By Brandon Richey

If you are serious about fitness and achieving physical results that will allow you to be more athletic, healthier, stronger, more mobile, and overall better conditioned to perform any task then you have got to train your body through movement based exercises. You see we are 3 dimensional objects and because of this we are created to perform the amazing act of motion. Our bodies basically consist of a bunch of levers and pulleys (muscles, tendons, and bones) that work together to perform an array of physical tasks throughout a lifetime. We are basically nature’s perfect machine.

Training Movement Patterns

If you are looking at designing a fitness and strength program for yourself or anyone else for that matter then you have got to be smart and understand what is important. You see the basics of kinesiology (study of human movement) is essentially what should be at the forefront of your program design. If you can’t properly perform a push up then the last thing you need to be doing is attempting a heavy bench press. Likewise, if you can’t properly perform a squat (and most people can’t) you shouldn’t be attempting a heavy barbell back squat. You must have a good understanding of what all is involved and how to properly apply the action of the movements that are involved in every lift or exercise.

To Train Movements Involves Lifts And Exercises That Require Multiple Joints

For instance, if you are looking to develop the muscles of your stomach then crunches aren’t going to be the best approach for doing this. You are better off taking a sledgehammer and banging a tire or driving a stake in the ground. Another great movement based drill are kettlebell swings and get ups. You see all of these examples involve actions that require you to involve more than one joint in executing the task at hand. You also are training your body to be more mobile and “functional” as people like to say these days.

To Train Multi-Planar Movements Is The Key To Developing Better Symmetry

Another important thing to understand about our human dynamic is that because we are 3-dimensional objects we have the ability to move along 3 different planes of motion. The first plane of motion involves the sagittal plane which basically divides our bodies into right and left halves. Kettlebell swings move along this plane. The second plane of motion is the frontal plane. This divides your body into front and rear halves. An exercise such as pull ups would follow along this plane. Thirdly, the transverse plane basically divides your body into top and bottom halves. Any rotational type of movement such as kettlebell Turkish get ups and trunk rotations would follow along this plane. Of course, some of your most effective exercises can move along 2, or all 3 planes at once such as the get ups!

If you don’t currently design your workouts to focus in on the execution of movement patterns then you have a 1-dimensional training program, instead of the much needed 3-dimensional one! Hopefully this will get you to thinking about where your own workouts stand in the equation! Remember that most anyone can train hard, but only the best train smart!

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