Flexibility Express gets praise from an unteachable guy–and it is not a good thing…. More than a year ago Flexibility Express DVD got a glowing review I didn’t share. I usually share good reviews on Stadion Publishing’s Facebook and Instagram pages. But not his one, because of a photo the reviewer attached to the review […]
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by Thomas Kurz After immigrating to the U.S.A. in the early 1980s as a political refugee, I was looking for a way to make a living from my sports-science know-how. So I was looking at publications on various aspects of sports training and p.e., among them martial arts’ magazines. Especially in those martial arts’ magazines,
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by Thomas Kurz Look at the video, laugh, and be glad you know better. A perfect demo how not to stretch for splits Aren’t you glad you know better?
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by Thomas Kurz I get questions like, “I am 40. Am I too old to improve my [insert here some athletic ability, for example, flexibility, or strength, or endurance] following your training programs?” I let the below email from Tom Corrie be an answer to such questions. “I am writing to thank you for producing
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by Thomas Kurz Below I show an easy, mechanically sound way of achieving the side split. An Easy Way to a Side Split I set up the video so it starts at 1 min. 15 sec. This way you will get right to the info on achieving the side split. But there is more info
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by Thomas Kurz Do these tests to determine if you have the potential to do front splits, side splits or straddle splits, and back bridges, even before you start my strength and flexibility program. Front Split Test Front split test–front lunge Stand in a deep lunge. If your thighs are nearly in one line, as
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by Thomas Kurz This article covers requirement 11 for instructors. Requirements 9 and 10 are covered in the previous article. 11. Understand the concepts of fatigue, rest, recovery, and supercompensation. Fatigue The whole training process is predicated on fatigue and on recovery from it—degree of fatigue dictates the changes of training load, means of recovery,
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by Thomas Kurz This article covers requirements 9 and 10 for instructors. Requirements 6, 7, and 8 are covered in the previous article. 9. Explain the anatomical limitations of range of motion in joints of the spine, shoulder, and hip. Range of motion may be limited by muscle tension, muscle length, joint structure (shape of
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by Thomas Kurz This article covers requirements 6, 7, and 8 for instructors. Requirements 2, 3, 4, and 5 are covered in the previous article. 6. Know when to refer an athlete or a student to a physical therapist. This means acting on the athlete’s apprehension, wincing, signs (or worse, complaints) of pain during an
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by Thomas Kurz This article covers requirements 2, 3, 4, and 5 for instructors. Requirement 1 is covered in the previous article. 2. Rise from a side split to a six-step horse stance while holding a weight equal to one-third the instructor’s body weight. This is not very difficult—sitting in a full side split one
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