Our Take on the New York Times Article Part #3

I wanted to add one more thought on this. I mentioned the anterior tilt in the pelvis in the last post but forgot to elaborate on it. Once again this is an opinion but after watching the development of athletes all these years I believe it to be true since it happens almost without fail to each athlete who trains in a flexion dominant program. 

Here is the picture again. Try an experiment for me. Try and give yourself an anterior tilt in your hips like this one. From a standing position, roll your hips forward to arch your lower back, if you already have a tilt like this than just stand there. Now in this position try to lift your knee without losing the tilt in your hips. Notice it is a little more difficult than it should be. Now keep the anterior tilt but turn your femurs out so your knees and feet are pointing out to the sides just a bit. Now lift the knees again. Notice how much easier it was? 

I believe that the combination of the tightness in the pelvis that allows for the anterior tilt and the external rotation of the femurs go hand in hand. I know this is not the case 100% of the time but it is much more frequent than not. The impingement that is created when there is an anterior tilt limits your ability to drive your knees. To correct this means you need to train the athlete in a system that allows for the development of a more complete and efficient muscular system. 

It is also the opinion of everyone at Train2move that a majority of the injuries athletes suffer are a direct result of the lack of efficiency of movement. I am so grateful that this training system has allowed us to keep injuries to a minimum at the High School I work at. In 3 years we have not suffered any major injuries. This is a direct result of the amount of work the athletes put into creating a body that allows for full range of motion in the joints and strength throughout the motion

During the coming months we will be building more and more workout programs for you to have at your disposal. We are getting extremely close to the first set of routines coming out. 

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