-: When we're looking at assessment,
our main focus is going to be on the trainability component
because as trainers, coaches,
this is where we have the most control,
on what we're doing in the gym,
what type of stimulus that we're going for,
what type of stress we're putting on that person.
And then the nutrition aspect that we have control over
or at least that we can provide guidance to.
Those are the things that we can control
with our guidance the most.
And obviously, there's some lifestyle things
on top of there as well
that kind of fit into our wheel house
in terms of what we can do from guidance,
but there are going to be things
that either are not within that realm
in terms of just like the time frame.
We may have to focus on some things
that affect the other 23 hours of the day.
Or there may be things that we're looking at
that can kind of say,
"Hey, even though I may not be able to do something
about this," whether that be from the legal stand point,
education stand point, whatever,
"I do know, or I can recognize that there is an issue here."
And I can at least, hopefully, advert from doing more harm
and refer out to whatever resources that they would need
to be able to address this.
But in large, you're going to be able
to help a lot of people to a great degree
by focusing on the stuff that impacts what we do in the gym,
how much we eat, what types of things we eat,
minimally, what supplements when we do,
and what type of things we can change
within our lifestyle and our environment
that will ultimately help our recovery,
our excess and our adherence in all of our physical goals.
So, if we recap the definition of trainability,
it's the difference between the amount and type
of stress that we need to impose on the body
to accomplish the stimulus
that we're trying to achieve, right?
And that individual's ability to then,
recover from and adapt.
It's very important that you get
all of these little things, okay?
We need to take into account all of the stress
that our training program puts on
in our effort to get a stimulus,
'cause sometimes we get a little bit of other things, right?
If we're doing a metabolic leg day,
it's gonna be systemic as well, right?
Think back to those basic principles.
So all of the stress that we're imposing on a person,
in order to get that stimulus,
and then we have to look at, okay,
what are the things that are gonna affect
that person's ability to both recover and adapt
to that stress and stimulus,
so that there's a positive net outcome.
It does no good if we're bringing people
back to baseline, okay?
Remember the basic principles of this.
We are trying to get an adaptation
in the positive direction,
and that means there needs to be a gap
between what I need to do in terms
of stress and stimulus imposed on the body
and what the body can recover from.
The closer that gets,
then the less progress we're gonna be making
from whatever type of interventions
or training programs that we may be doing.
So with that being said, what we're gonna look at
in terms of trainability assessment,
are gonna be the signs
that we are essentially running a recovery
or we're not getting the stimulus that we want.
It doesn't need to be the main physiological things
that we're looking for.
So, big picture, what are the current stresses
that that person has?
Okay, so that's not just inside the gym.
That's outside the gym,
all of the stresses that they have,
because remember we need to calculate all of that
and what magnitude they are.
'Cause somebody may have a lot of little stresses,
but the sum of them is high,
and somebody else may not have very many stresses,
but one or two of those is very high.
And then somebody else may have little stresses
that are so little they're insignificant,
et cetera, et cetera.
So, gotta look at the big picture
of what stresses a person currently has on their system
both emotional, environmental, physiological, right,
and to what magnitude, so that we can see
all right, what we can work with, right?
Where is there room left to impose an additional stress
through exercise and nutrition on their body.
Where can I maybe buffer that
by improving their current recoverability
through some lifestyle intervention
and stress management or some nutrition
or maybe from just simply changing their training routine
so it's not as redundant to the stresses
that their already currently under
with things outside the gym.
So, then we have what's available for adaptation,
which is always important in terms of us being able
to consistently make the fastest amount of progress
in any given phase.
We want to make sure that we're not just continuing
to hit our head against the wall with the same thing
over and over and over.
So we gotta make sure that we're going into something
that we can currently experience positive adaptation to,
and there can be multiples of these things.
Remember, there's always a little bit
of a blend of everything, okay?
What are the current performance capabilities?
So, especially when we're looking at the training aspect.
Just because a person may physiologically be ready
for said training protocol
doesn't mean they have the skill set to do it yet.
So there's a degree of execution
and neurological efficiency required
for certain training programs,
required for certain exercises, et cetera.
So, there is definitely going to be a physical component
to this assessment as well,
because we have to be able to do the reps
that make these programs,
and if we can't do the reps well,
we can't execute the programs well.
We won't get the stimulus we want
and the stress won't be what we think it is,
and it just throws off this whole process, okay?
The last thing on this bullet point here,
is what is the current recoverability,
'cause that essentially is, that's the ceiling.
So these are the things from a physiological stand point
and maybe a movement stand point
that we're gonna always gonna be looking at
when we're looking at the trainability side of the equation.
We're looking at all the stressors, the magnitude,
what's available for adaptation,
what do I have the capability of doing
from a performance perspective and then,
can I recover from that?
Because if I have the stress tolerance to do it,
I can get a positive adaptation.
I can competently perform it,
and I have ability to recover in excess of what I need to do
then I have a program, I have a situation
where I can make progress.
And that's essentially what we're trying
to do with this assessing and trainability is
where, what, how can a person make progress,
and that's ultimately the goal of working
with a trainable system.