I am very apprehensive about sending out “workouts.” This is not because I have some secret sauce that I can’t share with the general public. It’s more about my experience in doing so. The workouts and practices I design are usually created for a very specific person, or for a very specific group of students/athletes.
Most times, I have personally worked with them in the physical world — I know their 3 ages…their biological age, their training age and their chronological age. I know their abilities, their injuries and their strengths.
If I cannot work with my student directly I will have a coach that I trust administer their program.
“When the student is ready the teacher will appear. When the student is truly ready, the teacher will disappear.”
I think that Lao Tzu quote above underlies my approach quite well also. Personally, I consider myself much more of a teacher than a trainer or coach.
If I work with a student or athlete over an extended period of time, I truly believe they should be able to coach themselves. If they cannot, I have not truly done my job. I’m always trying to teach myself out of a job. I work hard to help people understand why they’re doing what they’re doing.
It’s always about much more than the exercise or workouts. It’s the context, the practice and the greater approach to quality of life and vitality. Here’s to creative longevity.