Interview on Functional Training on ConditioningResearch.com
Chris Highcock just posted an excellent interview with Luke Carlson on functional training at ConditioningResearch.com Luke does an excellent job of explaining the relationships between proper strength training, skill training and functional ability and dispells many popular misconceptions about training to improve athletic ability.
Great interview, so many thanks Drew for posting the link. It’s important the public get to understand the conning of “Functional Training” circus acts with gimmicks!
Thanks for the link Drew. This stuff is certainly generating some debate.
Anybody who disagrees doesn’t understand the subject.
It is my impression that few people really understand what is being said. They just react when something challenges the status quo or the current accepted wisdom.
Drew -
Only slightly off-topic, I rarely, if ever, see HIT proponents emphasizing ‘corrective exercise’ or ‘unilateral training’, both of which are all-the-rage in fitness circles these days.
Is there a reason for this ?
Dale,
The reason for this is most likely that HIT is based on science, rather than the latest fads. While there are places for these things, their use by many mainstream personal trainers probably has more to do with following trends than providing clients with effective training.
Good to see. I would also recommend ‘System Analysis’ by Brian D. Johnston of The IART; this covers a few topics but it has a chapter of 40-odd pages on Paul Chek and functional training, which comprehensively de-bunks it. Actually there’s probably more than you would need for a discussion but worth buying nevertheless.