Movement That Matters! - eBook

Movement That Matters By Paul Chek - 54 page ebook

Movement That Matters provides trainers and fitness enthusiasts with the tools necessary to create functional training programs for themselves and their clients. This book is a must-read for any trainer desiring to provide their clients with higher caliber training programs that work.

In Movement That Matters you will learn:

• The body’s five different reflexes and how to determine the dominant reflex profile of your client.
• The importance of static and dynamic stability.
• How to determine if an exercise is functional based on the six defining characteristics.
• How to evaluate a compound movement and identify its Primal Pattern movements, enabling you to accurately determine which portion needs training.
• The difference between open- and closed-chain exercises.

Plus, you will learn tips for Optimal Motor Learning:

• How to identify your client’s learning style.
• How to identify your client’s learning style.
• The difference between intrinsic and extrinsic feedback.
• Why cognitive associations may hinder your client from learning a new movement.
• How to teach a movement in “chunks.”
• And much, much more!