If so, then growth will follow.