Thresholds of Overtraining Part 2
Greg Roskopf
- Introduction
- Trainers need thorough assessment protocol
- Know your client’s history to know their tendencies
- Range of Motion tells a lot
- Is the body in protective mode?
- Chemical, physical, emotional stress – same signal to hypothalamus
- Stress alters body’s protein synthesis
- Mobility without stability = vulnerability
- Many techniques to stretch cause further breakdown
- Assessment is the key
- What you can’t do is breaking you down
- Low intensity isometric exercise
- Fitness industry imbalance
- 90% of trainers have chronic pain
- We teach based on our own program
- Need to refine our decision making process
- Correct alignment first
- Alignment is relative to integrity of muscle system
- Making sure cells are regenerating in alignment with desired vitality
- Putting our ego aside to open to the reality of what really works with each individual
- Moving away from preconceived notions of good and bad
- Each person is a new puzzle. We must be open to see what is best for THIS person
- Be open to seeing what’s best for our clients
- Trust the body – let it show you what it needs
- Become a muscle mechanic
- MAT as a precursor to exercise
- Conclusion