Strength vs Function: Universal Principles
Gray Cook
- Introduction.
- Let the needed result define function of exercise.
- The Grand Canyon between strength trainers and functional trainers.
- Aspirin and Ibuprofen.
- Assessing the need for functional training.
- If you are already functional, training becomes rehearsal.
- Dysfunction.
- Movement preparation – corrective exercise.
- Dosage is the difference, the movement is the same.
- Pro football player vs. 14 year pubescent girl.
- Movement pattern loss – in brain, not body.
- Greater range of motion with less weight – same work load.
- Squatting deeper with bands.
- Quality of squat most important factor in strength vs function.
- 14 year old girl with patella femoral pain.
- Hip not knee problem.
- Using same band – different dosage.
- Core and hip engaged – knee lines up with out pain.
- Fundamental mistake of trainers.
- Strength trainers do one thing trainers don’t always do – test strength.
- Lack of standard assessment in PT arena.
- Assessment based on watching people move.
- Reebok movement screens.
- Neurological development.
- Dangers of avoiding what they can’t do.
- First step – get back all the lost movement patterns. Then boost strength at them.
- Show them something they can’t do- then help them get it.
- I am obligated to remove the negative before I add the positive.
- Using the positives as a crutch to work on the negatives.
- Kettlebell challenge – misunderstanding about function.
- Strength training in full range maintains function.
- Superset function with strength moves to improve strength moves.