Dr. Kelly Starrett
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Now we're competing.
Now there's a little psychology of, hey, I have to do this thing and I'm not sure I can.
The imposter voice, the fear voice.
Now you're breathing hard.
Now I have to do 20 reps.
And you see that there are so many ways to manipulate that.
that ultimately when we start to view strength conditioning as coordination training with resistance,
The resistance is a lot.
But if we're just about, we have a lot of choice here to make this hard.
But if it's just about capacity, then let's just give you an exercise bike and do some dumb work.
But it's not.
How do we become more skilled?
And I guess I think one of the critiques and a valid critique of the last 20 years of strength and conditioning, it's become very capacity-based.
We're so interested in capacity.
But your VO2 max is,
means nothing unless you can handle and carry that with skill.
Let's, okay, then if that athlete word is not the right word.
What is the right move?
Because I think what we want to say is that everyone needs to move their body.
We're getting that message.