A while back, I was having a conversation with an acquaintance who does football coaching for kiddos in his spare time.
He mentioned how kids are increasingly arriving at his sessions unable to jump, roll, cartwheel, and even run at a steady pace for ten minutes without keeling over, in some cases.
A worrying state of affairs, for sure. And one I’ve noticed from just hanging around in the park with Connie and Marcus, seeing how slow and ungainly a lot of the other kids are.
Anyway.
Whereas before my coach mate would mostly do sports-specific training with his charges, nowadays the balance of his sessions are devoted to getting them up to speed with the fundamentals:
Endurance, balance, coordination, flexibility – all things they used to get through the old-fashioned pastime known as “playing outside”.
Like I said, a worrying state of affairs.
The relevance to you?
Plenty.
‘Cuz if the kiddos are so inactive they need help with their “general physical preparedness”, bet you a pound to a pinch of dog poo you do too.
And, in my opinion, the best activity bar none for this is running.
It’s free (provided you own a pair of trainers and some clothing), convenient (because you can start and end at your front door), and efficient (as the “average” man can get pleasing results from as little as 25 minutes work – including warmup).
Yes, I’m aware it sucks when you’re doing it, and it will probably always suck to some extent no matter how good you get at it – but it’s a small price to pay for the manifold and wonderful benefits it will bring to your training and, indeed, your entire life.
So, if I have sold you on the idea of running and you would like a straightforward system even someone as profoundly lazy as Yours Baldly is when it comes to cardio has no difficulty sticking to, you will benefit greatly from:
“The Running Starter Kit”.
It’s £6.50 and there are two points you must consider before proceeding:
1) I am printing the reports to order on my personal printer using regular printer paper. An attractive document this is not, so please don’t buy it if you’re more concerned with how it looks than what it contains.
2) There are no refunds or guarantees beyond the 14 days on receipt of goods I’m obliged to give to comply with consumer protection legislation.
If that hasn’t put you off, more info and order below:
Thank you,
Phil Tyreman
P.S. Do not purchase “The Running Starter Kit” if you own either “The Conditioning Codex” or March’s issue of “The Phil Tyreman Letter” (where it was given as a bonus) because you’ll be paying for the same information twice.