To me, this follows your philosophy to coaching and why I like your articles. Foundations built on principles, but an individual has to get in the gym and make tweaks here and there that suit that particular individual. Plus I perceive you care more about the steak than the sizzle, which I also prefer.
It's a tricky line to toe: without principles, you're left groping for whatever the currently best/popular people espouse, changing all the time as a new best or more popular person supersedes them. On the other hand with slavish adherence to principles, you can easily get lost in logical and analytical games that become increasingly divorced from the multifactorial and messy business of training in the real world.
It's hard to scale "principles, but connected to the real world," as it doesn't satisfy easy black and white thinking. But I think it's the only way to come to better understanding.
Bros are often too dumb to know when they are arguing with universal principles vs the art of coaching type stuff.
Thor's new technique is basic physics and biomechanics that even a dude who does Pilates could (theoretically) figured out IF he understood either, but Thor's programming, whatever that looks like, while based on fixed principles (at least it should be), requires a lot of "art" that only comes with first hand and/or coaching experience and a good amount of imaginative reasoning ability to navigate through the logistics of a lifter's individual needs.
Most bros barely grasp the universal principles and often mistake the "art" side for being universal principles.
To me, this follows your philosophy to coaching and why I like your articles. Foundations built on principles, but an individual has to get in the gym and make tweaks here and there that suit that particular individual. Plus I perceive you care more about the steak than the sizzle, which I also prefer.
It's a tricky line to toe: without principles, you're left groping for whatever the currently best/popular people espouse, changing all the time as a new best or more popular person supersedes them. On the other hand with slavish adherence to principles, you can easily get lost in logical and analytical games that become increasingly divorced from the multifactorial and messy business of training in the real world.
It's hard to scale "principles, but connected to the real world," as it doesn't satisfy easy black and white thinking. But I think it's the only way to come to better understanding.
Bros are often too dumb to know when they are arguing with universal principles vs the art of coaching type stuff.
Thor's new technique is basic physics and biomechanics that even a dude who does Pilates could (theoretically) figured out IF he understood either, but Thor's programming, whatever that looks like, while based on fixed principles (at least it should be), requires a lot of "art" that only comes with first hand and/or coaching experience and a good amount of imaginative reasoning ability to navigate through the logistics of a lifter's individual needs.
Most bros barely grasp the universal principles and often mistake the "art" side for being universal principles.