Want results, well who is on your team?

If you want results in any endeavor you need to have a team there to help you. Entrepreneurs always have a team around them of skilled adviser's, professional athletes also, to help them reach their goals. So who is on your team? If you have goals, and I hope you do, then you need to find or build a team for yourself.

If competing in a kettlebell competition is your goal, then find a group of athletes who are also interested in competiting. Training with like minded people focused on the same goal as you will accelerate your training to the next level. If your goal is to get crazy lean find some people who want it too!

I have been lifting weights since 1995, and I made pretty good results on my own. When I finished University my rugby strength coach, whom I had to hire myself, introduced me to powerlifting. Even though I knew a lot about training by University, I still saw the value in hiring a professional to create my programs.

When I decided to start powerlifting, the first thing he made me do was join the Ottawa Strong. Training with this group of crazy powerlifters made turned me into a different person. My squat, bench and deadlift all increased by over 100 lbs in a matter of months! By training with a team who worked together for the greater good, all of us progressed at a faster rate. The sum was greater than the parts.

These days I live in Calgary, but when I found a kettlebell coach who runs classes, I knew I had to be there. Sure I have been training with kettlebells since 2002, but having a team to meet and train with regularly will make me work harder and do the drills I suck at! Training with these kettlebellers has kept me learning and progressing nicely.

As for getting stronger, I have been noticing the detriments of training alone. Like I said I used to train in Ottawa with a powerlifting club. For four years I trained and competed VERY seriously. Because of this I got results.

Since moving to Calgary and getting serious about strength training again, I have not been progressing at the rate I expected. Why? Because I train alone! I should have realized how ineffective this can be. Upon returning from India I took a hard look at my results for the last six months and realized I needed to get with a powerliftng team again. Nothing makes you strong like training with powerlifters and committing to compete in an upcoming meet!

I had my first session with them on Saturday and my triceps are still sore. It's not the differences in exercises we did, the fact is there are no real secrets in powerlifting training. It is the competitive nature of training with a group of "hard core" people who are serious about results. By finding and joining this team, my results will be much faster than training alone.

So if you want to achieve your goals, and maybe even win some meets, then find or build a team and get serious about results! Don't believe me, hear what champion powerlifter Donnie Thompson has to say about the importance of training with a team.