@painacademy: I saw this yesterday at the gym watching a personal trainer session. I only noticed the client bending forward to pick up her water bottle because she looked so uncomfortable doing so. She had to put her left hand on her left knee to support her back to bend over. This movement pattern looked severely compromised…yet she achingly stands up, turns around, and the trainer puts weights in her hands, and she starts squatting. Surely enough, as soon as she started to squat, her pelvis shifted to the right as she loaded more weight into her right leg; due to her left leg not being capable of bearing the same load, her left knee moved away from her midline, and she rotated her upper body clockwise… Again and again, rep after rep… Sure, she was ‘developing’ strength, but the real question that needs to be asked is, what exactly is she strengthening? Unfortunately, I see this all the time. I myself was doing this, trying to rehab my body years after breaking my back, focusing on strength before movement quality. I remember thinking I couldn’t move well because I was weak, so I hit the gym doing movements that, yeah, built strength, but I noticed the ‘stronger’ I got, the worse I felt. Many people assume that the more strength they have, the better their overall fitness and health will be. And there is some merit to that… However, this mindset can lead to uncomfortable movement problems and be counterproductive in the long run if the underlying foundation and quality of movement patterns are not improved. My recommendation for long-term success, sustainability, and longevity is to develop your movement pattern before you add weights to your movement pattern. Work out with the intention of training your ability to move. Mobility work IS the workout, not the warmup. Improving movement patterns is the Northstar to guide you to a better quality of life, not how much weight you can lift. If you need help improving the quality of your motion and working on your foundational ability to move, I’d love to help you do that. Check out the link in my bio to learn more about my online course, The Movement Program. 💪🔥❤️🤝 #functio#function #strength #fyp #foryoupage

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