Less effort, more balance.

I hit the gym the other night after a short abscence.  I could feel my knee starting to twinge, so I made a stitch in time and took a few sessions off.  I restarted my old Chi Kung practise up again, which has made me feel lots better in general.

When I started back in Bodypump, I reduced the weight and found that it was in fact more effective than before.  This sounds odd, until you remember the 70% rule from Tai Chi.  Put simply, you never try to push too hard, you don’t strain yourself and you’ll still find your performance will improve.  Because not all of your energy is spent on strain and pain, you can use it for improvement.  When you’re not straining, you can pay more attention to your technique, soon your 70% is equal to everyone else’s 101% and you’re still not straining.

I’ve always said, you learn more from getting it wrong.