What Got Trained Today?

Did you train arms? Legs? Core? Nope. That's not what I'm talking about. Training is deeper than that and we need to look deeper when we think about our training and reflect on our sessions.

Train: teach a particular skill or type of behavior through practice and instruction over a period of time. 

We learn all kinds of new behaviors and skills from our training from our coach and from ourselves and the practice over time. We learn discipline, compassion, persistence and much more. We learn very personal and practical lessons, if we pay attention. 

Yesterday, I was at the gym when another client was experiencing a very intense moment with Khris, a high jump box and his own fortitude. From the outside it could have been interpreted many ways. I won't interpret it. I will say that the boy who experienced it has a lot to unpack from his training! 

His lessons could include simply training lessons about getting over his fear and getting over the box. But there's so much more there. The moment he thought might be disappointing to his coach, he found out later was the highlight of his coach's day. Khris posted his pride all over social media. There is a lot to be learned from that. 

Again, I won't presume to learn his lessons for him. But I learned lessons FROM him! And I learned that there's always more to learn from training than it seems. We need to look deeper every time we train at what we can learn from our practice. What did we train in addition to our body?