The next IDEA World Fitness Convention is just around the
corner. Flight and hotel are booked, sessions selected, a dog sitter hired.
As I am contemplating the sessions that I will
participate in, it struck me that I am no longer looking to experience the challenge
of battling ropes and the latest agility drills. Why’s that? I am – by any
standard – in great shape but, BUT in capital letters, I am not in the kind of
shape that my body would need to be in for those styles of workouts.
I have often returned from conferences feeling utterly
beaten, sometimes even hurting. Obviously, I am a slow learner because the
reason is so clear, and I would have told all of my clients: if you want to do
something different, particularly if it is intense, then you have to get your
body ready for it. At the conferences, the very best presenters show their
stuff. They demonstrate movements that they have practiced over the years. It
is a good reminder that some caution is not cowardly but smart.
The very SAID (specific adaptation to imposed demand) principle
applies to me as much as it applies to everybody else.
Of course, that means that I will MELT with Sue Hitzmann
who will present three lectures. MELT is one of those modalities, though, for
which no special preparation is needed. Everybody can MELT, no matter what
shape they are in.
Looking forward to reporting back.
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