“I have 2 minutes all the time” - Will Garnsworthy
This is such a great line, I suggested Will puts up on the wall of his training centre.
He already has combined 2 of my quotes, “Attitude is everything” and “everything is trainable” into a piece on his wall, “2 minutes all the time” belongs beside it.
What does he mean?
We were discussing his knee rehab.
We’re in the later stages of the rehab and looking to add in some more intense exercises into the training, so moving some of the Anatomy in Motion based rehab protocols out of the training and filtering them into the day.
This works really well as we’re often trying to get the nervous system to accept the movements / loading patterns, it’s not just about tendons, ligaments and muscles.
And to get into the nervous system, we’re better off thinking along the lines of skill training, and skills require high frequency, with minimal fatigue to learn.
And this where Will dropped his magic line.
I said can fit it in through the day and he flippantly responded “Oh yeah, I have 2 minutes all the time” meaning as busy as he is running his own training centre and being a dad, there are frequent moments where he is between tasks.
So why not utilise them to get in a few reps.
5 reps here, 3 reps there, another 5 reps a bit later, then 8 reps then whatever and whatever more
Without actually adding much time and effort to the day, you could easily add 30+ reps of high quality work into a day.
That then is less work needed in your warm ups, so more time and energy to put into the training.
The goal is to be ready and able to do anything you choose to do.
Needing extended warm ups to manage injuries is contrary to this goal
So lets take a leaf out of Will’s book and find those 2 minutes that we all have an abundance of through our days.
Just like my little Meg, the 4 legged start of many of my social media posts this last while.
Meg will rest and when she is ready to get up and play, she will stretch forward and backward (up and down dog, or the Pump movement)
This is a natural and instinctual behaviour that us “smart” humans seem to have forgotten.
Take frequent moments to stretch and “pandiculate” through the day, if you are rehabbing and injury, these movements can be your rehab drills.
It really is simple, and surprisingly easy.
If you are looking for help with injury and rehab, I am still running movement assessment sessions for free in my Dungannon clinic until the end of January.
If you want to take advantage of this, book in through www.davehedges.net or hit reply
Regards
Dave Hedges
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