“We must all wear out or rust out, every one of us. My choice is to wear out” -Teddy Roosevelt Our systems are well-designed to manage acute stressors. These are the temporary mental or physical challenges that we face on a day-to-day basis. These stressors actually promote a strengthening of our physiological systems and make […]
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From my Notebook: Complexity and Constraints
“The only model of a complex system is the system itself.” – Gell-Mann The problem with human-based physical therapy research is that they keep using humans for subjects. – Me Problem: Humans are complex adaptive systems, so the system is modified by behaviors. (Newton’s 2nd Law puts us at a different starting point at every […]
From my notebook: On Stability
Perceived threat to a self-organizing system will result in simplification of the system to reduce degrees of freedom and response time while simultaneously sacrificing adaptability. Humans will shift into the sagittal plane to reduce the degrees of freedom to simplify movement creating a more stable state. This will reduce system complexity and cortical effort and […]
IFAST University Coaching Interviews part 2
Here’s another round of short Q & A’s with IFAST Family coaches and therapists. We talk about everything from when to train capacity in a rehab situation and when extension is a good thing to when to stretch and reconstructing a deadlift. Great Stuff!! Greg Spatz Doug Kechijian Trevor Rappa Mike Coval You can get […]
IFAST University Strength & Conditioning Coach Interviews
We had Joel Jamieson at IFAST recently to teach his BioForce Certified Conditioning Coach Course. I took advantage of all the brain power in the room and took a great group of coaches into the purple room for some quick hitting Q & A segments. Each interview is only a few minutes, but they are […]