We had a great Coffee ’n’ Coaches Conference Call this morning. New people and my @neurocoffee made it a great start to the day. Michelle got us rolling with a question about yielding and overcoming actions. Here’s the answer. We’ll be on Zoom next Thursday at 6am for another call. Don’t miss it. #yielding #neurocoffee […]
eccentric orientation
Q & A for The 16% – Internal Mechanics of Stealing Second Base – with Lee Taft’s Plyo Step
Question from Justin: I have been thinking about the mechanics of base stealing in baseball and trying to use your rethinking agility video as a reference for understanding, but I was wondering if you could clarify the pelvic floor mechanics if you’re starting from a lateral stance without a cut or change of direction preceding […]
Q & A for The 16% – Deadlift Compensation and Pelvic Outlet Mechanics
Question: If someone is unable to move hips backward further in a deadlift, ended up rounding the lumbar spine, does it indicate an inability to further nutate sacrum and create compression at the pelvic diaphragm, or does it mean he is not eccentrically orienting enough the pelvic diaphragm to allow actions to happen? Thank you […]
Q & A for The 16% – Terminology Explained – Strategies, Orientations, and Actions
Question: One thing that would help me better understand and apply some of the concepts you reference in your videos is aligning more precisely with terminology. Specifically, some of the terms/concepts you frequently use feel synonymous even though they are not. It sometimes confuses me. For example, in an absolute sense exhalation strategy, compression strategy, […]
Concentric vs. Eccentric Orientation and Yielding vs. Overcoming Muscle Action
Thinking differently about muscle contraction. Traditionally, we think of muscle contractions as concentric, eccentric, and isometrics. Isometrics as they are described probably don’t exist. If we look at muscle contraction as a moment in time, we can determine their orientation as well as the direction of the action. From my perspective, this is a more […]