What the heck do you mean by ‘functional”. When I heard someone say the bandwalk exercise was more “functional” than the clamshell I immediately thought malarky. Because my knee jerk reaction to hearing “functional” was my brain translating this to “movement specificity” or kinematic specificity. Meaning the exercise you are training matches the kinematics (specifically the displacements or joint angle motion) of the athletic task (in this case running). Using kinematic/movement specificity to judge a Bandwalk or a Clamshell was a no brainer. In terms of function (using the kinematic specificity definition) they both suck. No runner lies on their side and lifts their leg up (e.g. the clamshell) but no runner runs sideways with a bloody elastic band around their knees. So lets define “functional” physiofundamentals/?p=84
Posted on: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 01:10:25 +0000