D5 Coach Adam McCubbin discusses tailoring your training and nutrition to your individual requirements
One size doesn’t fit all when it comes to training, nutrition and developing a successful program for an individual. What works for one person isn’t guaranteed to work with the next, no matter how much you try and fit that square peg in that round hole.
“As such, there is no one-size-fits-all approach that anyone can offer you. The hot water that softens a carrot will harden an egg.”
Clayton M. Christensen
For example, two clients can perform exactly the same exercise or program but have different physiological outcomes E.g. client 1 & client 2 execute a barbell squat. Client 1 has limited ankle (talocrural) joint flexibility thus, he is unable to keep a vertical upright torso and has to bend more at the hips; client 2 has mobile ankles and is able to keep a more vertical position when squatting.
This results in two very different effects from the same exercise – client 1 will have a greater loading at the hips which will involve more of the glutes and hamstrings; versus client 2 will have significantly more loading at the knee which will involve more of the quads. The same principle of individualisation applies to nutrition, mental engagement, learning, recovery and performance.
There is a unique set of circumstances that will influence your results, performance and compliance. Personalities and communication styles can also play a huge factor in how the individual MUST be coached.
Some people respond to an authoritative style of being told what to do, others need to be lead to answers with the feeling of self-directed learning.
Creating a warm learning environment is one of the foundational attributes of our coaches and facility in DIFC. We listen to what each individual brings to the table and offer a multitude of solutions that is best fit. Giving the client an option to contribute to what they think will ultimately work for them. After all the person walking through the door will know more about themselves then we ever will.
Through experience a good coach will understand that for sustained results, focusing on the human connection and what’s between the ears will yield greater return than any quick fix or mass-produced training program.
“What is one person’s medicine, is another man poison.”
The cookie cutter approach will work for some but certainly not all!
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