I’m begging you – please, don’t send me links to hate any more.

I don’t care if someone trashes me on their blog, in their newsletter, or following an article that I’ve written.

I sincerely appreciate the people who read my blog, my newsletter, and/or who listen to my Podcast (and I’m going to prove it next week!).  But you really don’t have to go to war for me – and in all honesty, I’m not going to get into any debates with keyboard warriors.

This isn’t to say that I know everything, or that I’m unwilling to learn from others.  In fact, quite the contrary is true.  This is one of the reasons I’ll be attending the Russian Kettlebell Certification this weekend – to make me a better coach and to learn more about training.  I like to think of myself as very open-minded, and I’m definitely not married to any specific training dogma.

As I was having dinner the other night, I realized something very important – I’m damn lucky.  Each and every day, I get to work with amazing clients and athletes.  Hell, in the next two months I have clients who are going to be competing in MMA, powerlifting, Olympic lifting, and even figure shows! And this doesn’t even account for all the regular Joe’s and Jane’s who come in to get fit and feel better about themselves.

While I may not be perfect, it’s not for lack of trying, or for lack of caring.  I want and expect the absolute best from every client and athlete I work with.  And I sincerely hope they know that.

So when it comes down to the end of the day, I don’t really care if TotallyJakt5000 dislikes me, trashes my methods, or thinks I don’t know how to train.  In most cases, they’ve never even met me, let alone watch me train someone!

At the end of the day, the only people that matter to me are the ones I work with – because it’s their results, and their lives, that matter most.

Stay strong

MR