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Building a Team
There's nothing else as important as trust in a team.
As a kid I never played any team sports, I was into gymnastics.
The earliest memories I have from being part of a team is during PE in school and we had to pick teams.
The teacher would point out two kids of the class and they could pick a team member alternating until the group was divided into two. We all been there and no one wants to be that kid that is last to get pushed into the group just because there is nobody else left.
Luckily I was never that kid, but I always felt bad for them to get picked last. I would have hated it, the fact that they just don’t believe in you being a good addition to the team is what makes it worse.
My confidence would drop, even if it would be something I might be good at.
So keeping that in mind whenever I would be the person to pick the teams, although I would love to win- as I’m super competitive. The first person I would pick was one of the kids, who most of the time - would be last in. Why?
Think about it, you gonna end up with one of the weaker persons of the group anyway. So in my head it made sense to pick the weakest first so they feel like they matter and if someone believes they matter they will give 100% effort.
If your weakest person on the team gives it there best then that will lift the whole team!
Did we win every time? Probably not, but that’s not what really matters. What matters is that every one in the team felt like they were important.
The year 2016 was the first time I was part of a professional team. The competition was called “GRID league”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Pro_Grid_League if you want to look into it, as you probably never heard of it as it was only up and running for three years.
I got picked by the "Phoenix Rise” who ended up winning that year for the first time.
Here is why I believe our team won the title.
We Spend Time Together
We lived in the same hotel for 8 weeks, we literally were 24/7 together. If we were not training we would hang out. The town Provo in Utah were we lived wasn’t much to do so we would find ways to keep ourself entertained. The girls would rehearse dances from MTV video clips and convince one of the guys to play along and learn the dance moves. We spend weeks on getting the steps right and the best part was to see Danny ( the biggest guy on the team) do the same moves.
In the evenings we would all go for dinner and after we would hang out and play games. The best game was to read out loud your DM’s or when we would challenge one of the team members to do something stupid like eating a teaspoon of cinnamon or snorting chili peppers for a few bucks.
Point being, we had fun together and didn’t take things to serious when we were not training. Spending time together creates bonds and the best relations are made in my opinion when you are laughing and having fun!
We Hold Each Other Accountable
Showing up for training twice a day wasn’t the problem, everyone loved to workout. We would keep each other accountable on doing the extra’s the coach gave us that we didn’t like to do. The boring stuff. Most of the time there was someone who had the same weaknesses so than we would team up in smaller groups and help each other out.
When someone wasn’t preforming well in training we would call them out. This brought some tension between certain teammates but the coach always made sure that it would be resolved before we left the gym. It’s important for the team that you can tell them straight what’s the problem is without them getting upset.
We Were Transparent With Each Other
Knowing your strength and weaknesses and paring up with a team mate that is strong where you are weak, so the team can make it through the other side as fast as possible. But sometimes it would also be stepping aside and letting someone else take your place because that was the best for the team. Even if that meant you couldn’t play that day.
Objective : Win the Championship
Strategy : End your life to win every game
Teamwork is useless if no one knows the goal or vision they are working toward.
Set those goals during each session or match.
Share them with the team.
Talk about them
Check in after each match
We Trusted Each Other
There's nothing else as important as trust in a team. Knowing that your team mate will hold on to the bar until all the work is done. A lot of the movements were synchronized so you had to trust one another to do the required work in the tempo we practiced. Or knowing when someone is close to their end and tagging in to finish the set without loosing time. Being efficient in transitions, trusting that they will catch the bar that is popped off your shoulders.
Trust allows you to be honest with each other without worrying that feelings will be hurt, allows you to be open to feedback without feeling attacked and in this case - when competing, it prevents you to not get injured.
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ENGINE
We are going to mix things up a bit this week, varying modalities, time frames and distances designed to push your aerobic capacity.
GYMNASTICS
To kick things off, we will spend some time on Pull-ups and chest-to-bar pull-ups before we move off the rig and onto the floor as we look to break down and develop the Handstand Walk.
HYROX
Working on compromised running this week. Running consistently strong when there is nothing left in your legs is a key skill in Hyrox.
MOBILITY
Improving your overhead mobility will show you how to improve not only flexibility but also stability using a few key exercises that you can do in your own time.
PURE STRENGTH
In Pure Strength this week, we will kick the week off with a mixture of paused and unpaused back squats, followed by some heavy single-leg work. Wednesday sees us continue our progression on the strict press and the stationary dips.
WEIGHTLIFTING
This week in weightlifting we focus on the power snatch and hang power snatch with a series of complexes followed by some EMOM percentage work
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Track Tuesday
The purpose of this workout is to develop threshold speed. To do this we’re running through 3X800m into 2X400m finishing with a final best effort over 800m, then repeating the whole set again!
Start time: 05:59 am
Session Length: 1 hour
Location: InnerFight
Wednesday Ride
This Wednesday we’re going to put your legs through some climbing efforts and then finish with some maximum power sprints.
Start time: 05:59 am
Session Length: 1.5 hour
Location: Bottom of the stick
Friday, The Coffee Run
The ‘in’ word within endurance is fatigue resistance; and today we look to benchmark it. With 2 maximum efforts at the start and end of the set with a steadier middle section, we’ll be able to track your drop-off. A great set for anyone wanting to get better this winter!
Start time: 05:59 am
Session Length: 1 hour
Location: Common Grounds, Jumeirah Beach Track
Friday, Sea Swim
With Salalah and T100 just around the corner, we again take to the seas to practice race-specific skills for open-water swimming.
Start time: 06:19 am
Session Length: 1 hour
Location: Common Grounds, Jumeirah Beach Track
Saturday Ride
This week we take on the second extension, with some 3-minute and 1-minute turns as a group. We’ll cover around 85km or fun riding. Come along to start your weekend right!
Start time: 05:59 am
Session Length: 3 hour
Location: Bottom of the stick
Please note that there is no Monday and Wednesday session this week. LRC Unlimited Clients, your TrainingPeaks are still programmed.
Tuesday
Time: 5:59am
Location: InnerFight
Session: Track Tuesday
This week we have a selection of 800s and 400s for you. Come ready to run fast with InnerFight Endurance community and coaching team.
Friday
Time: 5:59am
Location: Kite Beach
Session: The Coffee Run
Today we are looking at your durability. The session is book ended with hard efforts, to see how your duratlity is at the end of a middle block of easy running. This is a great session to test as the weather gets better and then test again in the coming month, after stacking some more consistency in your training.
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Monday:
Strength:
Pull Ups and Dumbell Bench Press
Conditioning:
Amrap 20
Car Park sandbag bear hug carry
10 hand-release push-ups
10 pull-ups
Half park run
Tuesday:
Strength:
Front Squats
Conditioning:
In a 3 minute window
10 Dual KB front squats (2x 20/16)
30/25/20 cal Row
AMRAP wall balls
Rest 2 mins x 5
Wednesday:
Strength:
A) Power Clean + Hang Power Clean
B) Clean Complex + Wall Walks
Conditioning:
FOR TIME
3-6-9 Power clean
2-4-6 wall walks
into
9-12-15 Power Clean
9-12-15 Burpee over bar
Thursday:
Strength:
KB Single Leg Deadlifts + Arch Holds
Conditioning:
EMOM 16
Min 1 - 20 alt DB hang snatch (50/35)
Min 2 - 20/15 box jump over
Min 3 -18/15/12/9 Cal assault bike
Min 4 - Rest
Friday:
Conditioning:
Another spicy Friday to end the week, and then we finish together with a Durante Special!
As a kid I never played any team sports, I was into gymnastics.
The earliest memories I have from being part of a team is during PE in school and we had to pick teams.
The teacher would point out two kids of the class and they could pick a team member alternating until the group was divided into two. We all been there and no one wants to be that kid that is last to get pushed into the group just because there is nobody else left.
Luckily I was never that kid, but I always felt bad for them to get picked last. I would have hated it, the fact that they just don’t believe in you being a good addition to the team is what makes it worse.
My confidence would drop, even if it would be something I might be good at.
So keeping that in mind whenever I would be the person to pick the teams, although I would love to win- as I’m super competitive. The first person I would pick was one of the kids, who most of the time - would be last in. Why?
Think about it, you gonna end up with one of the weaker persons of the group anyway. So in my head it made sense to pick the weakest first so they feel like they matter and if someone believes they matter they will give 100% effort.
If your weakest person on the team gives it there best then that will lift the whole team!
Did we win every time? Probably not, but that’s not what really matters. What matters is that every one in the team felt like they were important.
The year 2016 was the first time I was part of a professional team. The competition was called “GRID league”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Pro_Grid_League if you want to look into it, as you probably never heard of it as it was only up and running for three years.
I got picked by the "Phoenix Rise” who ended up winning that year for the first time.
Here is why I believe our team won the title.
We Spend Time Together
We lived in the same hotel for 8 weeks, we literally were 24/7 together. If we were not training we would hang out. The town Provo in Utah were we lived wasn’t much to do so we would find ways to keep ourself entertained. The girls would rehearse dances from MTV video clips and convince one of the guys to play along and learn the dance moves. We spend weeks on getting the steps right and the best part was to see Danny ( the biggest guy on the team) do the same moves.
In the evenings we would all go for dinner and after we would hang out and play games. The best game was to read out loud your DM’s or when we would challenge one of the team members to do something stupid like eating a teaspoon of cinnamon or snorting chili peppers for a few bucks.
Point being, we had fun together and didn’t take things to serious when we were not training. Spending time together creates bonds and the best relations are made in my opinion when you are laughing and having fun!
We Hold Each Other Accountable
Showing up for training twice a day wasn’t the problem, everyone loved to workout. We would keep each other accountable on doing the extra’s the coach gave us that we didn’t like to do. The boring stuff. Most of the time there was someone who had the same weaknesses so than we would team up in smaller groups and help each other out.
When someone wasn’t preforming well in training we would call them out. This brought some tension between certain teammates but the coach always made sure that it would be resolved before we left the gym. It’s important for the team that you can tell them straight what’s the problem is without them getting upset.
We Were Transparent With Each Other
Knowing your strength and weaknesses and paring up with a team mate that is strong where you are weak, so the team can make it through the other side as fast as possible. But sometimes it would also be stepping aside and letting someone else take your place because that was the best for the team. Even if that meant you couldn’t play that day.
Objective : Win the Championship
Strategy : End your life to win every game
Teamwork is useless if no one knows the goal or vision they are working toward.
Set those goals during each session or match.
Share them with the team.
Talk about them
Check in after each match
We Trusted Each Other
There's nothing else as important as trust in a team. Knowing that your team mate will hold on to the bar until all the work is done. A lot of the movements were synchronized so you had to trust one another to do the required work in the tempo we practiced. Or knowing when someone is close to their end and tagging in to finish the set without loosing time. Being efficient in transitions, trusting that they will catch the bar that is popped off your shoulders.
Trust allows you to be honest with each other without worrying that feelings will be hurt, allows you to be open to feedback without feeling attacked and in this case - when competing, it prevents you to not get injured.
Track Tuesday
The purpose of this workout is to develop threshold speed. To do this we’re running through 3X800m into 2X400m finishing with a final best effort over 800m, then repeating the whole set again!
Start time: 05:59 am
Session Length: 1 hour
Location: InnerFight
Wednesday Ride
This Wednesday we’re going to put your legs through some climbing efforts and then finish with some maximum power sprints.
Start time: 05:59 am
Session Length: 1.5 hour
Location: Bottom of the stick
Friday, The Coffee Run
The ‘in’ word within endurance is fatigue resistance; and today we look to benchmark it. With 2 maximum efforts at the start and end of the set with a steadier middle section, we’ll be able to track your drop-off. A great set for anyone wanting to get better this winter!
Start time: 05:59 am
Session Length: 1 hour
Location: Common Grounds, Jumeirah Beach Track
Friday, Sea Swim
With Salalah and T100 just around the corner, we again take to the seas to practice race-specific skills for open-water swimming.
Start time: 06:19 am
Session Length: 1 hour
Location: Common Grounds, Jumeirah Beach Track
Saturday Ride
This week we take on the second extension, with some 3-minute and 1-minute turns as a group. We’ll cover around 85km or fun riding. Come along to start your weekend right!
Start time: 05:59 am
Session Length: 3 hour
Location: Bottom of the stick
Please note that there is no Monday and Wednesday session this week. LRC Unlimited Clients, your TrainingPeaks are still programmed.
Tuesday
Time: 5:59am
Location: InnerFight
Session: Track Tuesday
This week we have a selection of 800s and 400s for you. Come ready to run fast with InnerFight Endurance community and coaching team.
Friday
Time: 5:59am
Location: Kite Beach
Session: The Coffee Run
Today we are looking at your durability. The session is book ended with hard efforts, to see how your duratlity is at the end of a middle block of easy running. This is a great session to test as the weather gets better and then test again in the coming month, after stacking some more consistency in your training.
Monday:
Strength:
Pull Ups and Dumbell Bench Press
Conditioning:
Amrap 20
Car Park sandbag bear hug carry
10 hand-release push-ups
10 pull-ups
Half park run
Tuesday:
Strength:
Front Squats
Conditioning:
In a 3 minute window
10 Dual KB front squats (2x 20/16)
30/25/20 cal Row
AMRAP wall balls
Rest 2 mins x 5
Wednesday:
Strength:
A) Power Clean + Hang Power Clean
B) Clean Complex + Wall Walks
Conditioning:
FOR TIME
3-6-9 Power clean
2-4-6 wall walks
into
9-12-15 Power Clean
9-12-15 Burpee over bar
Thursday:
Strength:
KB Single Leg Deadlifts + Arch Holds
Conditioning:
EMOM 16
Min 1 - 20 alt DB hang snatch (50/35)
Min 2 - 20/15 box jump over
Min 3 -18/15/12/9 Cal assault bike
Min 4 - Rest
Friday:
Conditioning:
Another spicy Friday to end the week, and then we finish together with a Durante Special!
ENGINE
We are going to mix things up a bit this week, varying modalities, time frames and distances designed to push your aerobic capacity.
GYMNASTICS
To kick things off, we will spend some time on Pull-ups and chest-to-bar pull-ups before we move off the rig and onto the floor as we look to break down and develop the Handstand Walk.
HYROX
Working on compromised running this week. Running consistently strong when there is nothing left in your legs is a key skill in Hyrox.
MOBILITY
Improving your overhead mobility will show you how to improve not only flexibility but also stability using a few key exercises that you can do in your own time.
PURE STRENGTH
In Pure Strength this week, we will kick the week off with a mixture of paused and unpaused back squats, followed by some heavy single-leg work. Wednesday sees us continue our progression on the strict press and the stationary dips.
WEIGHTLIFTING
This week in weightlifting we focus on the power snatch and hang power snatch with a series of complexes followed by some EMOM percentage work
As a kid I never played any team sports, I was into gymnastics.
The earliest memories I have from being part of a team is during PE in school and we had to pick teams.
The teacher would point out two kids of the class and they could pick a team member alternating until the group was divided into two. We all been there and no one wants to be that kid that is last to get pushed into the group just because there is nobody else left.
Luckily I was never that kid, but I always felt bad for them to get picked last. I would have hated it, the fact that they just don’t believe in you being a good addition to the team is what makes it worse.
My confidence would drop, even if it would be something I might be good at.
So keeping that in mind whenever I would be the person to pick the teams, although I would love to win- as I’m super competitive. The first person I would pick was one of the kids, who most of the time - would be last in. Why?
Think about it, you gonna end up with one of the weaker persons of the group anyway. So in my head it made sense to pick the weakest first so they feel like they matter and if someone believes they matter they will give 100% effort.
If your weakest person on the team gives it there best then that will lift the whole team!
Did we win every time? Probably not, but that’s not what really matters. What matters is that every one in the team felt like they were important.
The year 2016 was the first time I was part of a professional team. The competition was called “GRID league”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Pro_Grid_League if you want to look into it, as you probably never heard of it as it was only up and running for three years.
I got picked by the "Phoenix Rise” who ended up winning that year for the first time.
Here is why I believe our team won the title.
We Spend Time Together
We lived in the same hotel for 8 weeks, we literally were 24/7 together. If we were not training we would hang out. The town Provo in Utah were we lived wasn’t much to do so we would find ways to keep ourself entertained. The girls would rehearse dances from MTV video clips and convince one of the guys to play along and learn the dance moves. We spend weeks on getting the steps right and the best part was to see Danny ( the biggest guy on the team) do the same moves.
In the evenings we would all go for dinner and after we would hang out and play games. The best game was to read out loud your DM’s or when we would challenge one of the team members to do something stupid like eating a teaspoon of cinnamon or snorting chili peppers for a few bucks.
Point being, we had fun together and didn’t take things to serious when we were not training. Spending time together creates bonds and the best relations are made in my opinion when you are laughing and having fun!
We Hold Each Other Accountable
Showing up for training twice a day wasn’t the problem, everyone loved to workout. We would keep each other accountable on doing the extra’s the coach gave us that we didn’t like to do. The boring stuff. Most of the time there was someone who had the same weaknesses so than we would team up in smaller groups and help each other out.
When someone wasn’t preforming well in training we would call them out. This brought some tension between certain teammates but the coach always made sure that it would be resolved before we left the gym. It’s important for the team that you can tell them straight what’s the problem is without them getting upset.
We Were Transparent With Each Other
Knowing your strength and weaknesses and paring up with a team mate that is strong where you are weak, so the team can make it through the other side as fast as possible. But sometimes it would also be stepping aside and letting someone else take your place because that was the best for the team. Even if that meant you couldn’t play that day.
Objective : Win the Championship
Strategy : End your life to win every game
Teamwork is useless if no one knows the goal or vision they are working toward.
Set those goals during each session or match.
Share them with the team.
Talk about them
Check in after each match
We Trusted Each Other
There's nothing else as important as trust in a team. Knowing that your team mate will hold on to the bar until all the work is done. A lot of the movements were synchronized so you had to trust one another to do the required work in the tempo we practiced. Or knowing when someone is close to their end and tagging in to finish the set without loosing time. Being efficient in transitions, trusting that they will catch the bar that is popped off your shoulders.
Trust allows you to be honest with each other without worrying that feelings will be hurt, allows you to be open to feedback without feeling attacked and in this case - when competing, it prevents you to not get injured.
Please note that there is no Monday and Wednesday session this week. LRC Unlimited Clients, your TrainingPeaks are still programmed.
Tuesday
Time: 5:59am
Location: InnerFight
Session: Track Tuesday
This week we have a selection of 800s and 400s for you. Come ready to run fast with InnerFight Endurance community and coaching team.
Friday
Time: 5:59am
Location: Kite Beach
Session: The Coffee Run
Today we are looking at your durability. The session is book ended with hard efforts, to see how your duratlity is at the end of a middle block of easy running. This is a great session to test as the weather gets better and then test again in the coming month, after stacking some more consistency in your training.
Monday:
Strength:
Pull Ups and Dumbell Bench Press
Conditioning:
Amrap 20
Car Park sandbag bear hug carry
10 hand-release push-ups
10 pull-ups
Half park run
Tuesday:
Strength:
Front Squats
Conditioning:
In a 3 minute window
10 Dual KB front squats (2x 20/16)
30/25/20 cal Row
AMRAP wall balls
Rest 2 mins x 5
Wednesday:
Strength:
A) Power Clean + Hang Power Clean
B) Clean Complex + Wall Walks
Conditioning:
FOR TIME
3-6-9 Power clean
2-4-6 wall walks
into
9-12-15 Power Clean
9-12-15 Burpee over bar
Thursday:
Strength:
KB Single Leg Deadlifts + Arch Holds
Conditioning:
EMOM 16
Min 1 - 20 alt DB hang snatch (50/35)
Min 2 - 20/15 box jump over
Min 3 -18/15/12/9 Cal assault bike
Min 4 - Rest
Friday:
Conditioning:
Another spicy Friday to end the week, and then we finish together with a Durante Special!
ENGINE
We are going to mix things up a bit this week, varying modalities, time frames and distances designed to push your aerobic capacity.
GYMNASTICS
To kick things off, we will spend some time on Pull-ups and chest-to-bar pull-ups before we move off the rig and onto the floor as we look to break down and develop the Handstand Walk.
HYROX
Working on compromised running this week. Running consistently strong when there is nothing left in your legs is a key skill in Hyrox.
MOBILITY
Improving your overhead mobility will show you how to improve not only flexibility but also stability using a few key exercises that you can do in your own time.
PURE STRENGTH
In Pure Strength this week, we will kick the week off with a mixture of paused and unpaused back squats, followed by some heavy single-leg work. Wednesday sees us continue our progression on the strict press and the stationary dips.
WEIGHTLIFTING
This week in weightlifting we focus on the power snatch and hang power snatch with a series of complexes followed by some EMOM percentage work
Track Tuesday
The purpose of this workout is to develop threshold speed. To do this we’re running through 3X800m into 2X400m finishing with a final best effort over 800m, then repeating the whole set again!
Start time: 05:59 am
Session Length: 1 hour
Location: InnerFight
Wednesday Ride
This Wednesday we’re going to put your legs through some climbing efforts and then finish with some maximum power sprints.
Start time: 05:59 am
Session Length: 1.5 hour
Location: Bottom of the stick
Friday, The Coffee Run
The ‘in’ word within endurance is fatigue resistance; and today we look to benchmark it. With 2 maximum efforts at the start and end of the set with a steadier middle section, we’ll be able to track your drop-off. A great set for anyone wanting to get better this winter!
Start time: 05:59 am
Session Length: 1 hour
Location: Common Grounds, Jumeirah Beach Track
Friday, Sea Swim
With Salalah and T100 just around the corner, we again take to the seas to practice race-specific skills for open-water swimming.
Start time: 06:19 am
Session Length: 1 hour
Location: Common Grounds, Jumeirah Beach Track
Saturday Ride
This week we take on the second extension, with some 3-minute and 1-minute turns as a group. We’ll cover around 85km or fun riding. Come along to start your weekend right!
Start time: 05:59 am
Session Length: 3 hour
Location: Bottom of the stick
As a kid I never played any team sports, I was into gymnastics.
The earliest memories I have from being part of a team is during PE in school and we had to pick teams.
The teacher would point out two kids of the class and they could pick a team member alternating until the group was divided into two. We all been there and no one wants to be that kid that is last to get pushed into the group just because there is nobody else left.
Luckily I was never that kid, but I always felt bad for them to get picked last. I would have hated it, the fact that they just don’t believe in you being a good addition to the team is what makes it worse.
My confidence would drop, even if it would be something I might be good at.
So keeping that in mind whenever I would be the person to pick the teams, although I would love to win- as I’m super competitive. The first person I would pick was one of the kids, who most of the time - would be last in. Why?
Think about it, you gonna end up with one of the weaker persons of the group anyway. So in my head it made sense to pick the weakest first so they feel like they matter and if someone believes they matter they will give 100% effort.
If your weakest person on the team gives it there best then that will lift the whole team!
Did we win every time? Probably not, but that’s not what really matters. What matters is that every one in the team felt like they were important.
The year 2016 was the first time I was part of a professional team. The competition was called “GRID league”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Pro_Grid_League if you want to look into it, as you probably never heard of it as it was only up and running for three years.
I got picked by the "Phoenix Rise” who ended up winning that year for the first time.
Here is why I believe our team won the title.
We Spend Time Together
We lived in the same hotel for 8 weeks, we literally were 24/7 together. If we were not training we would hang out. The town Provo in Utah were we lived wasn’t much to do so we would find ways to keep ourself entertained. The girls would rehearse dances from MTV video clips and convince one of the guys to play along and learn the dance moves. We spend weeks on getting the steps right and the best part was to see Danny ( the biggest guy on the team) do the same moves.
In the evenings we would all go for dinner and after we would hang out and play games. The best game was to read out loud your DM’s or when we would challenge one of the team members to do something stupid like eating a teaspoon of cinnamon or snorting chili peppers for a few bucks.
Point being, we had fun together and didn’t take things to serious when we were not training. Spending time together creates bonds and the best relations are made in my opinion when you are laughing and having fun!
We Hold Each Other Accountable
Showing up for training twice a day wasn’t the problem, everyone loved to workout. We would keep each other accountable on doing the extra’s the coach gave us that we didn’t like to do. The boring stuff. Most of the time there was someone who had the same weaknesses so than we would team up in smaller groups and help each other out.
When someone wasn’t preforming well in training we would call them out. This brought some tension between certain teammates but the coach always made sure that it would be resolved before we left the gym. It’s important for the team that you can tell them straight what’s the problem is without them getting upset.
We Were Transparent With Each Other
Knowing your strength and weaknesses and paring up with a team mate that is strong where you are weak, so the team can make it through the other side as fast as possible. But sometimes it would also be stepping aside and letting someone else take your place because that was the best for the team. Even if that meant you couldn’t play that day.
Objective : Win the Championship
Strategy : End your life to win every game
Teamwork is useless if no one knows the goal or vision they are working toward.
Set those goals during each session or match.
Share them with the team.
Talk about them
Check in after each match
We Trusted Each Other
There's nothing else as important as trust in a team. Knowing that your team mate will hold on to the bar until all the work is done. A lot of the movements were synchronized so you had to trust one another to do the required work in the tempo we practiced. Or knowing when someone is close to their end and tagging in to finish the set without loosing time. Being efficient in transitions, trusting that they will catch the bar that is popped off your shoulders.
Trust allows you to be honest with each other without worrying that feelings will be hurt, allows you to be open to feedback without feeling attacked and in this case - when competing, it prevents you to not get injured.
As a kid I never played any team sports, I was into gymnastics.
The earliest memories I have from being part of a team is during PE in school and we had to pick teams.
The teacher would point out two kids of the class and they could pick a team member alternating until the group was divided into two. We all been there and no one wants to be that kid that is last to get pushed into the group just because there is nobody else left.
Luckily I was never that kid, but I always felt bad for them to get picked last. I would have hated it, the fact that they just don’t believe in you being a good addition to the team is what makes it worse.
My confidence would drop, even if it would be something I might be good at.
So keeping that in mind whenever I would be the person to pick the teams, although I would love to win- as I’m super competitive. The first person I would pick was one of the kids, who most of the time - would be last in. Why?
Think about it, you gonna end up with one of the weaker persons of the group anyway. So in my head it made sense to pick the weakest first so they feel like they matter and if someone believes they matter they will give 100% effort.
If your weakest person on the team gives it there best then that will lift the whole team!
Did we win every time? Probably not, but that’s not what really matters. What matters is that every one in the team felt like they were important.
The year 2016 was the first time I was part of a professional team. The competition was called “GRID league”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Pro_Grid_League if you want to look into it, as you probably never heard of it as it was only up and running for three years.
I got picked by the "Phoenix Rise” who ended up winning that year for the first time.
Here is why I believe our team won the title.
We Spend Time Together
We lived in the same hotel for 8 weeks, we literally were 24/7 together. If we were not training we would hang out. The town Provo in Utah were we lived wasn’t much to do so we would find ways to keep ourself entertained. The girls would rehearse dances from MTV video clips and convince one of the guys to play along and learn the dance moves. We spend weeks on getting the steps right and the best part was to see Danny ( the biggest guy on the team) do the same moves.
In the evenings we would all go for dinner and after we would hang out and play games. The best game was to read out loud your DM’s or when we would challenge one of the team members to do something stupid like eating a teaspoon of cinnamon or snorting chili peppers for a few bucks.
Point being, we had fun together and didn’t take things to serious when we were not training. Spending time together creates bonds and the best relations are made in my opinion when you are laughing and having fun!
We Hold Each Other Accountable
Showing up for training twice a day wasn’t the problem, everyone loved to workout. We would keep each other accountable on doing the extra’s the coach gave us that we didn’t like to do. The boring stuff. Most of the time there was someone who had the same weaknesses so than we would team up in smaller groups and help each other out.
When someone wasn’t preforming well in training we would call them out. This brought some tension between certain teammates but the coach always made sure that it would be resolved before we left the gym. It’s important for the team that you can tell them straight what’s the problem is without them getting upset.
We Were Transparent With Each Other
Knowing your strength and weaknesses and paring up with a team mate that is strong where you are weak, so the team can make it through the other side as fast as possible. But sometimes it would also be stepping aside and letting someone else take your place because that was the best for the team. Even if that meant you couldn’t play that day.
Objective : Win the Championship
Strategy : End your life to win every game
Teamwork is useless if no one knows the goal or vision they are working toward.
Set those goals during each session or match.
Share them with the team.
Talk about them
Check in after each match
We Trusted Each Other
There's nothing else as important as trust in a team. Knowing that your team mate will hold on to the bar until all the work is done. A lot of the movements were synchronized so you had to trust one another to do the required work in the tempo we practiced. Or knowing when someone is close to their end and tagging in to finish the set without loosing time. Being efficient in transitions, trusting that they will catch the bar that is popped off your shoulders.
Trust allows you to be honest with each other without worrying that feelings will be hurt, allows you to be open to feedback without feeling attacked and in this case - when competing, it prevents you to not get injured.
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