RKC News - March 2018

In the RKC community, we have all seen great success stories from our clients. But let me tell you a story that gives hope for today’s youth.

A 14-year-old teen, good in school, loves video games but is not very successful in physical education. He has extreme posture problems (vulture posture), even though he has been to physical therapy several times.

The mother, a client of mine, is desperate because his posture is not improving, but she has given up hope for improvement.

I made her the following suggestion: 10 sessions, one hour of training in the gym every two weeks, and we will get everything sorted out.

Every beginning is (not that) hard

First session. A boy stands before me, thin, a bit shy, but motivated to do something, despite his parents' doubts.

After the warm-up, he was to practice the farmers walk right away. Exhausting? Yes! Are you giving up? No.

That’s how it went for the first four sessions. Loaded carry in various forms. Homework, corrective exercises like standing upright with his back against the wall. Back of the head, shoulders, buttocks, and heels in contact with the wall. If that works, move arms up and down without losing contact with the wall.

Stay on track

From the 5th session onward, the boy could already carry two 20s without thinking, with a nice, upright posture.

Now it was time to learn more. He started working on the deadlift, partly also on the swing. When the technique-heavy exercises became too much, he could try other exercises. Maybe hanging on the monkey bars or practicing push-ups. Just playing around a bit.

The posture was perfect with and without load. And now?

Of course, make sure that the posture and technique remain healthy in the future!

He started with 12 kg up to 24 kg, so now the heavy weights are coming. 24kg – 28kg – 32kg. Like a champion, he mastered the weights. Of course, a bit hesitantly at first, but motivation increased with every kg.

Carrying 24kg and 28kg? No problem, 32kg deadlift, no problem. The posture remained upright and stable.

Conclusion

After 10 sessions, the posture is still stable, and in physical education, he now has a grade of 1 instead of a 3.

He learned loaded carry, deadlifts, squats, swings, and all bodyweight exercises. Always with 5 minutes of warming up and corrective exercises.

He is a 14-year-old boy, but a girl would have mastered it just as well.

Our youth is not lost; I see a spark of motivation in most of them, and a spark is enough to ignite a fire.

that "learning" occurs through neural connections in the brain. At birth, we have 50 trillion nerve connections. By the 8th month of life, these connections can grow to about 1,000 trillion between different areas and regions in the brain. This depends on genetics and the sensory input from the environment.