One thing I look forward to more then any thing else is what I lose from training....What? No, No that's all wrong Francesco it's what you gain from training, you got it backwards mate. Seriously though. I am not being sadistic I don't enjoy losing skills, strength, endurance, flexibility. What I am getting to is the fact that when you focus on any one thing you are going to lose others, but it does not need be so detrimental that you feel like you have lost to much.
I just finished a long trek into straight arm strength and highly neglected my bent arm strength, and before that I had finished a journey in body building. I gained so much from both of these treks, but I have found that there are some things you need to keep if you want to maintain a bit of sanity.
It wasn't until I had a small strain in my right side just below my Deltoid and above my Lat that I began to wonder how my pulling strength had improved since I began working my front levers. I went to work some Parkour Climb Ups and found that they were total crap...disappointing indeed. I went to do a muscle up on a bar...still could do them, but they were not as quick. After a couple of days of fooling around with pull ups and dips I came to the realization that it wasn't my bent arm strength that I had lost. It was a quality of movement. I had forgotten what it was like to pull with power and urgency. All that lifting, and then all that isometric strength had helped me get stronger in a specific position, but I had lost the feeling of pulling in a powerful and urgent manner.
It didn't take long to get it back, I just had to Pony up a little and get aggressive. Ah yes Aggressive. That's a word I have been using quite a lot with my students. Aggressive does not mean to get angry or out of control. It means to go after your goal with complete focus and take control.
There are so many capacities that we need to tap into, try not to lose to much on your road to gains. Every loss gives me one more piece of the puzzle. No matter how much you learn please make sure keep your fundamental mobility a number one priority. Full Squat and its variations, Dead Lifting twice your body weight, Bridges, Chest to Bar Pull Ups, Full Range Dips, Skin the Cats, Straight Body Handstands, Running....and so much more...oh yes and Stay Aggressive.
Francesco Caban
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