Exercise Continuums:
What is your Movement Vital Sign?
Gray Cook. Setting the Rules for moving along the continuum.Gray next gives us an example of setting rules for training and exercise: When
determining if the individual in front of us is appropriate for developing
kettlebell swings they should, at a minimum, 1) be pain free in both forward
bending and backward bending, 2) ensure they have adequate hip mobility
available by scoring a 2 on the Active Straight Leg Raise (ASLR), 3) ensure
they have proper straight leg deadlift technique, 4) ensure that they are
taught a kettlebell swing by a competent instructor or coach trained in the
maneuver.
Continuum- a continuum is about “progressing somebody safely
through a simple movement pattern to a complex movement pattern”. Two such exercises that follow this concept
of progression are the above mentioned kettlebell swing and the push-press.
Common language
The absence of: Requires:
Movement Health Rehabilitation
Movement Competency Correctives
Movement Capacity General
Fitness
Movement Complexity
Specific Fitness
Progression- a progression is about understanding that every
individual in front of us is constantly oscillating between further away or
closer to the health and fitness continuum.
As our clients and patients move in life we, as master coaches and
clinicians, need to be able to accurately locate them and intervene
appropriately. Gray continues to develop the rules and reasoning surrounding
them.
Key thoughts: What considerations do you have for your
clients before implementing programs?
Breathe, Bend, Balance, Bounce-
Play, Practice, Train-
Determining when your athletes and clients are ready for
progressions: They need to demonstrate “alignment with integrity” first.
What criteria are you using to determine minimum competencies in your client and patients prior to progression?
