Performance Care Segment

First full week of 2020, and the start of our new cycle. Focus will be Weightlifting; spending more time with pause and tempo variations; fine tuning our body positioning, timing and technique, maximizing force production. These are dynamic movements, typically done too fast and too heavy in workouts to develop the skills required to improve our quality of movement - don’t let that happen over the next few weeks. As we break down the lifts, take the time to understand exactly what the stimulus is - if you don’t get it ask. The better you understand the myriad of different things that need to happen sequence to maximize efficiency and safety, the more naturally they will work together and develop into muscle memory. We’ll have a lot of load overhead for the next few weeks so check in for some performance care segments to monitor your shoulder health and to work on understanding or improving midline bracing, and remember, a PCS is an opportunity to move dynamically, under control, at low intensity (<5 breaths/20 sec) to give us an opportunity to actively move through some plans of motion that we’ve been demanding a lot from, or neglecting. These are to be performed for QUALITY, not for rounds and reps. Move with intent and listen to your body. This is an opportunity to add neurological input into your movement patterns, you will get better at the way you move if you take your time.

Treat this as an active recovery, NOT a rest day, that you can use to replace a workout that would be particularly challenging based off of how you feel that week, or something to do with yours truly at Open Gym. #shamelessplug

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