Environmental Health: Not exactly a new idea

comealongandgo:

“If you want to learn about the health of a population, look at the air they breath, the water they drink and the places where they live.”

—Hippocrates, father of medicine

Whatsfnxl:

You train to be healthy, do you encourage your environment to help you do that too?

I got into it a bit with a Trainer in my town… Tell me. Am I nuts?

Now, I’m certain that this girl is a decent trainer in her own right and that she has a great deal of experience and has done some homework over the years.  My issue became that there was critique without an offer of feedback.

If you’ve got 7 spare minutes, I’d appreciate your feedback on her video post and part of our ensuing conversation (to which she has not replied to my offer to train together).

I should also say that this is an exercise in diplomacy for me…  I hope I passed.

See her vlog here:  http://www.girlwithnoname.com/2011/05/what-if-your-trainer-sucks/

And then the ensuing convo (which began on Twitter; which you can link to on the left):

• FBomb Diggity K, I watched the vid. I still don’t know what the exercise was or what it looked like. I have an idea based on your description, but that’s all. I wonder if I know this individual or at least the centre in which they ply their trade?
  The rest of what I have to say will wait for the day we actually can communicate in a private forum. (i.e. you can email me, I can’t email you.)Friday at 4:16pm ·
• FBomb Diggity We all just gotta remember that everyone needs a chance to grow.
  There are lots of people out there working in their industries (pick one that’s non-fitness) that don’t care and plenty that do and just don’t have the knowledge yet.Friday at 4:18pm ·
• Girlwithnoname I described a one-arm swing and a deadlift, and how he was training those moves in a way that could cause injury. If you don’t know how to train a move or even DEMO the move, you have no business training it. You could hurt someone. This is people’s HEALTH we’re talking about here. Not their car. Someone needs to train that trainer. ‘nuff said.Friday at 4:25pm ·
• FBomb Diggity From a former and future trainer of trainers, I’m highly skeptical that most average trainers are familiar with proper swing mechanics, hip hinge or squat mechanics.
  In fact, unless said trainer is an RKC certified coach, I am tremendously hesitant in trusting their execution of the skill, let alone the instruction of the skill.
  Perhaps we’ve both been in the industry a long time, but I continuously bite my tongue with the understanding that people need to grow (often in their own time).
  
  Did you approach said trainer in regard to their technique? Not from what I understood in your vlog. Until someone has coached someone to coach, I highly recommend keeping sour grapes to themselves. I believe (and this my OPINION) that a display of arrogance as opposed to compassion serves no one including ourselves. And no, I am not perfect, but my battle is mine and not a public one (except for rare occasions) and one where ground is gained and lost as experience is gained and new knowledge replaces old, new thoughts push out old behaviours.
  
  I’ve spent 15 years in this industry training with and surrounding myself with the best possible. Never working in isolation so that I could make comparisons of my self day-to-day. I have been at times arrogant, patronizing and then as a result humiliated and humbled.
  
  I don’t know who your fitness gurus are, but I wager to say that YouTube is the last place to look for quality information. I also wager that training on your own allows for zero feedback on technique OR intensity.
  Even my gurus know and understand that they have been wrong in the past and that there are arguments to be made for and against their methodologies. Every tool has it’s job. Yes some are more effective than others, and some have no business using some, but only those that are willing to teach the undereducated (and therefore have put in the time to educate themselves and be peer-evaluated) have any privilege to say one way or another.
  
  There’s my 25cents. Maybe you should come train with us some time? I’m sure there is much to be learned for both parties.

So guys?  What’s your two cents? 

Cheers,

FBomb.

Ways to identify me. Pt3

I have been wandering this planet for nearly 35 years.

I have spent a predominance of my existence in the temperate rainforest of Western Canada.

I like moving my body, lifting heavy objects and being relatively fast.

I teach people how to carry themselves, breathe, move, lift and eat.

I like great food, particularly organic, local and fresh.  I also have a terrible attraction to ketchup chips and cakes/cookies.

I eat predominantly plants with some fish, eggs and dairy.  I will eat less fish, eggs and dairy soon.

I am able to speak English and to lesser extents French and Spanish.