Joint Articulation in Terms of Injury Prevention
Part 2: The Knee
As a kid I played soccer and usually didn’t think twice about going in for the slide tackle, going foot to foot with someone twice my size or running head on colliding with other players. However, in the eyes of just about every child and adolescent as far as they are concerned they are superman/woman, unable to be injured and essentially invincible. However, as I have grown older I have learned that just being a beast and having no fear doesn’t mean that you can’t get seriously injured. And as I am sure you have all come to know as well, being injured is nowhere near any kind of fun. But good news for us weightlifters, there are many things we can do to prevent injuries!
The Nervous System and How It Applies To Training
As you all may know, or at least I hope you know, the body contains different systems that operate in conjunction with other systems and also act independently from other systems. These systems include the circulatory system, the nervous system, the skeletal system, the muscular system, the respiratory system and so on. The thing you may not know is that the muscular system is not the only thing responsible for those awesome muscles that you are trying to grow and develop. Muscles are actually directly affected and innervated by the nervous system, the peripheral nervous system to be exact. To discuss how muscular gains are dependent on the nervous system, it will first be beneficial to discuss the basic components of the nervous system that are directly related to the muscle itself.
Crossfit?! What's All This Crossfit Hoopla Anyway?
Crossfit has become very popular in the world of health and fitness. The students of this unique training system are borderline fanatical about crossfit, and the results speak for themselves as many of the athletes that train with crossfit are in great shape both functionally and aesthetically. Crossfit found it’s roots as a training system for military special forces, police academies, elite martial artists, and other professional athletes. It is designed to be scalable for people of all levels, meaning programs that the elite military personnel would perform would be the same as your grandmother would perform but the intensity would be much different obviously as would the strength implements. The programs consist of running, sprinting, body weight movements, Olympic lifts, strongman implements, gymnastics, kettle bell movements, throwing, rowing, climbing and more!
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