What if everything you thought you knew about functional exercises was wrong? Tony Gentilcore thinks it might be. Corrective exercise is a double-edged sword. On one hand, we all have weaknesses that could benefit from attention. Muscular imbalances, postural issues, and aberrant movement patterns can—and often do—lead to discomfort, pain, and in the worst-case scenarios, injury. On the other hand, once a trainer sniffs the phrase corrective exercise, athletes almost inevitably get this look in their eyes that says, How about I do Tabata sprints all the way out to my car instead? I cant say I blame them. No one wants to spend 30 minutes activating their glutes—no one. And while having someone stand on a BOSU ball while shaking a body-blade in one hand and juggling oranges in the other may be some peoples definition of corrective or, (excuse me while I throw up in my mouth) functional, Im pretty sure its actually a waste of valuable training time. Link: bodybuilding/fun/everything-you-know-about-corrective-exercise-is-wrong.html?clickid=wA%3AVaJTAGRT5UXNzHc3RHWCfUkV0LdRpyzLFXo0&irpid=27795
Posted on: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 12:00:00 +0000
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