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.
Joe Cygan ATC wrote me to ask:I was reading your available downloadable pitching training program and noticed that you included "remedial" shoulder exercises such as lateral raises, shrugs, prone extensions, etc. I was wondering how this fits into your model of functional training.
posted by Vern Gambetta @ 8/12/2006 09:01:00 PM
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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 have to wonder with all the hype Carson Palmer is getting with his rehab that includes knee extensions/curls should they be considered a remedial exercise as well with the purpose increase circulation (but with much less weight than most use). Recently there was a large picture in a Cincinnati paper of a Xavier University basketball player that broke his ankle this past season and the article was about how hard he was working out to get in shape to play in Europe this winter. THe exercise he was doing to rehab that fractured ankle - prone leg curls!
Mark Day D.C., CSCS, DACBSP
Vern,
Thanks for the response. It was exactly what I expected!
Joe
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