Spine Training with RMU Division 1 Basketball Player Ryan Prather Jr скачать в хорошем качестве

Spine Training with RMU Division 1 Basketball Player Ryan Prather Jr

When athletes do weight training, we almost always see them training with emphasis on a neutral spine: deadlifts, squats, pallof presses, planks etc. Some rotational stuff could definitely be an exception that many coaches do. All these have a place in a program, sure. But when during your sport do you actually have a neutral spine? Pretty much never. A lot of flexion, extension, rotation, lateral flexion, al lot of crossover within these zones at high velocities. With that said, more of our training should reflect that. Creating independent movement between vertebrae (or any joint for that matter) and having the ability to articulate movement between the spine and hip/pelvis is the starting point. Once those principles are established we lengthen, shorten and load any and all positions that the spine (or any joint) can do. Strength benchmarks in powerlifting exercises (squat, bench and deadlift) are other areas of resistance training that get too much emphasis in athletic populations. Yes, they are undoubtedly necessary to some extent, but strength in those exercises won’t make RJ a better basketball player, or any athlete better at their particular sport. RJ bringing a better spine to the the court will make him a better player; a better hip, ankle, shoulder etc. See the difference? This notion that someone needs to do powerlifting based exercises to develop “power” and that’ll somehow carry over to skill development is a misnomer. Power and proprioception will come from afferents, properly functioning joints that are able to receive clear information through your CNS via movement, a big contributing factor to athleticism. Training athletes is totally outside of my wheelhouse, but the application for them with this approach to training is undoubtedly a competitive edge that most should be striving for.