Subject: Topics for the upcoming Seniors and Team Leaders’ call

Ladies and gentlemen, Seniors and Team Leaders,

 

Thank you for your many excellent suggestions! 

 

1)    The “athletic drills” at SFG II—should they stay or go?

 

2)    How to simplify recertification for the CIs who hold two or more certs

 

A fellow TOS has pointed out that it is difficult to maintain high performance levels in multiple tests, especially if the CI is a specialist athlete. His suggestion:

Maybe we could keep one performance test, but let them choose from a list (e.g., deadlift strength test, military press strength test, OAPU/OAOLPU, snatch test). My reasoning is that many continue to train but narrow their focus to their sport: some go for powerlifting, some for martial arts, some for endurance sports, etc. Having to recertify on a regular basis every 2–3 years forces them to step away from their sport to prepare for the recertification, or they risk getting injured by pursuing different goals in conflict with each other at the same time. If they can pick the test that fits them best, endurance athletes would pick the snatch test, powerlifters the deadlift, strength-oriented gireviks the military press, endurance-oriented gireviks the snatch, and so on.

This is what recertification requirements look like right now. Let us discuss how to simplify those for two or more certs.

Recertification 

Options

Current Recertification Testing

Suggestions


SFG I

SFG I Skills + Snatch Test



SFG II

SFG II Skills + SFG II Strength (OA KB Clean, MP) Test + Snatch Test (This includes your SFG I recertification.)



SFB

OAPU/OAOLPU Strength Test + Pistol and Pullup/FAH Skill Tests



SFL

DL, BP Strength Test + BSQ, DL, MP Skill Tests



SFG I + SFB

SFG I Skills, Snatch Test + OAPU/OAOLPU



SFG I + SFL

SFG I Skills, Snatch Test + DL (strength test), barbell MP



SFB + SFL

OAPU/OAOLPU + DL (strength test), barbell MP



SFG I + SFB + SFL

SFG I Skills, Snatch Test + DL (strength test), barbell MP + OAPU/OAOLPU



SFG II + SFB

SFG II Skills, KB MP strength test, Get-up, Snatch test + OAPU/OAOLPU



SFG II + SFL

SFG II Skills, Get-up, KB MP strength test, Snatch Test + DL (strength test), barbell MP



StrongFirst Elite

(SFG I, SFG II, SFL, SFB)

Swing, Get-up, Bent Press, Jerk, Snatch Test + DL (strength test) and barbell MP + OAPU/OAOLPU



3)    A different look at workshops

 

4)    How to impress our colleagues and students by paying attention to seemingly small and obvious things


Looking forward to a productive call,


Pavel

Pavel Tsatsouline, CEO

StrongFirst, Inc.