Dumb fuckin' title, I know but personal improvement is a big deal. By now, you all know my affiliation and alignment of beliefs with Kabuki Strength, and their movement systems. The first weekend of December, I travelled out to Portland to help coach a KMS1 certification course, which takes place over the course of two days. If you want to know more I STRONGLY encourage checking out kabukistrength.net and registering for one, because it will change your lifting career. However, it is hard to see that for seminar attendees struggling to do simple strength prep exercises like shin box get ups, upper body RNT drills, and even breathing incorrectly!

As an athlete, when you can;t do something, or you SUCK at something, you take this as a personal failure and tend to get pissed at yourself. I get it, I do the same thing, and I constantly try to push myself to become more. The big takeaway from little shit like tghat though, is that you should feel lucky!

You've found something that you can progressively overload. Imagine if you devote time and effort to that little innocuos shit, and become much much better at it. Your deadliftr might be 500lbs already; get much more control and proprioception in the hip complex with shin box get ups and who knows where it might be able to get pushed to. 550? 600? 700??

Something as simple as an accessory movement too! You suck at triceps extensions? Don't just accept the fact that you are always gonna suck at them, and just become one of those "lol @ my poverty bench press" pussies, and get better at them! Do that, and guess what happens to your bench press?? It goes up. Progressive overload on any lift, movement, or training instrument will yield results in some fashion. ESPECIALLY amongst beginners.

My largest focus for seminar attendees and clients of my own, is positive outlook. If you are not where you want to be right now, you are doing yourself no favors by lamenting about the fact that you have failed thus far. You must strive to identify where you can IMPROVE and believe wholly that you can do so. Pair that with years and consistency and there is no limit as to what can be done. Look at the ATWR list these days...