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The fitness industry preys on dysfunction. It seeks out the broken, the weak, and the (seemingly) frail, chews them up, and then spits them out. One 24 session pack at a time. I hate it. I HAAAAAATE it. We need to do a better job at championing success and cementing the notion that (most) people aren’t as broken as they’ve been led to believe. Come At Me, TonyThis is not an attempt at me saying dysfunction is a myth. There are certainly any number of people walking into a gym on any given day with any number of “issues” that require a bit more, shall we say, TLC.
That being said, I’m tired of coaches and personal trainers defaulting to verbiage that assumes everyone is broken because they can’t squat to a certain depth or lack 4.2 degrees of big toe dorsiflexion and then in order to fix said “things” they have to complete a laundry list of corrective exercises or go through an eleven week seance in order to begin actual exercise. Sometimes, actually a lot of the time, we just need to kinda-sorta remind people that they can do stuff. Take overhead mobility (shoulder flexion) for example. I’m a firm believer people need to earn the right to overhead press, and putting someone though a simple overhead mobility screen is a simple way to ascertain that information. NOTE: pants are optional. My good friend and London based trainer, Luke Worthington, has a really nice way of stating things:
To that point, but to expound a bit further, it’s imperative to observe active vs. passive range of motion. I.e., comparing what they can do (active ROM) to what you, the coach, can help them do (passive ROM). This is an important component of coaching. As coaches we’ll see a limitation in active ROM and immediately think we have to start smashing, thrashing mobility, and/or putting someone through the gauntlet of corrective exercise purgatory in order to “fix” it. Don’t forget passive ROM. Because if you can nudge more ROM just by helping them…it’s not mobility issue. They have access to that ROM, but are unable to control it. Here’s an Active vs. Passive screen in action: To Summarize (for those who are too woke & uppity to watch a less than three minute video):
Now, of course we’d have to perform a few simple drills to “cement” that new ROM before we started training, but the more cogent point I’m trying to make here is that… JONATHAN…ISN’T…BROKEN. I just had to provide a window where his brain had to figure shit out, which in turn resulted in him turning some shit on, which in turn allowed him to do some shit. How’s that for simplifying things? It’s not lost on me there’s much more to it than that. This is just me pausing the Rotisserie and cooking one part of the chicken. If I want to cook the entire chicken – which I do – I’d still want to address other stuff like tissue quality (pecs & lats), anterior core strength, not to mention upper trap, serratus activation, etc. But, pretty cool nonetheless. Want More Tidbits That Will Melt Your Face?Check out mine and Dean Somerset’s (Even More) Complete Shoulder & Hip Blueprint which is on SALE this week. With 11 hours of brand new content, continuing education credits, and dozens of exercise applications and coaching considerations, you’d be silly not to consider adding it to your learning repertoire. Silly I tell you. The sale price is in effect until September 29th at midnight soooo…. Get in on it here —> http://bit.ly/2f8qCfQ Did what you just read make your day? Ruin it? Either way, you should share it with your friends and/or comment below.via Blog – Tony Gentilcore http://tonygentilcore.com/2019/09/youre-probably-not-broken/
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