Learn to Teach...Teach to Learn

Here's some philosophy that I want you to explore the deeper meaning behind:

Learn to Teach...Teach to Learn
Learn different methods so you can teach them. Then teach them so you can better learn the ins and outs of that particular method. Learning truly starts when you teach. When you are always the student, you are always looking to someone else for the answer instead of looking within yourself. Once you begin to teach, you develop a complete understanding of that which you are learning, and you begin to teach better (using more concise cues) and learning how effective of a teacher you really are.

Less is more. The more you are able to teach with less talking, the better teacher you truly are. A great teacher is someone who takes complex subjects and simplifies them down to the lowest common denominator...regardless of the field or subject.

Last Saturday I taught a seminar combining Kettlebells and Z Health. First ever of its kind. When I first put it out there for people to register, I was unsure that I would be able to fill 5 complete hours with quality information. As I began the outline for the workshop, I quickly realized I had 10-12+ hours of information just on this topic alone. Made me realize that I know a lot of stuff and it's time to start passing it on so I continue to improve as a teacher AND more importantly as a student.

"When the student is ready, the teacher will appear." Most of the time when someone comes to me to be taught something, it is that very person that becomes the teacher and sharpens my skills as a teacher.

Take away: The quicker you start teaching and the more you teach, the better teacher you will be...as long as you debrief your sessions/workshops to understand what you can do better next time.

Learn in order to teach. Teach in order to learn.

2700 ft of Prime Beatdown Space

Everyone's been asking for these. Sorry for the delinquency!

This is THE place to train if you are in the Twin Cities metro. The ULTIMATE indoor playground!

The Sissy Test

Kinetic Edge welcomed the New Year with a special branding today. 8 willing subjects participated in a new style of 'fun.' This was so great I think we'll make it a staple!

Here's how it went:
Burpees / Swings
1 / 25
2 / 24
3 / 23
4 / 22
5 / 21
6 / 20
7 / 19
8 / 18
9 / 17
10 / 16
11 / 15
12 / 14
13 / 13
14 / 12
15 / 11
16 / 10
17 / 9
18 / 8
19 / 7
20 / 6
21 / 5
22 / 4
23 / 3
24 / 2
25 / 1

*Done for TIME with as little rest as possible.

Here are the results:
Name / Time / KB in kg
1 Dena / 34:44 / 14kg
2 Scott B. / 37:29 / 32kg/28kg
3 Nicole 38:39 / 16kg
4 Kathi B. / 43:40 / 16kg
5 Paula / 43:42 / 12kg
6 John B. / 45:26 / 16kg
7 Steve F. / 49:32 / 20kg
8 Steve R. / DNF

Great showing by everyone!