If you want to get better at firefighting or cop, put on the gear and simulate exactly what youre going to need to do. If you want to get better at baseball, swing a heavier bat, a trainer posted to my timeline arguing about an article I had written. As Dr. Mel Siff and Dr. Yuri Verkhoshansky wrote in their co-authored bible of strength conditioning (SUPERTRAINING), if you load a skill, you decrease its effectiveness, which is why bat swings have been unanimously proven to decrease swing speed by swinging heavier bats. This happens because your nervous system recognizes the unloaded skill and the loaded skill as separate skills; both competing for dominance. Unfortunately, a new boutique industry of sport specific training for tactical performance has erupted; an endless stream of people who simulate tactics under load: they train more than they practice, so the loaded skill wins, causing them to perform more slowly and less effectively. Stimulate; dont simulate! Stimulate the range and depth of the target skill. And furthermore, as Dr. Michael Yessis explains in his book Secrets of Soviet Sports Science and Training, you must create a safety valve for when movements deviate from the expected. Train beyond the skill to improve the individual ranges, increasing mobility throughout all performance necessities, and avoid competing with the target skill by training too close to the nerve of the grooved tactic. In exercise science, we call this reverse engineering - we build physical training from and for physical skills, not ON and IN physical skills. For example, the isosceles shooting stance punching out from the sul safety circle should not be simulated under load. Instead it should be stimulated beyond its standing range, with a full hip flexion in the squat. Furthermore, a 2 pound handgun held at elbow extension is functionally ~5 pounds of downward pressure; likewise, a 45 pound Clubbell at full extension is functionally ~180 pounds of downward pressure (considering the displaced center of mass). The squatted flag press, as a result, stimulates the range and depth of the isosceles shooting stance while creating a safety valve of strength beyond the shallow target range. As the Cherokee parable goes, there are two wolves inside of us: a good and a bad. The one that wins, is the one we feed the most. Dont simulate a skill under load or the wolf that will appear under stress will not be the good one. Furthermore, in physical preparedness, it isnt a choice between which wolf to feed, but which wolf to breed. STIMULATE the ranges supporting the skill. Use your Fitness to support Tactics, not compete against them. Fitness and Tactics should be in a marriage where fitness gives tactics ability and tactics give fitness purpose. Breed greater performance. Very Respectfully, Scott Sonnon #TACFIT #511Tactical
Posted on: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 14:56:21 +0000
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