A Vector is a physics term used to describe a quantity with a magnitude (amount) and direction (angle of application). For example, force is a vector quantity. It has an amount (measured in pressure, tension, weight lifted, strain etc..) and a direction (which way the force is being applied). Continue reading “Physics (Force Vectors)”
Nontraditional Core Training
Core training is not black and white. There is not a cutoff line saying this is traditional and this is nontraditional. Honestly, I am not even a huge fan of using the words “traditional” and “nontraditional”, because they do not illustrate the differences and the word, “tradition” is all relative depending on your past exposure. If anything, something along the line of simple versus complex, predicted versus variable, or steady versus perturb might serve as better replacements. Regardless, we are going to stick with “traditional” and “nontraditional” just for the sake of consistency.
Like all exercises, core training is on a sliding scale and at no definitive point can they be separated in to “traditional” or “nontraditional”. However, it isn’t a bad idea to get an understanding of what aspects of core training will slide it closer towards one end or another. Below is a very short and overly simplified list to give some ideas of what aspects of the movements will influence the exercises placement on the sliding scale (example videos included).
KINETIC HYGIENE: Introduction
“Preventative medicine” gets a lot hype these days, and for good reason. However, I think we need to be careful of the verbiage. We certainly cannot “prevent” anything. That being said, we can certainly REDUCE the chance of injury by integrating thoughtful movement into our daily lives.
Enter, #KineticHygiene. Kinetic = Motion; Hygiene = Conditions or practices CONDUCIVE to health.
The Right Stimulus
A good training program hinges upon providing the correct stimuli to an athlete’s system. A single stimulus may or may not cause an adaptation. However, an accumulation of similar stimuli with in a threshold will evoke a specific adaptation. Stimuli are not always summative in nature. Think of it in terms of addition and subtraction (this is far too simplistic to be accurate, but it gets the point across), each stimulus is either positive, neutral, or negative. The summation of all these stimuli will give you the magnitude of the adaptation.
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