Inside Out: Training From Zero

This Monday I did some acceleration work because I was jacked about the nfl combine and Taylor Mays' stunning 40 yard dash. Awhile back Troy wrote about some huge strongman dude that he wanted to be like...and to be honest I'm not going to hate on that post because I want to be a freak like Taylor Mays...
I gotta marry for genetics and just someday create an athlete in his liking. This guy is 230 with about 5% body fat, reps 225 about 25 times, runs a 4.2ish 40 and jumps over 40 inches. I want to be that kind of freakish athlete & so I do all of the "cool training" they do...you know crazy plyometrics, lifting just to kill weight regardless of technique, and as Nic Hansen jokes, "I do acceleration work on my recovery days."
I've become so infatuated with the glamorous movements and methods that I've really reached that point where I feel like where I am at can't get any better without making a big change. Well this week I was squatting and basically months of training like a mad men finally took its toll and my lower back "gave out"...I've pretty much come to the realization that I dont practice what I preach. I had Matt Gibbons of Sport and Spine take a look at me and just like I knew he told me I had a pretty severe leg length discrepancy due to my pelvic tilt...that pelvis area has really been a focus of mine when thinking about sports performance lately. Back in the late summer and early fall, I was training and also really preaching to my athletes about the importance of being able to stay tight in their abdominal wall...as an athlete I've gotten away from that... I told Troy that my style of trainig is something I would never really prescribe to an athlete. My training program is much like a birthday cake made by a five year old...there is so many sprinkles and so much damn frosting that it really has taken away from the cake itself.
My goal is to change that. I created a needs analysis to address these dificiencies:
#1 Improve mobility and strength of my thoracic spine
a. daily mobility and soft tissue work
#2 Improve flexibility and mobility in adductors, ankles, and hip flexors
a. daily mobility and soft tissue work and flexibility
#3 Create a stronger anterior chain (low abs are a huge weak point)
a. daily lower ab strengthening exercises (isometrics, etc.)
#4 Strengthen posterior chain
a. 3 days a week, Troy recommended a Hard, light, and medium day...with that I will have to swallow my pride with my squatting and single leg/ quad dominant work
#5 Body Fat Reduction
a. I've been saying for the past 3 years that I would like to get my body fat down to the 5 to 8 percent area...my goal is to be at 6% by May 11th...paleo diet and discipline!
I'm calling this project: Training From Zero. I am thinking along the lines that, if I were an athlete molded from the ground on up, what would I first try to accomplish...my foundation has got to be mobility, flexibility, and something I would like to call "specific -long term -postural strength". I will spend a solid 3 to 6 weeks minimum building this base....I just have to be patient and will have to try and stay away from the glitzy training I love.