Functional Path Training: Unstable Surfaces & Training

Functional Path Training

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.

9/13/06

Unstable Surfaces & Training

In the latest Journal of Strength And Conditioning Research, Volume 20, Number 3, August 200 there is a review written by David G. Behm and Kenneth G. Sanderson titled “The Role of Instability With resistance Training” It is a good review of the scientific research. From a practical, experiential perspective the latest issue of Training and Conditioning magazine (momnentummedia.com) September 2006, Volume XVI, Number 6, has I article that I wrote called ‘In Search of Instability” (That is instability in training surfaces not mental instability!)

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At 9/13/06, 10:01 AM, Anonymous said...: Vern,
Enjoyed the article. I just got done working with a 500lb athlete walking barefoot on a 50ft cable 30ft in the air.

While balance training is addressed each training session, I am still not sold on the wobble stuff as the focus of daily balance.

Always enjoy your ideas!

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Name: Vern Gambetta

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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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Unstable Surfaces & Training

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