"He knows every hair on your head" is a passage in the Bible. For the record, I am not a Bible Thumper, but I did make a promise to my creator and told him "when you get me through this trial/tribulation, I promise to give you FULL fucking credit for everything good that happens in my life going forward". He did, so I do.

Anyway, back to the Cookie Cutter..

Although there has been little change in actual training programs, regardless of the nifty names folks have given them for you to follow. It all boils down to "Time Under Tension".

Some tensions are light, while others are heavy. Reps can be many causing more time, or the sets can be massive and each set small and explosive. Isometric, Isotonic, Isokenetic...All variants of types of time and tensions.

The training is pretty much the same. Go out and raise your heart rate for 20 minutes or more. Go out and raise your heart rate to 90% or more and then rest until you get to within a % that you don't step on your tongue and or cough up a lung. Do this by large muscles working rhythmically.

The difference comes about by the way individuals adhere to the programming.

Body type, Discipline, Mental state, Nutritional game plan, and work capacities are part of how we adapt to the training. (This is where my God comes in).

As I have stated over and over while writing and contributing to EliteFTS, "You weren't made for mediocrity". I say this because "God doesn't make JUNK"!

People who have a shitty bench probably can deadlift the Hoover Dam. Why...Long arms! Making one exercise easier because the distance from the floor isn't as far, but when pushing off the chest??? YIKES! I have a few benchers that set the standards up to where I would squat from.

Mesomorphs, Endomorphs, Ectomorphs

Heck, we come in various bodytypes too. Just a way of keeping it interesting.

Each has it's qualities and shortcomings. While some exercises are easy, like the deadlift example, the same holds true for MANY of the exercises.

Do we simply NOT do them? Hell no. They may suck, but if they make a weakness stronger, isn't that the goal of any and all programs? Then suck it up buttercup and embrace the horrible.

I personally HATE the cool down, stretching phase of a workout. I always revert to saying..."I've never seen a bear stretch", but then again, I haven't seen many bears. (except this one that was dumpster diving in Lake Tahoe. That was pretty cool)

So what do I neglect? Yep...and it shows! How do I make myself stronger? By addressing THIS weakness. Do the work!

Anyway, that's my rambl'n for an early Saturday morning post Today's Training:

AirDyne: 30 mins.

Stretch and Foam Roll: 20 minutes