Single leg squats at 257.4lbs of bodyweight

In my last post i said that i would not post until i had done something phenomenal in the gym.

I did something phenomenal today. 

Listening to frankie Faires and Adam Glass teach 'how to lead a movement' helped me figure out what to do about this curious right leg that i own.  The right leg which has a moody tibial tuberosity [?], a really talkative quadriceps group, and a surgically repaired hernia at its origin.  I am right handed.  I do all things with my right hand.  For awhile i was convinced that it was my responsibility to balance out my asymmetry, and that working on small movements was going to get me 'centered'.  Well, now that i know what i know now, it appears more realistic that i can get closer to centered by training in asymmetry.  And the guiding light is The Test.

My left leg can do anything.  It can pistol [single leg squat]

It can shave, sign a check, and even cook dinner. 

But its brother can not do jack.  It cannot lunge, pistol, pick up chicks, or do laundry after a rough night.

Until today!

The Gym Movement 'order of operations'-
1. Test the test and establish baseline Range of motion/dynamometer reading.
2. Pick a movement, test the movement [unloaded]
3. Change the movement to see if the movement can test better
-Change the speed
-Change the lead.
-Change the position
4. Test the tool [kettleweight, barbell, etc.]
5. Test the load.
6. Test the reps.
7. Scale and drill
8. Test the recovery between sets.

"Change the lead"
A movement can be lead, or cued from a sensory standpoint, from different body parts.  Example? Sure.  My pistol has, in the past, been cued from the hip.  Pull the hip down, cramp the hip muscles, and press up from the heel.  This does not work on the right leg.  My left leg pistol is effortless, the definition of "quality movement".  My right leg pistol was constantly failing and though it tested well, it was an incomplete rep.  

Thanks frankie, thanks Adam.  I changed the lead of my right pistol to begin and finish with my head, and today i got a set of two.  And it tested well.

To pistol right, i elevate my heel roughly two inches from the floor, and look towards the ground beneath me fast while descending.  Once i hit the bottom i look at the ceiling and ascend.  Simple, effective, and customized to my needs.  No local muscular focus, no feed forward tension, no driving through the heel.  A simple angle change did the job.  And with the education i received at the Gym Movement Biomechanics Level I course, i can guide myself towards better, using my own system.  


I am the textbook, the subject, and the lab.  


Now go read this:
http://www.adamtglass.com/2010/06/06/i-am-stuck-but-i-am-getting-better-everyday/