Tabata Workout

[ericajow]

Re: Tabata Workout

[QUOTE=garddawg;37906]Erica,
As a side topic, in my gym you won’t hear trainers yelling go faster at the clients. We focus on correct movement. As the movement become more sound the client will move faster, lift more weight etc….
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Thanks for the explanation and the breakdown, Garddawg! 🙂

I love how the same principles as you explained (in the quote above) can and should be applied in Krav classes. I’ve noticed that students may THINK they’re hitting hard when they begin, but have horrible form, which completely hampers their movements. As their form improves and their movement becomes more sound, they end up hitting harder, faster, etc., almost effortlessly.

Thanks again for your response. 🙂

[jesse]

Re: Tabata Workout

One thing I appreciate about the crossfit people is all the .wmv movies of how to do the varous exercises. For someone like me with my income I’ll probably never be able to find or pay for a gym membership. It helps to be able to see it all clearly to do at home. Also I finally got the clock working. Thanks for the pointers. Previous to this I’d just been using a huge plastic one that I could carry around with me. 😛

[nickolas-cook]

Re: Tabata Workout

Like Flava-Flav?

[garddawg]

Re: Tabata Workout

Erica,

Your observation is primary to how we teach. Movement is movement. If you are teaching someone to squat there is a right way to do it. Doesn’t matter if they are 5 years old or 75. Same with punching, kicking etc.

Further thinking on your question and the idea of the squats at that speed being injurious to the joint. When you see an untrained person squatting that fast, what is generally happening? First they unlock their knees, then they relax their hamstrings and glutes and plunge to the bottom. Their knees shoot forward, often their chest drops. As they reach the bottom the rebound of the tension in their knees. Can this be harmful? Sure it can.

Look at the difference in Annie and Nicole. Their movement starts with the hip (the squat is a hip, hamstring and glute exercise) the hamstrings pull them to the bottom. We know their hamstrings are engaged because their knees don’t shoot forward, way past the toes. One of the functions of an engaged hamstring at the bottom of the squat is to keep the knees from shooting over the toes (if you dont believe it squat down and relax your hammies, see what happens to your knees).

Back to Annie and Nicole their hamstrings are pull ing them towards the bottom. There is a point where they rebound back up. That point has nothing to do with the knee, but rather the limit of their hamstring flexibility. Since there is constant flexion during the movement, and because they have trained and adapted there is little stress on the knee joint.

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