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Thou shalt stop subconsciously sabotaging thy progress

Let me regale you with a whale of a tale — a cautionary tale — about a person who (unbeknownst to her) is subconsciously sabotaging her progress. And while it’s not in kettlebell and bodyweight training per se, the same lesson applies to really any discipline you want to get better at.

Once a month I attend a local meet up of Italian speakers to practice my skills, engage in interesting conversation, and get the chance to talk with interesting people I might not otherwise meet, let alone chat with.

The participants range from native speakers from ‘The Boot’ itself, to people with varying degrees of fluency in the language — from raw beginners to seasoned pros and everything in betwixt.

One gal in particular is a real piece of work.

And by “work”, I mean “shit”.

She started coming back in August, and while I like her enthusiasm, she betrays her own progress by putting ridiculous rules on it — and I don’t think she even realizes what she’s doing.

Per esempio (that’s Italian for “for example”):

Back in August she bemoaned the fact that there are no local schools or private tutors available to learn Italian, and that she refused to learn online (no idea why). I suggested she swallow her dislike of online learning and hire *my* Italian tutor, and then this conversation happened:

Her (in her best Italian): maybe you can teach me?

Me (in English): yeah, for the right price.

Her (in Italian): You’re bad! Why would you charge me?

At first I thought she was kidding. She was not. In essence she was saying “I want YOU to make a sacrifice while I put zero skin in the game”.

An even more egregious example:

During another meet up one of the participants — an actual, factual Roman who grew up in Italy and moved to the US as a young adult — is a retired substitute teacher who taught Italian, French, Spanish, and Latin. He’s decided that on Saturdays he is going to offer Italian tutoring to anybody who wants it for a ridiculously low $10 an hour! The only “caveat” (if you can even call it that) is that you come to his house where he’ll teach you.

This dude could legit charge 10X that amount and it would be worth it. He is that knowledgeable and has that much experience.

Yet her response?

“No, I don’t want to drive that far. Maybe you can come to my house and teach me?”

His house is closer to where she lives than where we met for the Italian meet up!

It was at this moment that I realized that she doesn’t actually want to improve; what she wants is:

· The sensation of progress without the sacrifice that goes with it (moolah, time, effort, etc)

· A seemingly plausible excuse for why she’s not actually making progress (“I don’t want to learn online!” “It’s too far away to drive to you for lessons!”) despite her ‘efforts’.

The takeaway:

If you want to make progress, you have to make an effort. This is every bit as true for your training as it is for any other discipline.

But when it comes to training, why throw good effort after bad? You can make dynamite progress…

WITHOUT beating your head against the wall.

WITHOUT pouring out every last drop of your energy each day

And WITHOUT racking up an endless string of tweaks, injuries, and other setbacks.

All you have to do is get back to your ‘movement roots’ and start training your body the way it was made to be trained.

My personal preference?

A few hard-hitting gait pattern movements.

Best of all: you don’t have to put your current workouts to the side; you just tack the 9 Minute Challenge on to the beginning or end of your training and BAM — you’ll be unlocking new and exciting levels of strength you never even knew you had in you in no time flat.

Here’s what one man who has taken the challenge has to say about it:

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Hey Aleks,

Not sure if this is a generic email that doesn’t get back to you… I’ve been trying different programs for years. Nothing sticks for long. I don’t see results. So I tried your program. I dragged my wife along to do it as well.

Day one I was sweating my ass off in 9 minutes. Are you serious. It’s only 9 minutes but it was tough.

I felt great that I could get through it but be smacked by it already…

Mate I just wanted to say thank you for putting the program out there. Keen to get stuck into it. Too many years of shift work have left me unfit and tired. Your program is something I reckon I can stick with.

I’ll let you know how I go.

Sam S.

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Have fun and happy training!

Aleks Salkin

Aleks “The Hebrew Hammer” Salkin is a level 2 StrongFirst certified kettlebell instructor (SFG II) and an Original Strength Instructor.

He grew up scrawny, unathletic, weak, and goofy until he was exposed to kettlebells and the teaching and methodology of Pavel in his early 20s, and took his training and movement skills to the next level upon discovering Original Strength in his mid-20s.

He is currently based out of Omaha, Nebraska where he spends his time teaching students online and in person, as well as spreading the word of strength, movement, and healthy living.

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