"No matter how much I stretch, my flexibility is not improving..."
I'll never forget the day JJ walk through my doors on a Tuesday morning for our "10 Elements" class. The "10 Elements" was a class I ran on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9-9:30am.
Back to JJ.
Every morning, he'd come in ~15 minutes early and "stretch."
The next class he'd come in early again to "stretch."
I noticed each time.
He was stuck in the same place.
Basically he was making ZERO progress. I asked him how it was working for him and that's when he told me...
"... no matter how much I stretch, my flexibility is not improving..."
And what I told him didn't help.
"It's all in your head."
To help you understand and explain what was happening with JJ. I gotta share what happened to me ~2002 when I bought my first computer. It was a HUGE Hewlett-Packard desktop.
Remember those?
(Today I'm writing to you from a fancy M1 iMac)
I'll never forget the day.
I started getting all these "pop ups" on my computer. The computer would freeze up, I'd have to restart it and... it was only a matter of time before I had to repeat the process.
I took it to a computer repair place here in CC (this was before the days of "Geek Squad").
The guy at the counter told me my PC had been infected with a "Trojan Virus." It had to be removed.
Then he asked if I wanted to buy the "anti-virus" software to protect my computer from future attacks.
I declined because the repairs themselves nearly broke my bank account. I told him I'd come back after next payday.
And sure as the sky is blue.
The virus came back a few days after surfing the web.
You see.
The reason JJ wasn't seeing progress with his stretching was... he didn't [know how to] install anti-virus software.
Movement viruses come in many forms.
- Injury.
- Poor posture.
- Lack of activity.
- Repetitive movements.
- And sitting for hours per day.
To name a few.
- Foam rolling.
- Lacrosse ball work.
- And stretching.
... are like removing the virus from a computer. It's a temporary fix. A window of opportunity to make a lasting change.
But.
If you don't reinstall new [anti-virus] software. The viruses come back.
Sometimes, with a vengeance. This is why traditional stretching, foam rolling, and "movement prep" doesn't work long term.
It was a light bulb moment for JJ. Especially when I exposed him to our...
3 Step "Anti-Virus" Protocol