It is a movement based approach to training that prepares clients for a variety of sports as well as daily life activities. Since the beginning of the modern era, physical training programs have typically been organized in accordance to the major muscle groups: chest, back, legs and shoulders etc., and trained accordingly. This arrangement has been an easy way to segment programs and typically offers good results especially when applied to a bodybuilding program. However, does this organizational strategy come with a cost? Consider these facts:
The human body works to produce movement-period and the body makes attempts to use muscles in concert to create action efficiently and effectively.
Life demands that the body move freely through space, not within the confines of a machine or restrictive pattern.
Most traditional strengthening programs heavily favour sagittal plane movements in a training environment that promotes one-dimensional motor pattern. These factors can undermine the body's ability to move effectively in any given direction and in many cases may lead to joint dysfunction.
Muscle based programs can unwittingly contribute to muscle imbalance, poorly developed firing patterns and general movement deficiencies in the untrained planes of the body.
Life demands that the body move freely through space, not within the confines of a machine or restrictive pattern.
Most traditional strengthening programs heavily favour sagittal plane movements in a training environment that promotes one-dimensional motor pattern. These factors can undermine the body's ability to move effectively in any given direction and in many cases may lead to joint dysfunction.
Muscle based programs can unwittingly contribute to muscle imbalance, poorly developed firing patterns and general movement deficiencies in the untrained planes of the body.
Imagine for a moment that the body has no individual muscles without a single group to target. What if all you had to work were the various joints of the body and the movements they were capable of performing? Letting go of traditional muscle based approach to strength training and understanding how the body actually moves are only the first steps to integrating a multiplane training approach to program design.
Formation or Movement "Programs"
The central nervous system (CNS) coordinates muscles in concert to produce specific movements by means of motor engrams. These movements program the body to develop for all general actions. Familiar frequently performed movements such as a forward lunge have highly developed and refined motor engrams. So these well-practiced programs run smoothly at many different speeds and can be executed successfully in changing environments.
Less frequently performed movements such as the side lunge balanced on a roller board have incomplete or rough engrams. The programs for these movements are a work in progress and can often go awry. To control these movements properly, you have to slow down and be very conscious of what you are doing as these unpracticed actions often feel uncoordinated. If a situation demands that they are to be performed at a higher speed, then chances of failure and injury increases dramatically.
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Formation or Movement "Programs"
The central nervous system (CNS) coordinates muscles in concert to produce specific movements by means of motor engrams. These movements program the body to develop for all general actions. Familiar frequently performed movements such as a forward lunge have highly developed and refined motor engrams. So these well-practiced programs run smoothly at many different speeds and can be executed successfully in changing environments.
Less frequently performed movements such as the side lunge balanced on a roller board have incomplete or rough engrams. The programs for these movements are a work in progress and can often go awry. To control these movements properly, you have to slow down and be very conscious of what you are doing as these unpracticed actions often feel uncoordinated. If a situation demands that they are to be performed at a higher speed, then chances of failure and injury increases dramatically.
read more about the GRAVITY Training System
