Your core is a complex series of muscles, extending far beyond your abs, including everything besides your arms and legs. It is incorporated in almost every movement of the human body. These muscles ... Continue Reading
Beyond the FMS: How to Design Powerful Corrective Exercises
The Functional Movement Screen (FMS). As healthcare and/or fitness professionals and enthusiasts, we know the routine. We perform our seven movement pattern assessments. We score each movement pattern. We ... Continue Reading
Good Movement Is Corrective: Why the Squat Might Be Better Than Screening
There’s something sexy about corrective exercises. If you’ve been a trainer for any length of time you’ll have no doubt seen it. Someone comes in and can’t do a particular thing or complains about pain. ... Continue Reading
Injury-Proofing Your Body With the Functional Movement Screen
During the 2007 NFL season, the Atlanta Falcons suffered seven devastating season-ending injuries. In 2008, the team had a complete turn-around, suffering only one minor injury in the post-season. What ... Continue Reading
1+1=3 (or FMS + HKC = All You Need)
Functional fitness is such a catchall term it has probably even surpassed “the core” as being the most over-hyped, but misunderstood. So first, let’s dispel a few myths about functional fitness: 1. ... Continue Reading
Living With the FMS: Reconciling Training with Test Results
There’s nothing worse than being told you can’t do something. If you’re anything like me that is likely to set you off into a near apoplectic fit and a tirade that ends with a lot of swearing and me ... Continue Reading
Exposing The Importance of The Functional Movement Screen (FMS)
RULE #1: FUNDAMENTALS FIRST, ALWAYS “You can’t put fitness on dysfunction.” - Physical Therapist, Gray Cook Have you heard of the expression “fundamentals first?” All top-level coaches, ... Continue Reading
