Today I wanted to revisit an older piece titled Coaching Yourself (originally “How to be your own coach”), originally written in 2009 and heavily re-written/re-edited/re-formatted for today. I gotta get those good SEO scores.
Dan John in Salt Lake City
The piece was originally spurred by two occurrences. The first was attending a seminar by Dan John while I was living in Salt Lake City (2005-2010). Called A Philosophy of Strength Training, Dan was asked “How does someone coach themselves?”
Now, I love Dan, he’s one of the best in the industry and knows more than Methuselah (because they hung out). But let’s just say his answers are often…undirected. He wouldn’t disagree with me, by the way. The problem is that he’s got so much information in his head he gets side tracked and forgets the original question. A similar question came up on my support forum (yes, it’s down right now) about the same time so it seemed like a good topic to tackle.… Keep Reading