Individualization.

"Individualization should be a given.  Focus on the principles - and on results - instead."
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Individualization.  It's an important concept, yes?

As a client, you want individual attention.

You want a program designed to your individual goals.

You want a training regimen that accounts for/works with your individual strengths and weaknesses.

You want to work with a professional who understands that the concept of individual is significant -- and who knows how to apply the tools of his trade appropriately.

So, appreciation of the concept individualization isn't only important -- it's critical to your success.

But it's also a concept that, when focused on too much -- especially as it pertains to training -- can detract from your ability to reach your greatest potential. 

Think about that for a second:  Too much focus on individualization can detract from your ability to reach your greatest potential.

Why?  Because too much focus on your individuality increases the likelihood that you'll lose sight of the overall objective.  Too much focus on your individuality may result in you "treading water" as you search for the perfect programs to account for your unique situation. To much focus on your individuality might make you forget the fact that, fundamentally, you're the same as everybody else around you:

• You're human.
• You need to be active.
• You physically operate by utilizing fundamental movement patterns.
• You need to train in a progressive manner to provide stimulus for change.   
  
• You survive on the same macronutrients.
• You need rest.

Sure, you have your own unique tastes, goals and skills.  You have your own unique injuries and stressors to overcome.  But your individuality doesn't override the principles of the physical universe that you live in . . . and it doesn't warrant that you place so much of your attention on it that you forget where you're trying to go.

So, by all means, take your individual needs into account.  Understand how those needs will influence the path you'll follow/the choices you make.  But then, focus more on the fundamentals that dictate change in all of us.  Focus on the principles, as opposed to losing yourself in the underlying individual details,  and you'll go a long way toward achieving the results you desire.