I watched this incredible video yesterday titled 'The Death of 'Correct' Biomechanics'. In it Kathy Sierra, a horse trainer and avid biomechanics student since the 90's, discusses a very recent biomechanics paper from Madhur Mangalam out of the Biomechanics and Research Development from the Center for Research in Human Movement Variability at the University of Nebraska. Titled - 'THE MYTH OF OPTIMALITY IN HUMAN MOVEMENT SCIENCE' The basics summary and my understanding of it is that there is NO optimum perfect functional pattern of movement and that it is diversity that brings opportunity for the body to build stability and peak performance comes from that. Not from adhering to some perfect line every rep. Though that is also not to say that Biomechanics does not matter! I would encourage you to watch the video as she goes through the history of biomechanics and all the big players leading up to this moment where one of the lead researches into biomechanics admits there is no optimum biomechanics. A few of the key quotes that stuck with me are... ‘We are not biomechanically correct, we are biomechanically abundant.’ ‘…stability emerges not from rigid control but from flexible exploration... 'Performance should not be measured by proximity to some hypothetical optimum but by the rich, contextual repertoire of functional possibilities available to the system.’ She also mentions that the Edge of Chaos is where functionality is built (paraphrase). Anyway I share all this to maybe express that what we are doing here (and have been doing) has been intuitively wonderfully aligned. The both sides utilised approach of precise movement patterns of rope flow and weck method work alongside the 'random' chaos of swiss balls, juggling and the feather barrier exploration. I have attached a link to the video and to the paper below and do hope you enjoy as this weeks homework viewing. Godspeed! -Tim

VIDEO REPLAY HERE: https://youtu.be/gJ92-aVLolg Hey all, coming fresh of spending 4 days with David Weck in the UK and the weekend learning from Chris Chamberlain (lead Weck Method Instructor) I feel my understanding and application of Weck Method has deepened somewhat so I thought it would be a good time to discuss/share what stands out for me and what I may have misunderstood or not valued before that I now understand or see greater value in. Coiling (front side and backside) - Torsion (internal and external) - Steering (near side and farside). Plus lots more. Would be nice to share and discuss this with anyone who can make the Live Chat or if you can't make it feel free as always to leave a question for me in the comments on this thread. Look forward to speaking with some of you then. September Live Chat #2 - Thursday September 19th - 7pm UK time. Tim

I have to be honest, I feel like a bit of an imposter right now. I have lower back pain and have had it for several weeks and the usual things that have worked to 'fix' it in the past (ab feather barrier work, seated good mornings, glute roll outs, shakti mat etc) just aren't working this time around. I've gone from having some weeks feeling as good as I've felt as an adult to feeling fragile as ever. It started the day after the recent Parkour comp I did (no specific incident just general pushing beyond/longer then what my body was ready for). I really want a physical solution but I know there's emotions (anger & sadness) locked into it that I'm very resistive too also. Anyway not looking for sympathy but because my instinct is to just shy away and not let you know so I don't appear weak I thought I'd challenge that and be honest and share my own struggles. Curious if you are open to sharing are you struggling/frustrated with anything right now too?

Video link to explore some ground based rolling patterns from Simon Thakur https://youtu.be/j-yHTcG8SQQ

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