The Ready State

Watch what athletes do when speed and load go up. 👀

This, my friends, is where the truth lives.

At slower speeds, you can get away with a lot. Feet turned out, knees drifting, positions that aren’t doing you any favors… you can “get by” to a degree.

Start adding speed, force, and consequence, and trust me when I tell you ➡️ The system cleans itself up fast.

You’ll see athletes organize into positions that let them handle those demands, especially at the foot aka your absolute foundation.

A more straight foot gives you access to force. It helps you manage what’s coming through the knee. It keeps options open when things get dynamic.

What’s interesting is that this isn’t about labeling positions as right or wrong.

💬 It’s about asking a better question: Does this position give me more options when it matters?

The more you expose yourself to speed, jumping, landing, and real-world movement, the more your body starts to figure that out.

That’s where you build something that actually transfers.

Now let’s all be like and stay connected from the ground up.

👀 Every time I watch a clip like this, I’m reminded how much capacity lives outside the gym.

Look at what’s happening here.

Reaction. Speed. Weird positions. Problem solving on the fly. People moving in ways that don’t show up in a neat, controlled environment.

And they’re doing it because it’s FUN. 🙌

That matters more than we give it credit for.

We’ve gotten very good at building strength and conditioning systems.

Programming is dialed. Inputs are precise. You can make real, measurable changes in the gym.

At the same time, a lot of the movement richness that makes you adaptable as a human comes from environments that aren’t scripted.

Games do that. 🤸

They expose you to angles, speeds, and shapes you didn’t plan for.

🧠 They force your brain and body to work together in real time and give you variability that’s hard to recreate with sets and reps.

My big takeaway? More play.

My challenge to you this weekend ➡️ Get out and move in a way you wouldn’t typically. Let me know how it goes.

What does breathing have to do with nutrition and weight gain? More than you think.

Patrick McKeown explains how poor breathing can disrupt sleep, increase cravings for sugary foods, stimulate appetite, and create a cycle that impacts overall health and recovery.

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