What is a motor pattern? No it’s not a style of children’s wallpaper. Motor patterns are related to the concept that your body has a predictable sequence of muscle activation for a given task. This underpins much of the functional training methodology. You must train the entire movement otherwise there will be no transfer to […]
Training
Don’t stretch it, strengthen it to reduce injury risk.
Yet another study has come to the conclusion that stretching has no effect on reducing injury risk. Researchers in Denmark reviewed 25 trials involving over 26,000 people and covering over 4000 injuries. They found that strength training had the biggest impact on reducing injury risk with the potential to cut sports injuries to less than […]
Muscle Activation Techniques for golf.
In a recent study with amateur golfers, Muscle Activation Techniques was shown to both reduce the player’s scores and their self reported fatigue levels. All 15 golfers in the study said they felt their range of movement improved following the treatments and that they were more stable in their swing. This was proved objectively in […]
Is sport healthy?
Sport should be about life not death. About beauty and health. Tonina Pantani. Tonina Pantani is the mother of Marco Pantani (above) who passed away in tragic circumstances aged just 34. Marco was the greatest Italian cyclist of his generation, winning both the Tour de France and the Giro d’Italia in 1998. He was expelled […]
Are sit ups bad for your back?
In this post we discuss if sit ups really are bad for your back. Let’s put this into context before we discuss how we got to asking this question. Is bending your knee bad for your knee? Is pointing your ankle bad for your ankle? Probably not right? Why would flexing your spine be any […]