Colin Jenkins: Checking In

I haven't written for a while, so I figured I would just check in with a little post about what I've been up to.

For a few weeks this holiday season, I worked out less than I ever have in the past 2.5 years. There are only so many stressors athletes can handle before full focus and concentration can be placed on their training. Most people, including myself, can really only handle 1 stressor before athletic development comes to a halt. That is one of the reasons why it is so important for many of us to get our shit together and dialed in.

My training is finally starting to slowly come back together. It will be another few weeks before I start performing well, but at least I am getting back there. Finally having a coach has done wonders towards bringing me to that end, and I stand firmer on my belief that as the sport further develops, those without good coaches will not have a chance at competing with the best (just like every other some-what developed sport).

2010 is going to be an amazing year for CrossFit Ventura. We've been crazy busy, from developing new programming for the next 6 weeks of group classes (which I believe will be tremendously beneficial), the systems to track the data allowing us to accurately access that programming, a new re-vamped "On Ramps" program, the ability to provide a weekly "Collected Training" video showing displays of the week's most well executed lifts, an exciting day planned for the Affiliate Cup, and the upcoming Goal Setting Seminar which I feel is something that both vitally important and has not been educated well enough to all our athletes. We also just got a sweet flat screen TV and HD video recorder that will immediately prove to be very beneficial to allowing our athletes to get a nice visual picture of exactly what they need to be working on.

I will be traveling up north to Calgary 5 times this year (February, April, May, August, & October) to learn from James FitzGerald. This is something which I believe will be invaluable. Even the small amount I was able to learn from him during the infamous BlackBox Seminar has proven extremely useful, both as a coach and an athlete.

There is more in the woodworks, but this is my check in for now. I will be back soon enough.

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"It's the same each time with progress. First they ignore you, then they say you're mad, then dangerous, then there's a pause and then you can't find anyone who disagrees with you."
-Tony Benn