The way we were…
Eight years ago industry thinking was shifting away from
isolated exercise to integrated movements. It was early
days for what was to become one of the most widely
recognised functional training tools in the fitness industry
– the ViPR (in fact, on page 43 of this issue we expand the
repertoire of this piece of kit by taking it into the pool).
Back in 2010, creator of the ViPR, Michol Dalcourt,
introduced the concept;
“There has been a collective shift in the fitness industry
towards studying, viewing, and training the body as a
unified whole. It’s a relatively new concept in current
training methodology, but has been rapidly adopted for
its ability to quickly produce results. Whether you want to
lose weight or mitigate stress when training, Whole Body
Integration (WBI) is an effective way to achieve your
goals.
There are myriad ways to incorporate WBI into your
workouts. Any movement that involves multiple planes
and multiple joints is considered integrated. Movement
patterns that are integrated are always best performed
without equipment first so that correct patterning can
be established without excess challenge. With this
foundation, weight can be added to the integrated
pattern in lots of different ways.
The ViPR was developed as a safe and versatile tool
to provide effective WBI. It has been tested with different
levels of fitness participants, from individuals in need of
rehabilitation to elite athletes, for the past four years.”
1 thing I’ve learnt
Dianne Edmonds,
Physiotherapist & women’s health expert,
thepregnancycentre.com.au
“One thing that I have learnt from working in women’s health and fitness
is that you can’t always assume from the outside that things are working
well on the inside. In fact, this could be said for many other clients, and
even businesses, as well!
On testing abdominal wall control in women, outside fitness and
appearance often don’t equate to internal strength and core control.
I’ve seen this with instructors, runners and regular program participants.
They may be able to perform double leg lifts in training, but when tested,
their abdominal wall bulges and weaknesses inside the deeper core
show up. They can then admit to pelvic floor issues too, and less than
optimal control and endurance function, having pushed through warning
signs, like ignoring little leaks during running or resistance work.
Subtle tweaks to their training can address these weaknesses and
help rebuild the balance on the inside.”
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