Hi folks! And once again, welcome! The short piece below is the introduction to the very first CFT manual ever written. I wrote it back in 1987 or '88 when Dr. Sal Arria and I started the certification industry by introducing our CFT certification course. Lots of "Squatisms" throughout!
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Your bod. You tinker with it. That's what you do, that's who you are. If you're a competitive athlete, bodybuilder or just plain crazy about working out, your every waking moment is spent visualizing its exterior as it will become, and pondering over its interior, hoping it'll stay the way it used to be.
Fellow Iron Freaks, listen, and listen well! You Don't have a prayer in making things happen in any sort of predictable, well-planned, organized fashion unless you know what you're dealing with!
Would you fix the engine in your high-performance car without first consulting the manual? Would you attempt to operate a sophisticated computer without first understanding both the hardware's and software's capabilities? Or, would you begin chipping away at an expensive piece of granite on the whimsical chance that something beautiful will be created by chance? No, you wouldn't. That is, unless you're one of those geeks who listen to the local gym rat guru without thinking for yourself.
This primer on the body is just that. It's a primer. It's not complete and it's not meant to be. Instead, it's meant to pique your curiosity. It's meant to give you a bit of savvy before you go in, like the proverbial bull in a chinashop, and wreak all sorts of havoc on your physical being -- or that of your client!
The information in this study guide is meant to give you a fighting chance in achieving your objectives within a reasonable length of time -- which, for most, is a lifetime.