The pedal article a few weeks back had me thinking forwards and backwards and I hummed and hawed about how much to type. It's been percolating a bit and one thing that came to mind is considering body position as it applies to athletic or sport movements vs what is typically done in the gym. A few people had brought up the point that what happens on a bike is different than running around on a field or being in the weight room, but how different is different and how will this affect how we train both for riding and general health/fitness? So a good place to start seemed to be with what we consider a good exercise or a good way to do an exercise and how that may relate to other things we so. Squats are great for a number of reasons, maybe the most important of which is that the squat movement closely resembles movements we do in just about every aspect of life, from playing a sport to the most basic of things of sitting down in a chair. This article from elitefts turns traditional thinking on it's head and takes a look at the squat in a very different manner than what post people are used to. The key take away with this article (and it's follow up) is to reconsider how we look at things from a position of function standpoint as opposed to some arbitrary definition that may not be properly supported. Each article is about a 12-14 minute read.
article #1: https://www.elitefts.com/education/the-squat-and-athletic-development-how-weve-all-been-fcking-it-up/
We don't know what our limits are, so to start something with the idea of being limited actually ends up limiting us.
Ellen Langer
