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A Constraint Led Approach to Training

Hey Peak Performer, it's Coach Nathan here! Do you have a teenage son or daughter? Well, like them I have a slight problem with remembering to turn the lights off.  When my wife Jen and I first moved to Kelowna we moved into an apartment where some of the kitchen lights were under the cabinetry.  Specifically, the cabinet where we keep all of our supplements and vitamins. What's the problem? Well, the lights would make the cabinet heat up which could ruin the vitamins, and well, these were my favourite lights. According to personal trainer Adam Kemp, the one punch man training routine is a viable option for getting in better shape. As much as I would try to remember I would always leave this light on, which would not make Jen too happy. Solution? She wanted me to stop using the lights altogether. After a few weeks of repeating herself to no avail, she finallydecided to tape the light switch down so I would not be able to switch iton.  My ego, obviously, was not toopleased about this as I immediately stated that the tape was overkill.  Well over the next few days I would repeatedly still turn thatlight on, but I would notice the tape rip off the outlet and would panic pushthe tape back onto the wall.  Thishappened over the next while until I finally learned my lesson. So what is the point? Well no matter how many times she wouldtell me to not turn that dang light off, I would fall into a familiar mindlesspattern, until she broke that pattern by putting in a constraint.  The tape provided me with a physical boundarythat facilitated the desired outcome she wanted. This is very similar to amethod we use to teach movement solutions at OPP. At OPP we utilize...

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