by Tyler Quinn
Do you want me to move fast? Or do you want me to do it right?
Yes. The answer is yes.
Imagine I asked you to run down to the corner grocery store to grab me a bag of delicious Doritos. But imagine the following stipulation: you have to do the worm the whole way there and the whole way back. Imagine yourself flopping around on the sidewalk trying to get from point A to point B. Admittedly, I presume, this is a bad way to travel. In this scenario, you’re expressing a ridiculous amount of energy and getting very little return on your investment.
Now imagine I said you could stand up as nature intended and walk to and from the store. It’s not surprising you prefer this method of travel – by walking you’re expressing relatively little energy, and relative to the worm, you’re getting an awful lot of work done.
Now tell me, what is the thing which connects your first, high-energy, low return effort with the second low energy, high return effort? Drumroll please… TECHNIQUE!
It’s true that when you’re in class, our Alchemy coaches are going to push you. But let’s be very, very clear about something: pushing you doesn’t always mean you should move faster. In fact, just as often as increasing your speed we want you to work smarter, cleaner, more efficiently. In the long run, the intensity you bring your workouts will dictate the pace and degree of your results. But never forget that the technique you bring to your workouts will enable you to preserve your intensity for longer periods of time and with reduced risk of injury.
That, my Alchemy-loving friends is what we call a win-win.
Happy training.
Tyler Quinn is a coach, co-founder and CEO of Alchemy 365. In his spare time he enjoys reading, hockey, jiu-jitsu, and gun-slinging.
