What is the blue boxed area of the propulsive phase of the countermovement (CMJ) signal called? It’s called the weighing phase and as the name suggests, it is a phase of quiet standing on a force plate where the force plate/s quantify your body weight. Does this phase serve any purpose? For sure! Read this blog to find out more...
read BLOGSo how important is your strength training when ageing? Personally, I touch base with it every day as I see it more important than my aerobic training for many reasons, which I will discuss in later posts.
In my day as a youngster, when you were injured, your parent or coach used to run onto the field and pour water over what ever the injury was, and voila you were good to go – thus the term “magic water.” Well strength training is the “magic water” for good health.
Is Strength Training the Magic Pill to Declining Health? Happy, healthy, happy, healthy, happy, healthy – then die. This is the pathway I wish to travel with the remainder of my life. However, unfortunately it is a pathway not travelled by many...
What is the blue boxed area of the propulsive phase of the countermovement (CMJ) signal called? It’s called the weighing phase and as the name suggests, it is a phase of quiet standing on a force plate where the force plate/s quantify your body weight. Does this phase serve any purpose? For sure! Read this blog to find out more...
If I could give physiotherapists any gifts of knowledge to enhance understanding and practice around the strengthening of muscle, I would take two foci initially: 1) a tissue perspective and 2) a mechanical loading perspective. These perspectives look at the structures and drivers of tissue remodelling and subsequent adaptation. If you understand this, then most things strength and conditioning will make a lot of sense.
Is there a blurring of scopes of practice between physiotherapists and strength and conditioning (S&C) coaches? When I look at Instagram and some of the big physiotherapist influencers, a lot of the material I am seeing are exercises for non-injured muscle. Does it matter? Not really. I’ve never been patch protective. Do physios need to know more about S&C and exercise prescription for performance and do S&C coaches need to know more about exercise prescription for rehab and return to play? In most cases, hell yeah! In fact, when we work together closely in return to activity-work-training-play, client/athlete outcomes are optimised.
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