I am sooooo vanilla.

I came to this realization yesterday.  In ~5 weeks I’m supposed to do a presentation for Mike Boyle’s staff, and I have no clue what I’m going to talk about.  Sure, I could give them one of the presentations from my Aussie seminars, but I’m not sure they want to sit in a chair and listen to me lecture for 2.5-3 hours on program design.

I wanted to do something super cool – how I do things differently, new exercises, etc. My good Jim Smith is the master of this – he can take one good idea and turn it into 15-20 new exercises.

But me?  I’m just vanilla.

I’m vanilla in the fact that rather than looking for tons of new or cool stuff to try, I constantly come back to the basics.  We all know squatting works – so instead of trying to find a new way to squat, or an exercise to replace squats, I’d rather talk about how to squat better. It’s the same way with benching, pull-ups, deadlifting, etc.

It works, but it’s got to be oh-so-boring.

Anyone got any ideas of what would be interesting and hands-on to discuss?  I still think everyone can work on the fundamentals like cuing, observation, etc., but then again, these are some of the best trainers in the country.  I need to bring my A-game.

If you could listen to me talk or coach, what would interest YOU?  I look forward to your comments!!!

Stay strong

MR

BTW – I’ve got a new article up at FigureAthlete.com on squatting.  Be sure to check it out.

BTW #2 – There are still openings for Mike Boyle’s seminar on February 14th.  If you’re anywhere near the Boston area, it should be a great seminar.