Good Sweat

Observation - I feel like my five fingers are filling up with water. Reality – They are.

During one of our training sessions last week Meredith remarked that she can’t believe how much she is sweating. It will be one year come October that she has been training at Ash Creek. She can’t remember sweating that much until recently – but she can remember not being able to stand on one leg without assistance when we did hip circles – and she can remember not being able to do a Turkish get up to elbow – without weight. Most importantly – she can’t remember getting injured or having injury impact her training schedule which has realized steady progress over the last year. We spent a long time building a very strong foundation – now it’s ready to load – and that we are doing. The conversation ended with "At Ash Creek - you earn the right to sweat!"


During BARF class today Jan had the same epiphany. It was the first time her five fingers had filled up with sweat. She was feeling more than a little uncomfortable. She was not used to sweating so much. So we did a pulse check – 78 after a heavy set of dead lifts interspersed with power breaths is really pretty good. We used a high intensity training split designed by Kim Massey that works really well. We alternate Kettlebell deadlifts, swings, or other lifts with TRX or compound movements to build training sessions that fit the needs of each athlete. Todays session included deadlifts, alt. deadlifts, swings, a Turkish get up complex, RKC planks, round the world, and a TRX complex that included one legged dead lifts. The end result is a strong, functional, and aerobically fit athlete that sweats a lot.

So….. Earn the right to sweat – then grab a towel and enjoy. Nothing feels quite so satisfying as a good sweat. (Unless maybe sharing it with a training partner.) Train hard, train smart, and remember to hydrate.