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All movements we perform require core
strength and stability. Strength and stability decrease when we have
poor postural habits. Poor posture results from a position where we are
overexposed to furniture (we sit on our spines all day) and poor
exercise techniques, (uneducated one size fit all trainer) at home and
in the gym. We live in a mechanized society, sitting all day bent over
or standing, leaning forward with our backs rounded. This poor posture
creates muscular imbalances, which create faulty movement patterns. In
short, we cannot perform everyday movements or exercises with proper
form and balance. By this time the muscles responsible for the movement
begin to fail. We lose joint stiffness and mobility. |
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At one point in time someone started to
recommend sports specific exercises. They did not look at the structure
of the body or take into consideration that every muscle and joint has a
specific function and motion, and must stay in that motion to function
properly. More
importantly we never learned how to stabilize or increase our ability to
balance. When you learn how to
train, for balance and stability, we increase the integrity of those
muscles that are close to the spine that play an important role in
intersegmental stabilization of the spine.
STOP THOSE TRADITIONAL GYM EXERCISES!
Gym exercises (machine based, fixed, glued)
do not apply to the body for two reasons. 1-The risk of injury from
these exercises exceeds the benefit. 2- Also the way the resistance is
applied to the exercise is not functional or efficient. “We are
moving the joints one-way and applying the resistance another way”.
Our bodies are a function of gravity, and gravity is fighting against
our muscular system. We are wasting our time and not stimulating the
muscle. We have discovered that when they introduced exercise they went
to the gyms and learned from instructors, or athletes who genetically
had the ability to develop muscle. They recommended exercises from their
own personal experience not exercises that would be beneficial. This
high-risk information trickled into the personal training industry. It
is all we knew at that point in time. “Unfortunately they keep on
polishing the same apple expecting different tastes”
Related article -
Bodyweight Exercise vs. Free Weights vs. Machines
We have learned it is essential to have
core stability and strength.
Why do we glue ourselves to a machine that
is directing our body’s movements? There is no REACTION to the
stabilizing muscles because the machine is holding you in place.
This in turn will shut off any muscles that are responsible for core
stability and strength. Three months of this type of fixed training
environment (machines) will promote poor posture and recruitment
patterns because you’re not challenging the muscles responsible for
intersegmental stability. You start to migrate to a position of comfort
rather than a mechanically efficient position.
Strengthening the muscles responsible to
enhance your structure which in turn will improve your function.
“Your structure will
dictate your function”™
My phone number is 203-288-8822
E-mail me @ daveparise@resultsplus.com
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About the author:
Dave Parise is a
recognized leader in the fitness industry. On the cutting edge
of exercise today, Mr. Parise has been noted as one of the
“Top 15 Trainers” in the United States and across Canada by
the Association for Fitness Professionals, I.D.E.A.
Parise has 20 years
of experience in Human Performance and Exercise Science. His
creative culinary innovations with organic whole foods have been
rated “very delicious” by top chefs in New York. Dave was born
and raised in Hamden CT.
Dave
Parise C.P.T.,
C.E.O. Results Plus Personal Training
N.A.S.M. R.T.S. 1,2. C.S.C.S.
www.resultsplus.com
203-288-8822
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