It is crazy how you can experience so many things in your life. Some people have been through so much and they do not care to talk about it. I can not be one of those people because I hate to see people make the same mistakes I have made in my life. Really, if the whole world listened to other people who were genuinely trying to help, the world would make a lot less mistakes. I know so many people that Cover Ground could help.
They will see an article that is talking about something they are dealing with and they will not even check it out. I always wondered how this is but I know now. People do not want to know how to deal with situations because it takes something called WORK. They do not want help on getting a scholarship, help to deal with hip injuries, hamstring injuries, or back injuries they do not want to know anything about recovering from workouts. It is easier in life to complain all day about it than to go to someone and ask for help.
Not me though I love asking everyone I can for tips on training, lifting, and pretty much anything that can make me a better athlete. I realize that I do not have to listen to every single thing they say. What I can do is take the few good things they say and add it to the excellent core of information that I already have. What is wrong with that? I do not know everything, that is not what Cover Ground is all about. If I do not know something you better believe I am going to try and find out. I will ask random people that are technically “competition” about how they train. Most will not tell me anything, but who cares if they do that, I am no worse off if they ignore but I can say I tried.
I have too many situations in my life where I have seen someone in a situation and knew I could of helped. I went out of my way to help them out. I realize they rarely listen, I genuinely just want to see people succeed and if I feel like I could not help I would of kept my mouth shut. This only leads to them coming back to me days, weeks, and sometimes even years later and either asking me the same question or admitting they were wrong. It kills me every time, because a lot of pain could have been avoided. It is ok though I will continue to expand my knowledge base every day. I will aslo continue to lend a helping hand and be ignored. Because you can lead a person to a beautiful solution but you can never make them work hard.
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Hey Ian,
I share your sentiments. A great philosophy in coaching, sport and life is to try and learn something new each day!
I am not sure wherer I heard it, but a comment that struck a chord with me a few years ago was that ‘to learn from successful coaches you should look for the similarities in their methods and not the differences’. If there are certain common factors present in the programming of all top coaches it may be wise to gain a greater understanding of these methods.
Regards,
Tim
every since last yr when i injured my hammy i wasn’t able to run and now that same pain i was feeling last yr still comes and goes. i did the whole active release thing, and it worked but i don’t think i did the full job, now i have to get constant massages, OVERLY stretch just so i can run at full speed with out it cramping up or hurting me and this doesn’t even work all the time. What can i do to get my leg back to normal and train and run like how i used to before INJURY FREE!
@Tim – Thanks for the comment, I like that idea of looking for similarities instead of the difference, I am going to try to take that approach to things.
@T Pain – I hear your frusteration on injuries, I have felt like it is impossible to get healthy really you just need to find the root of the problem. I feel as if you have been treating the symptoms and not the cause. We will talk on fb. I will try and help you as much as I can.
@T Pain – One thing I didn’t hear you mention is that you’ve been strengthening it? If you injured your hamstring, whether it may have been a small tear (which is usually that bad cramping feeling) or something else, your hamstring lost a lot of strength. ART & massage are assisting with the symptoms and like Ian says you need to find the root of what’s going on. (There is probably nothing wrong with your hamstring…but ART & massage need to be directed to what is causing the problem).
Another problem could be your Glutes aren’t firing at all or your hip flexors are too tight…which both cause your hamstrings to OVERwork.
Find the Root of the Problem, you find the Solution to the Problem.