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Last Friday, I hit the slopes for the first time this season. Winter was off to a quick start and we have a better snow this year than we ever had in the North East in many years.
I'm talking about fresh, deep and sticky snow. Again, very unusual in my recent memory of December in New England. Now, those of you who Ski downhill know that first run can be tentative, and rightly should be.
I wasn't able to workout (running) for a week because of some minor surgery, so I was not as well conditioned as usual. So I was a little apprehensive and vowed to my wife not to go nuts the first day out.
Don't get me wrong, I'm in decent shape. I've been running for 30 years, and in the last few years, I have added a few races and real trail running. I even joined a run 'til you barf trail race last fall.
This past year though, I have trained harder since January, having run several 10ks and a 20k hill run, 12-14 mile training runs and maintained a disciplined regimen of road and trail running. I have added more spinal stability, calisthenics, stretching and balance exercises. I'll also do some biking when I can.
Anyways, I get to my favorite local mountain, conditions are great, and crowds were surprisingly minimal. No sweat with great parking spot either. I had a little boot trouble, before I realized my right ankle was a little swollen and tender, but with a change in latch adjustments I soon felt great in the boots (which is so critical to performance).
Now, I had not been on the boards since March, but within 3 runs, I was skiing one of my best first days ever. You know the type, smooth linked turns, reasonably fast speeds, etc.
It felt so good after 7 runs. Afterward, I went inside and demoed the new skis that I have been eying (Nordica Speedmaker Mach 2s, which by the way, cost way more than my first car!).
By the third hour, I was a little surprised at how good I felt. I knew I had trained hard most of the year, but "What's so different this year?" I kept asking.
Then, on my next ride up the quad [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], it hit me - Core Strength and Balance. That's it [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]!
As simple as it is, I had done more of my stability and balance regimens at least 2 nights a week on the floor after coming home from practice, usually while watching sports.
And what enormous gains in skiing performance, especially on the new high performance boards! The difference in trunk strength was so noticeable. Turns were much smoother [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], edging and initiation much better than ever. There's a big improvement in balance too. (I know, your thinking this guys a DABCO, is he getting soft?).
And then I looked for the lesson here. It really is Core Strength and Balance which has kept me going hard in so many ways.
It is also always Core Strength and Balance for my top performing clients!
And you know what, all my writings, products and teleclasses at Perfect Practice are also based upon these very same principles!
Like my ski adventure, enormous quantum and exponential gains in practice are really about simultaneously mastering (The Steps) time tested, core principles, which form a rock solid life and practice.
Then adding high performance tools and systems (The Platform) for producing maximum gains! The bigger you want your practice, the more systems you add that produce revenue!
You probably know by now I am nuts about the core strengths, and what happens when they are missing in practice and especially in life. I still remember how it would drive me crazy whenever I hear one of my colleagues complaining about practice (staff is killing me, patients won't pay, the job is too hard, how insurance companies suck). All the usual gripes.
I never really had any patience for complaining, even in my early days. These same complaints from doctors haven't changed much, but I learned very early on in practice that there are right and w

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