Nerd alert!! One of the interesting things about the fitness industry is how little we understand about its workings even when we follow the textbooks. The body is complex and researchers are discovering previously undetected cells, genes and chemical interactions on a daily basis. In this study, a gold standard principle, the length-tension relationship where muscle strength and power is supposed to come from has been challenged. As muscles shorten from a lengthened position, we are supposed to find our maximal strength and power angles before they get to short. This research study now indicates the muscles do not just exert force along the length of the muscles but in many different directions. My speculations regardin this theory is that first multidirectional strength and power training are now even more critical and second, muscle fascia alignment may also be more important in movement than previously thought.
Posted on: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 11:09:41 +0000
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