The Functional Path is a path that had been traveled many times before but had fallen out of use in favor of smoother paved roads that promised faster and easier results. Seeking to follow and better define the functional path is a continuing journey, fortunately it is a journey that many have traveled before. Functional Path training is getting back to the basics of movement. It is learning to tune into the body and it’s inherent wisdom to produce rhythmic flowing movement.
Core training, core stability and core strengthening are terms that you here all the time now. The core has no scientific basis or if there is I cannot find it. Does anyone know where it started? There is even an argument as what constitutes the core. In some ways I wonder what isn't the core? Also what are the optimum ways to train the"core"?
posted by Vern Gambetta @ 8/29/2005 08:03:00 AM
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Vern is currently is the Director of Gambetta Sports Training Systems. He has been the a conditioning coach for several teams in Major League Soccer as well as the conditioning consultant to the US Men’s World Cup Soccer team. Vern is the former Director of Conditioning for the Chicago White Sox and Director of Athletic Development for the New York Mets. Vern is recognized internationally as an expert in training and conditioning for sport having worked with world class athletes and teams in a wide variety of sports. He is a popular speaker and writer on conditioning topics having lectured and conducted clinics in Canada, Japan, Australia and Europe. Vern's coaching experience spans 36 years at all levels of competition. Vern has authored six books and over one hundred articles related to coaching and sport performance in a variety of sports. He received his BA from Fresno State University and his teaching credential with a coaching minor from University of California Santa Barbara. Vern obtained his MA in Education with an emphasis in physical education from Stanford University.
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I like the axiom that "all training is core training." With that in mind, I believe the better way to train the core is in a stading position, multidirectionally and using a variety of implements (med balls, kettlebells, dumbbells, etc.)
I believe the term originated as the set of muscles involved in every movement, controlling and between the upper and lower body. i.e. the quadriceps, abdominals, etc.
I believe the description to be faulty, and as others said, "all training is core training".
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