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As a CORE Fitness Clinician you have responsibility to apply critical thought processes when designing a proper conditioning program. In today’s conditioning market sound training practices are all too frequently eclipsed by the latest trend, as a Fitness Clinician it is your responsibility to give each one of your clients the most productive/safe program that’s medically and scientifically possible.
The two primary purposes of a well- designed strength and conditioning program are to reduce the risk of injury and enhance human performance. While our passions to help others excel and may obscure our appreciation for injury reduction and exercise risk assessment, it does not negate its importance. Exercise risk assessment is an insurance policy that performance enhancement can occur. Causation or exacerbation of musculoskeletal injury during conditioning is incompatible with improving performance and preventing injury.
Overtraining is not only a mistake; it is the most significant training error, except for injury. Overtraining, the gradual process of diminished return until adaptation is arrested. If carried on for extended periods, overtraining will result in decreased muscular function, as well as immune compromise and overuse conditions (e.g. tendonitis). Overtraining despite physiological deterioration is counterproductive, wasteful, and will lead to overuse injuries. Not having a full understanding of the human physiology is the cause of such injuries. Hans Selye, MD, pioneering work in the area of stress physiology clearly shows the relationships of stress. Too much cumulative stress-whether physical or psychological-depletes the body’s reserves for adaptation by prolonging Selye’s “alarm reaction,” overwhelming the “stage of resistance” is reached.
Not all exercises are created equal. Just because an exercise is novel is not reason enough to imcorpate it into a training program. An exercise must pass the litmus test of risk verses benefit. The conditioning protocol must produce a therapeutic yield that surpasses any irritation imparted by the chosen exercise, allowing improvement in function.
CORE has a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to injury during training/conditioning. With sound and proven methods, greater immediate and long term results can be realized, as well as sustained. When designing conditioning protocols be cautious and strategic in your prescription and remember to incorporate adequate recuperation. Do not allow enthusiasm to surpass good sound judgment; too much of a good thing is not a good thing. CORE’s Strength and conditioning professionals will heed to the timeless motto “DO NO HARM.”
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