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.
I really do not know exactly what Eric Carr meant by “odd exercises.” I assume he meant exercises like standing on a Swiss ball. Does it really matter why he calls something an odd exercise? What if I said that all exercises are odd until they are put into a specific context? I do not really believe that, but that could serve as a provocative discussion point.
posted by Vern Gambetta @ 10/30/2006 03:16:00 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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Here's a good example. I have a football lineman that was deliberately kicked on his left lower leg in our last game. Our head coach wanted to put the team through a good sprint workout today. I petitioned him to let me put him through a good deep water sprint workout instead. An odd, and gravity confused environment, but in this case it made sense. I could get a good anaerobic effect by taking advantage of the viscosity of the water, and get a measurable decrease in edema from the hydrostatic pressure of the deep water. The alternative would have been a stationary bike, which was less movement specific and placed that lower leg in a losing battle against gravity.
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