The challenge for our future development and quality of life as we move into the twenty-first century is to be knowledgeable about and value the importance of Active Movement and suitable nutrition to all learning and development. Modern life with its mass explosion of technological advancements has many advantages and disadvantages that create inactive environments for children in the early years and their later teen years. Strategies critical to countering the sedentary environment that our technological age is imposing on us are central to this.The amount of time children in their early years spend on Active Movement and physical activity has decreased for many reasons, including:
1. changing parenting trends, styles and parenting aids;
2. the creation of new pastimes and games such as
computers and game consoles;
3. limited opportunities for play;
4. ever-increasing pressures on time;
5. inactive role models;
6. over concern for safety.
We know active people are healthier and can live longer. The World Health Organization identifies children and young people as a specific population group that must be supported to be physically active!
(Introduction to Active Movement)
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Saturday, February 18, 2012
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Thoughts
Todays Thoughts: I am on a roll today
As said this in another post but one of the best things for young kids is to allow them to move around in open space. A field or gymnasium, empty room, a hallway doesn’t matter. If kids have space they will make up something to do. Let them play!
The never ending battle to convince coaches, athletes and parents that sport specific skills like swinging a bat or racket, kicking a soccer ball, throwing a ball etc will never reach a high level without a basic level of physical competence. This means that each athlete should possess some level strength, flexibility, coordination, speed and work capacity. Years ago these things used to be developed in P.E. class, playgrounds and backyards of America but now how often do we actually see kids play outside these days and P.E. has been replaced with more classroom time. How can a young athlete expect to hold a baseball bat steady when they don’t have the hand and forearm strength because they never climbed on monkey bars? How can a young soccer player kick a ball with any velocity without being able to be strong and stable on one leg? But I see it all the time, young athletes spending all their time on hitting lessons, kicking lessons, throwing lessons, tackling lesson (no lie) etc…and many of coaches teaching them often get frustrated because they cannot get them to do what they ask of the athlete. 9 out of 10 times its because the athlete lacks the physical ability to get into the right position do the right task.
This should open up a can of worms….Just because a single leg exercise uses half the load as a bilateral exercise does not make it any safer, in fact it probably makes it more dangerous. Realize by going on one leg, the base of support just got cut in half and therefore the stability of the exercise just got cut in half. Regardless of the load there is a lot more bad shit that can go wrong when standing on leg than standing on two. Also if you are teaching a newbie how to train to get strong what exercises do you think they are going to pick up more easily? A squat, deadlift, goodmorning or all those exercises on one leg. Besides last I checked we trained to get strong using heavy weights not half weights!
Thinking about running a summer class outside a couple nights a week consisting of good old sprint work and medicine ball work. I think it will be great to get outside with the nice weather, get some stress relief by throwing some heavy things around get people moving fast. Besides I always enjoy the challenge of working with groups of people with limited equipment.
One thing we have been doing having athletes sprint in place while being held by heavy rubber bands. I feel this helps me coach those beginner athletes who lack proper arm and driving knee action. Not a cure all but helps with the newbies.
Just a special thanks to all of our families, clients, friends and supporters of Achieve Performance…2012 has been great so far. Its all of you guys that this place what it is… Thank you
As said this in another post but one of the best things for young kids is to allow them to move around in open space. A field or gymnasium, empty room, a hallway doesn’t matter. If kids have space they will make up something to do. Let them play!
The never ending battle to convince coaches, athletes and parents that sport specific skills like swinging a bat or racket, kicking a soccer ball, throwing a ball etc will never reach a high level without a basic level of physical competence. This means that each athlete should possess some level strength, flexibility, coordination, speed and work capacity. Years ago these things used to be developed in P.E. class, playgrounds and backyards of America but now how often do we actually see kids play outside these days and P.E. has been replaced with more classroom time. How can a young athlete expect to hold a baseball bat steady when they don’t have the hand and forearm strength because they never climbed on monkey bars? How can a young soccer player kick a ball with any velocity without being able to be strong and stable on one leg? But I see it all the time, young athletes spending all their time on hitting lessons, kicking lessons, throwing lessons, tackling lesson (no lie) etc…and many of coaches teaching them often get frustrated because they cannot get them to do what they ask of the athlete. 9 out of 10 times its because the athlete lacks the physical ability to get into the right position do the right task.
This should open up a can of worms….Just because a single leg exercise uses half the load as a bilateral exercise does not make it any safer, in fact it probably makes it more dangerous. Realize by going on one leg, the base of support just got cut in half and therefore the stability of the exercise just got cut in half. Regardless of the load there is a lot more bad shit that can go wrong when standing on leg than standing on two. Also if you are teaching a newbie how to train to get strong what exercises do you think they are going to pick up more easily? A squat, deadlift, goodmorning or all those exercises on one leg. Besides last I checked we trained to get strong using heavy weights not half weights!
Thinking about running a summer class outside a couple nights a week consisting of good old sprint work and medicine ball work. I think it will be great to get outside with the nice weather, get some stress relief by throwing some heavy things around get people moving fast. Besides I always enjoy the challenge of working with groups of people with limited equipment.
One thing we have been doing having athletes sprint in place while being held by heavy rubber bands. I feel this helps me coach those beginner athletes who lack proper arm and driving knee action. Not a cure all but helps with the newbies.
Just a special thanks to all of our families, clients, friends and supporters of Achieve Performance…2012 has been great so far. Its all of you guys that this place what it is… Thank you
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Movement
I love this: From the book Form and Function by Evan Osar
Four Basic Movement Patterns of the Human Body:
Changes in center of gravity: Standing, squatting, lunging, climbing
Ambulation: Crawling, walking, running, sprinting, stepping, galloping, skipping, hopping, leaping, bounding, jumping
Manipulations of Extremities: Pushing, Pulling, Throwing
Changes in direction: Rotating, twisting, turning, spinning
This is so simple but brilliant. Practice one movement or combine movements from each of these categories for 5 minutes every day. That is 20 min of work to save your body from a sedentary existence. Most of these an be done with almost zero equipment and in a small space.
Four Basic Movement Patterns of the Human Body:
Changes in center of gravity: Standing, squatting, lunging, climbing
Ambulation: Crawling, walking, running, sprinting, stepping, galloping, skipping, hopping, leaping, bounding, jumping
Manipulations of Extremities: Pushing, Pulling, Throwing
Changes in direction: Rotating, twisting, turning, spinning
This is so simple but brilliant. Practice one movement or combine movements from each of these categories for 5 minutes every day. That is 20 min of work to save your body from a sedentary existence. Most of these an be done with almost zero equipment and in a small space.
Monday, February 13, 2012
Train like your life depends on it!
Since we have replaced hunting, fishing, cuttting down trees, carrying home our dinner and farming our own food with texting, gaming, computering, tweeting, driving, studying and medicating, it is imperative that every human being put aside time each and everyday for some vigorous movement that that allows our muscles to develop a high level of tension and moves through a full range of motion. It is particularly important to emphasize time spent in the regions of full extention, particularly in those areas of the body like the anterior shoulder and pelvis where these muscles tend to be shortened due to excessive sitting. Deep push ups, deep squats and long step walking lunges are a just a few of many examples. These exercises can be done with low load for a high volume of work or for a lower volume but higher intensity. Each rep must be moved with as much effort and speed as possible and pushed to the point where fatigue limits proper technique.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
100 Reasons to Strength Train!
100 Reasons to Strength Train
1. Great for those who suffer from arthritis
2. Beneficial exercise for people with heart conditions
3. Improves inter/intra muscular coordination
4. Improves movement skill
5. Improves bone density…
6. Which fights osteoporosis
7. Releases endorphins which improves mood= P.M.A.
8. Enhances Sleep
9. Boost metabolism
10. Using your own bodyweight can get you plenty strong
11. Cheaper than a eliptical
12. Gain muscle which…
13. Helps those looking to gain weight and…
14. Helps those looking to lose weight!
15. Improves VO2 Max
16. Great Anaerobic conditioning
17. Improves tendon and ligament size and strength.
18. Improved muscle elasticity
19. Because medicine balls are a healthy medicine.
20. Dumbbells are smart and allow us to train in many positions
21. Squats build strength and…
22. Lunges build length and strength
23. Improvements in hormonal profile
24. Improvements in overall work capacity
25. Can be used enhance recovery
26. Used to recover from injuries
27. Improves overall posture
28. Stronger legs will give you faster legs
29. Speed of contraction
30. Prevents injury
31. Improves range of motion
32. Improved joint stability
33. Improves joint mobility
34. Helps children become better movers
35. Empowers and gives confidence
36. Strong women are attractive
37. Stronger grip = Longer Life
38. For children Pull-ups build strong backs and grip rather than strong thumbs
39. Humans have been picking up heavy stuff since the beginning of time
40. Weighted sleds are for humans…
41. Treadmills are for hamsters
42. Circuit training can be used for those who can’t run
43. Been shown to improve cognitive function in both the young and old
44. Helps with ADD/ADHD
45. Strong legs lead to strong lungs but not the other way around
46. Total body lifts take the place of 10 machines
47. Crawling like an animal is fun for kids
48. Calisthenics can be done anywhere anytime
49. Sprint faster…
50. Throw further…
51. Jump Higher…
52. Run longer!
53. Strong flexible hips give you good balance not bosu balls
54. Prepares athletes for contact sports
55. I once saw GOD under a heavy set of back squats
56. Real strength training allows us to spend more time on our feet
57. Because it’s important we take some time each day to make our bodies do physical work
58. Because we don’t bail hay and chop down trees anymore
59. Clean and jerks are the king of all exercises and…
60. That one exercise builds strength from fingernail to toe nail
61. Releases stress/anxiety
62. Deep breathing uses all your lungs
63. Strong glutes makes for a healthy back
64. Fights the against the physical ailments of texting and gaming
65. Strong kids leads to strong adults
66. It could save the life of a fire fighter ,police officer, military
67. Be the last man standing
68. Real training strengthens the core without directly training it
69. Lifting heavy weights is a great challenge
70. Great for team building
71. Gravity is trying to pull you down
72. Be more concerned with adding weight to the bar rather than removing it from the scale
73. Because weights don’t lie to you or treat you badly, they just want to be picked up
74. It’s much better than being weak
75. Great exercise for the handicapped
76. We need to teach our children
77. Because Pavel said so
78. Because I said so
79. Because everyone wants to know how much you bench press
80. Because big bears rule the woods!
81. So we can age gracefully…
82. And live longer
83. To make sure one leg is as strong as the other
84. A.C.L.
85. Because we were born to move…
86. And the more we move the more we discover about ourselves
87. Because nobody is going to do it for you
88. Best place to start for an overweight individual
89. Because at this moment we are not getting any younger
90. Keeps us off of medications
91. We sweat in practice so we don’t bleed in battle
92. The introduction of resistance in form of sand and hill is too important to be ignored. (Cerutty)
93. Unless you believe you will never understand (St. Augustine)
94. Because Dan John wouldn’t lie!
95. Because pushing cars is more fun than driving them
96. Who doesn’t want to look good at the beach
97. Because jumping requires a safe and efficient landing
98. Real push-ups train much more than your arms
99. Makes men feel like men…
100. And shows the girls can train just as hard as the guys!
1. Great for those who suffer from arthritis
2. Beneficial exercise for people with heart conditions
3. Improves inter/intra muscular coordination
4. Improves movement skill
5. Improves bone density…
6. Which fights osteoporosis
7. Releases endorphins which improves mood= P.M.A.
8. Enhances Sleep
9. Boost metabolism
10. Using your own bodyweight can get you plenty strong
11. Cheaper than a eliptical
12. Gain muscle which…
13. Helps those looking to gain weight and…
14. Helps those looking to lose weight!
15. Improves VO2 Max
16. Great Anaerobic conditioning
17. Improves tendon and ligament size and strength.
18. Improved muscle elasticity
19. Because medicine balls are a healthy medicine.
20. Dumbbells are smart and allow us to train in many positions
21. Squats build strength and…
22. Lunges build length and strength
23. Improvements in hormonal profile
24. Improvements in overall work capacity
25. Can be used enhance recovery
26. Used to recover from injuries
27. Improves overall posture
28. Stronger legs will give you faster legs
29. Speed of contraction
30. Prevents injury
31. Improves range of motion
32. Improved joint stability
33. Improves joint mobility
34. Helps children become better movers
35. Empowers and gives confidence
36. Strong women are attractive
37. Stronger grip = Longer Life
38. For children Pull-ups build strong backs and grip rather than strong thumbs
39. Humans have been picking up heavy stuff since the beginning of time
40. Weighted sleds are for humans…
41. Treadmills are for hamsters
42. Circuit training can be used for those who can’t run
43. Been shown to improve cognitive function in both the young and old
44. Helps with ADD/ADHD
45. Strong legs lead to strong lungs but not the other way around
46. Total body lifts take the place of 10 machines
47. Crawling like an animal is fun for kids
48. Calisthenics can be done anywhere anytime
49. Sprint faster…
50. Throw further…
51. Jump Higher…
52. Run longer!
53. Strong flexible hips give you good balance not bosu balls
54. Prepares athletes for contact sports
55. I once saw GOD under a heavy set of back squats
56. Real strength training allows us to spend more time on our feet
57. Because it’s important we take some time each day to make our bodies do physical work
58. Because we don’t bail hay and chop down trees anymore
59. Clean and jerks are the king of all exercises and…
60. That one exercise builds strength from fingernail to toe nail
61. Releases stress/anxiety
62. Deep breathing uses all your lungs
63. Strong glutes makes for a healthy back
64. Fights the against the physical ailments of texting and gaming
65. Strong kids leads to strong adults
66. It could save the life of a fire fighter ,police officer, military
67. Be the last man standing
68. Real training strengthens the core without directly training it
69. Lifting heavy weights is a great challenge
70. Great for team building
71. Gravity is trying to pull you down
72. Be more concerned with adding weight to the bar rather than removing it from the scale
73. Because weights don’t lie to you or treat you badly, they just want to be picked up
74. It’s much better than being weak
75. Great exercise for the handicapped
76. We need to teach our children
77. Because Pavel said so
78. Because I said so
79. Because everyone wants to know how much you bench press
80. Because big bears rule the woods!
81. So we can age gracefully…
82. And live longer
83. To make sure one leg is as strong as the other
84. A.C.L.
85. Because we were born to move…
86. And the more we move the more we discover about ourselves
87. Because nobody is going to do it for you
88. Best place to start for an overweight individual
89. Because at this moment we are not getting any younger
90. Keeps us off of medications
91. We sweat in practice so we don’t bleed in battle
92. The introduction of resistance in form of sand and hill is too important to be ignored. (Cerutty)
93. Unless you believe you will never understand (St. Augustine)
94. Because Dan John wouldn’t lie!
95. Because pushing cars is more fun than driving them
96. Who doesn’t want to look good at the beach
97. Because jumping requires a safe and efficient landing
98. Real push-ups train much more than your arms
99. Makes men feel like men…
100. And shows the girls can train just as hard as the guys!
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