The best thing about Ving as a trainer is that he educates you in every possible way – from the lift you’re doing, to how your body will respond to that lift and what you can do when you’re not lifting to help you lift more. There’s a science, a method (or to use Ving’s favourite word – a PROCESS) to everything to you do and learn at the PIT and if you bring the discipline, you will see the gains, trust me you will.
Having been addicted to running half marathons and marathons since 2010, I always thought (and as I have realised recently thanks to Ving, incorrectly so!) that strength and muscle work would not benefit my running in any way. To me, strength training was always associated with “bulking up”, “getting big” and “getting heavy”. So when I started out at the PIT in August 2014, I focused solely on the Metcon classes with a view to improving my conditioning and endurance. At the end of each class, Ving would ask me to give the strength class a try and I would politely decline, telling him, that as runner my focus was to work on conditioning. Then one day, Ving asked me the one question that would change my approach to working out (and also running) altogether – “If you’re not strong, what the F%*K do you think you’re conditioning bro?!?” And it was in the discovery of this answer, that resulted in my joining the strength class at the PIT and with it came not just the best training I have ever had, but also an invaluable education as to how my body and my muscles function and how I can be the strongest, the best and most efficient athlete and runner I can be. Ving was the first one to say that Squats and Deadlifts alone won’t make me a faster runner – but combine that strength work with the hours on the track and all of it together, will make me an efficient runner, the proof of which I’m seeing in my running times currently. In classic Ving logic, “do the maths bro – stronger legs means more efficient running which equals better finish times!” The best thing about Ving as a trainer is that he educates you in every possible way – from the lift you’re doing, to how your body will respond to that lift and what you can do when you’re not lifting to help you lift more. There’s a science, a method (or to use Ving’s favourite word – a PROCESS) to everything to you do and learn at the PIT and if you bring the discipline, you will see the gains, trust me you will. If you want to TRAIN and get STRONGER and live BETTER, come to the PIT.
