As I begin to post more stuff on FB and Instagram again, people are saying that some of my works have had a change on their lifting. That's GREAT to hear.
Yesterday I was drinking tea with one of my former teammates that snatched 145KG as a 77KG lifter and was a former member of the national team. He saw my lifting and said it's definitely improved. I asked what's changed and he said "You look like you know what you're doing."
His words were interesting. He elaborated:
"Lifting, isn't about the right technique. It's about, YOUR technique. The concept is simple! Pull high, get down fast, and sit there comfortably. Just don't make the mistake of following your idol. We never had that problem because our days, there was no YouTube, Instagram, Fb. We watched our own lifting time and time again, and used a VCR to pause the frames to study with Coach."
Please don't make the mistake of trying to implement what I say, without understanding the concept to what I'm trying to get across. LiftHard isn't about idolising anyone's technique or criminalising [albeit I have done it in the past] it. It's about sharing my experience, being a lifter that was told on his first day in the gym;
"You've no talent, no speed, no coordination, no rhythm, no balance, no power, no strength, no flexibility, no agility. Your muscles aren't even the right kind. I'll just teach you bodybuilding."
I'm just trying to simplify it for those out there. I observe the techniques, gather my experiences, my studies, so you can get the gist. That's why I write like a layman. Because you don't need "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" to understand how to draw a circle.
So yeah, don't make the mistake of doing something that feels stupid just because it's supposed to be "right". And after a month of practicing if it still don't go right, it ain't for you.
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