Gloss Training

There is that appeal to do the fancy dancy cross training.  We all heard about it, we all know about it, some of us are fans, some are great at coordinating these training activities...

As for myself, I am a cross training advocate, no doubt.  I have some cross training advice to share with you.   You gotta explore some cross training on your own, with nobody else around, all by yourself, so that you get an opportunity to discover your hidden talents and skills.

Who would ever suggest lonesomeness...  Let me troll you through the various types of cross training that I know about so that you can understand where I am coming from.

Group Classes

This is where a whole bunch of people confine into a single place.  These are a lot of fun.  You need a trainer for these types of events who lead synchronously like a dance or asynchronous intervals.  You are motivated by your peers and press your competitive spirit.     If you are in the middle of the pack, then it is great.

One to One

A personal trainer is a great chance to explore functional ways to improve on all types of movements and demands.   You'll definitely be pushed to work hard and balance yourself out right.  You'll get a lot of feedback and learn tips and tricks you never knew possible.  There are just some things you want to do on your own, but then when the trainer is not around, would you ever do those workouts?  probably not.

Gloss Training

Gloss training is when you workout at home, all by yourself, and you get to gloss over those workout activities you just do not like to do.  Focusing only on those activities you enjoy.   It is a great trick because if you gloss well, then you will always ensure that you are doing all of the workouts you need to do, even if you don't want to do them.  

How to Gloss?

So, complimenting the basics of "Group Class" structure and "One to One", I usually go to the Insanity Asylum program.  I use to be a personal trainer, I use to try to train a lot of different programs, I did weight sets of increasing reps, Yoga, P90X, Insanity.  I really pushed through those programs... to the point of really not enjoying it so much more as I just wanted visual results.

The Asylum program, I feel compliments long distance running demands, prevents injury, builds confidence.  That allows me to care less about the visual and more so the functional (which if done right eventually attributes the visual).

When I am alone, in my own space, trying out these workouts, I really just take it easy.  Halfway through an interval, if I really don't feel like it, I grab some water, chill out, hop around and wait for the next block of activity.   When I hit an activity that I like, I go all out, then next, back again, to chilling out, taking it easy.   I'm glossing it.  

I find when I'm glossing it, I am more relaxed and I get a chance to figure out particular movements that keep me from doing it right for the workouts that I feel wrong.   When it doesn't feel right, it is just how I am balanced, or how I position myself thinking.  Adjustments simply find an easier way to do an exercise.  It does come with time as well because some of the workouts need a base that just is not prevalent day one.    I wouldn't get there if I was pushing myself to extreme exhaustion.

Gloss training, it is great, because I learn a lot about what I like to do, what I do well, and what I suck at.  I'm at home, who cares.   I find myself more viable to engage longer term building functional aptitude to handle myself out there in that demanding world.  At the same time, I am still engaged in a High Intensity Training program because when it feels right, I go for it!

yeah, so cross training... Try to gloss it!