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Programming with Bio-feedback part II
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Good stuff Adam.
Very interesting. A few questions – the first two, IMHO, don't have hard answers, and the last question, which is think is only important to address for people who would not see the advantage in your approach over some others.
I'd be curious to hear your thoughts.
How do you make the decision whether a metric is a valid measure or not?
How will test familiarity affect the choice and use of metrics over time (reliability)?
What are your thoughts on autoregulatory protocols? What would be the advantage of using, for example, a toe touch metric instead of gauging weight selection on warm-up sets or initial work sets?
adam what are some of the other tests that you have done, besides over head mobility? can you do it with neck testing, range of motion. How would someone like you use this if you need to be good at certain exercises but they keep say failing in the toe touch or what ever else your testing?
thanks frank
Boris
great questons
#1 If there is improvement from base line, it is valid (In ROM testing for example)Improvement may be ease of motion, range of motion, lack of tension, better positioning. Literally- from set to set there should be a trend of improvement. If we chase "better" we will be doing all we can at that time to get maximum benefit from the workout.
#2 No. Additionally i would like to extend th question- If my ROM consistently improves, and we see my base line start better and better with time- is this not a measure of productive training? f i was using crush grip as a marker, and my base crush was getting stronger and stronger week to week- I will be reaping all the benefits. There are so many markers which can be used, there is not a need to worry about getting too comfortable to the test. A general global improvement should be everyones goal.
#3 This is basically what many peple already do- and we see it does not serve most people very well. Picking load based off of warm up sets DOES work, of course. But it does notprovide a measurement of "if this a good drill for today"
Naturally there is more to the answer then that, the limitations of one dimensional communication will make this harder to get out right now. Feel free to call me this week to discuse any further questions.
Frank
Yes, you absolutely could usesomething like neck flexion, extension, rotation or gliding movements. Look for increased range of movement, decreased tension durng the movement, smoother movement through the planes and better control over the movement.
Since you have some restriction in your neck ROM, this would be excellant marker for you to chase.
Adam
Hi Adam,
I am very interested in your posts on bio-feedback. In particular that it allows one to train with ones body and not against it. At a simple level that obviously makes sense but naturally we often struggle to act out this simple wisdom – often leading to injury. Can you let me know where this all stems from – as in is it a Z health thing or from somewhere else?
Thanks,
Richard
Richard
its not a Z health thing. I am not a Z health trainer. I never have and never will attend a Z health course
Thanks Adam. I'll need to mull it over a bit.
I still have questions regarding the metrics, test familiarity, etc. but I don't want to come off as being critical – I think it's an awesome idea. When I have some extended time to write, I'll try to send you a PM.
Again, great stuff and thanks for putting it out there.
Boris
pretty interesting stuff, looking forward to future posts. I'll be testing this with my own training and see how it works
If my training plan for the day included MP and Get ups and swings but I tested poorly after swings with any weight would I forego that exercise for the day?
Would I try to find a similar exercise that resulted in a favorable response for that day?
Great information Adam. Do you find that your test results vary a lot day to day? Also, Let's say that today is my dead lift day and I don't test well. Would I skip the week and retest next week or tomorrow?