Blackbox FLIPBOOK FINAL

HTKSPORT
This type of training trains the relevant structures to accommodate the movements; if
you train the right recruitment pattern, the body will adapt to optimise the structures
that create and support that pattern. Therefore the next stage is to continue to train
and maintain sport-specific movements increase the efficiency of those structures,
and increase the horsepower behind the movement pattern. Increasing the
horsepower generates bigger forces through the support and contributing structures
when the movement is practiced, and the body will adapt to accommodate those
forces and express the horsepower. When both horsepower and structural efficiency
are concurrently maintained and improved, overall performance in the movement
will improve.
1. THE ADAPTIVE MACHINE
1.1 Biotensegrity: Moving Optimally &
Efficiently
There is an entire segment of the ‘fitness’ industry dedicated to functional movement
patterns. This is not the focus of this book, other than to note that maximal
performance only flows from correct (optimal) movement and recruitment patterns.
It is critical to understand that human movement never occurs in isolation – humans
are complex integrated machines. For this reason, most people are poor movers –
either through inactivity, or over-focusing on isolating segments of movement.
Traditional ‘Strength an Conditioning’ training can be detrimental to speed and
performance development to the extent that it seeks to ‘improve’ performance
through isolation. This is a huge mistake.
You must recognise that functional motor coordination and patterning is the
assumption here; dysfunctional athletes should first train to be functional so that they
may avoid injury, as well as increase performance.
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Great resources in this area can be found in the principles at
functionalpatterns.com.
JUNE 2018 | ISSUE 01