I Don’t Know

I don’t know the best way to lose weight.

I don’t know the best way to exercise your body

I don’t know what is best for everyone. I’m still trying to learn what is best for me

I have a basic understanding of some principles but I don’t know. Too many people claim expertise in fields they only have a rudimentary understanding of. They act and claim that they know. But it’s just their opinion based on limited reading and personal experience. The least someone should say is ‘this could work,’ or ‘this has worked for some (or me).’

I don’t know anything with any technical certainty. I am not a primary researcher. I have not looked through a microscope, tested blood or conducted a double blind experiment.

However, regarding health and fitness I can claim to ‘know’ the following:

I know that exercise makes me fell better, happier

I know that my clients have felt better as a result of exercise, on the whole.

I know I can safely and competently train people in basic fundamental movements (see Dan John, for someone who does know)

I know how to have an engaging conversation with my client. And I am mostly successful in making them feel comfortable when they train.

I know that keeping things simple is easiest for me to teach and for my clients to understand.

But I don’t know infinitely more than I know.

It is not sexy or marketable to say ‘I don’t know’, but it is at least honest, has integrity and can start a conversation. Claiming ‘I know’ is rather like issuing an order – I know, so you should fall in line and do as I say.

Maybe from a conversation, a new experience. With that experience a little more knowledge, and a tiny step toward knowing a little more.

Or maybe not. I don’t know.