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Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Challenges to Athletes, Clients, Coaches and Trainers

To instill positive physical change, the body must be challenged beyond the current comfort level. Athletes / clients and coaches / trainers must all commit to engage in this style of workout to maximize results and guarantee safety. Coaches / trainers must be fully engaged using a critical mechanical eye that instantly corrects errors using well established cueing techniques and demands precision over repetition.

During Smart Muscle™ exercise, we have carefully designed exercises which are actually combinations of several lifts, some concurrently, some sequentially. For example, a lateral bound with deceleration loading (on a BOSU if ability permits) into a dumbbell lateral raise with unilateral hold is a simpler 2 layer combination exercise that challenges several ingredients to perform (lateral movement, eccentric lateral loading, single leg balance, core stability, shoulder as prime mover).

As coaches / trainers graduate through the coaching methodology to safely teach Smart Muscle™ exercises, 3 and 4 layered combination sequences are possible. These heighten the metabolic cost, deliver the most variety of challenges to the human system, make the body fully alert, and keep your athlete / client fully engaged, present in the moment, focused every inch of every rep.

Interesting exercises gain much greater adherence than simple repetitious exercises. Safe interesting whole body challenges at a pace adult clients are comfortable attempting produce a powerful combination. This develops a strong yet responsive and skilled body for a client who enjoys the exercise experience and lives the results.

The Twist Team!

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