How I found Fitness Pt. 2 | Agility Tip
If you are confused, I understand. You have ventured into Part 2 of this story.
Let's get right back to it. Enjoy my embarrassing moments!
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I unrack and the bar falls faaaaast! I somehow (probably through sheer adrenaline) I manage to lift the barbell high enough that I can rack it on a lower j-hook. To this day, I don’t know what force saved my neck and face in that lift.
Not going to lie, I am as shocked as you are that a 13-year-old didn’t get squished by 135.
Just an F.Y.I, I was genetically very strong for my age. That may be the reason. *In case you were curious.
So to speed this story up, I ended up reading a fitness book on endurance running. Learned some terminology there.
Learned about plyometrics on google when searching “How to Jump Higher”.
Geeked out with folks at the YMCA during my gr. 10 coop.
I had some bad injuries and spent a lot of time in physio. Geeked out with them about the anatomy I was learning. This resulted in them advising me to read “Becoming A Supple Leopard” by Kelly Starrett…. so I did two times. This all happened by the time I was 16.
I started researching training methods like a mad man. I was working every day at lunch since the second week of grade 9. There were a few key moments in which teachers taught me technique and different training modalities.
Something I had to teach myself since Gr. 9 was Olympic lifts.
I stumbled across Crossfit on youtube in 2010. I thank that for my Olympic lifts. From then on I have not stopped perfecting my Olympic lifting technique. It would always turn heads in the summer at Goodlife.
I took a Kinesiology class in grade 12. My mind was continuing to be blown. I decided right then and there that firefighting was not going to be my career. It would be Strength and Conditioning.
I was always answering questions for guys in the weight room. Looking back, it was probably terrible advice.
Teachers/coaches would even come up and have me explain things or demonstrate technique for their players.
That is how I found fitness. I took Fitness and Health Promotion at Fanshawe College, and learned more in two years then I did from ages 13–17.
⚡QUICK AGILITY TIP⚡
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During a drill, think one step ahead. Anticipate your next step, beginning your muscle contraction before it is necessary.
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This will translate well to on field/ice/court performance.
