No more certifications for me.

Jan 26

Today’s training:
Warmup: Indian clubs,foam roller, and joint mobility, TGU
Morning session:
2 mile run : very sluggish for some reason. But it was a good run.
afternoon:
Convict Conditioning 1set: 20 pullups, 25 chinese pushups,30 KTE,40 OHS,25 back ext.


75 BB power cleans: I was going for 100 but my traps started to cramp……it shows my legs were fading at the end and using too much upper body.


2-KB push jerks: mirror sets of the power cleans with 24kg sets to 2 so I did about 150 reps but it was easy for some reason Pairing up with the power cleans.
It was not a speed event and took amost an hour.

Certifications are getting out of hand. I guess Its just another way to make money in a sagging economy when you run out of mullets to train. I have a number of them(certs) and like an asshole, I kept looking for something that was just not available. In the Kettlebell world, all you need to do is own a gym, have a web site, UTube your workouts, and maybe make some DVD,s add letters after your name and you are now an expert to start your own organization. Now I don’t begrudge someone from making a buck, it’s the American way, but I do feel a little for the poor wimps that enter their world hoping to make their fortune with pitifully little expertise.

Most of the Kettlebell or fitness certs will set you back a grand or more, however you may get something out of each if you stay awake. The certifications don’t certify shit in the real world, because there is no fitness organization that will validate their worth or status. What validates your existence, is your abilities to demonstrate and live by good Skill sets. Do you look like you train? If people have to guess, you better go back and study some more.

I was viewing a DVD of a certification by a one of a number of Kettlebell experts that will hand you a piece of paper that validates you to go out and spread god’s word. What was a pitiful sight, was the people who attended the event and to see these young healthy people with enthusiasm of a slug and the strength of watered down drink. None looked like they were interested in what was being demonstrated and just could not wait until to get their ill gotten certification and run out and start training others the next day in their image. (the instructor was good) No wonder, personal training has the same prestige as a crack whore.

Incidentally I have gone to a couple of real Kettlebell experts(American and Russian) who can demonstrate flawless form and have the physical attributes they acquired from many years of hard dedicated training. Guess what? They don’t give out certifications as you are a student for life!