Good afternoon Eternians near and far! More ramblings coming at you from yours truly. This last weekend I had the opportunity to fly down to sunny Venice Beach, Ca. for a Westside Barbell seminar at Deuce Gym. I thought why not write a blog about that since it was such an awesome weekend!
Well where do I start? I'll kick it off from the beginning and how it all came together. My brother from Norther California Joey Hoey of the Fitness Coalition posted about Deuce Gym having a photo contest giveaway for a free Westside Barbell seminar taught by Shane and Laura Sweatt. Now, some of you know we train the conjugate system at Eternia, so the first thought that came to my mind was.. that would be awesome to get to go to that!! Being the person that never wins that kind of stuff and saving for my wedding that's coming in a few short months, I thought that will never happen. My boy Joey posted his photo and I kind of felt like I had to at least give it one shot. A vision popped in my head!! I got to the gym to train that afternoon and told Mike what we had to do. We got to it. Here is the outcome of that...
That there is what started this whole thing off. After a few weeks, Logan from Deuce Gym hit me up and told me if I could get down there I won! I couldn't even believe it! This was an opportunity I could not pass up and had to make it happen. Booked a plain, hotel and car and it was on. The next few months seemed to take forever and I couldn't wait to get down there.
Friday comes, bags are packed and it's time to roll! Codi drops me off at the airport and I'm all jazzed up! They tell me my flights about 30 min late and that I'll cut it close but should make it to my connecting flight. Well long story short after a bunch of delays and missed flights I got to LAX around 8:30. rental car by about 9:30. I was just happy to be down there! Joey was kind enough to keep me posted as to where he was and I hooked up with him and the whole crew for some much needed grub at this place called Clutch. Now let me tell you, this was my favorite place I ate while there. The tacos and wings were Clutch at Clutch. We ate at some awesome places all weekend but this was my favorite.
OK now to the good stuff the seminar. Being able to be coached through the movements from Shane and Laura was an awesome opportunity! Picked up some great cues on things I can work on that will for surely help my game. Next, being able to watch and take in how they cue and coach others is another big takeaway for me from the weekend. I want to go over two other big takeaways from this weekend of awesomeness, both which attack the mental side.
1- Attacking your acc work as hard as you attack your main lifts. Accessory work is 80% of our training. If we are attacking 20% of our training at 110%, and going easy on the other 80% that's not going to get us the results we want. Tracking our Acc work is not only needed but necessary to keep the advancement going. We also need to be moving quickly though it at a good pace and looking to move heavier loads each weak. I think allot of people can focus so much on the main lift and just kinda cruise control the accessory stuff. Attacking the acc movements with as much intensity as the main is an important piece of this puzzle of strength.
2- Mental toughness. Mental toughness has to do with what I just went over as well as a few other parts of training. We also need to look into our mental game. We cannot defeat ourselves before we even try something. Just because you haven't done something before, doesn't mean that you can't do it. Beating yourself up mentally before you even try will shoot any change that you had of doing whatever that may be right in the foot. Whether that is a weight you have never squatted before, or something else but if you start off by having doubts in yourself that is a major whole in your mental game. Being mentally strong is just as important if not more important that being physically strong. Being physically strong will not make you mentally strong, but being mentally strong can help you get physically strong.
Being able to make this trip and get this opportunity was an awesome experience I am so very grateful for. Got to hang out with some amazing people, learn, lift, eat, learn, laugh, and eat for an entire weekend. Can't thank Logan from Deuce and Shane and Laura Sweatt for such a great weekend. Everyone showed a guy from a small town up in Oregon, which I think Logan has figured out now -hint it's the one above California and below Washington hhah, a great time that will not be forgotten. Pics below from the weekend! Photo cred to Logan from Deuce!
This is Deuce!
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