<h3><b>Do We Move Without Thinking ... </b><b>Or </b><b>Are We Thinking About Movement Too Much?</b><b>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Clearly moving is what we are designed to do, we need to move to get food, water, reproduce &amp; well live!</span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">But how much do we, or should we, think about it?</span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">As trainers and coaches it is our job to teach people about movement; how to, when too, how often, in what way….etc but as always let's challenge this for a moment….WHY?</span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Why are we having to teach the basics….c’mon I KNOW you have watched your client, Barry, and wondered how on earth another human being can be so clumsy or poor at the very basic movements right?</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Did he forget how to move? </span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Is he injured? </span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">In pain? </span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Chances are he did kinda forget, or his subsystems did. Let me explain…..</span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Movement should feel natural &amp; when it doesn’t there is a specific reason, likely one that needs addressing </span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">The subsystems of our bodies - neural, myofascial &amp; skeletal - require motion/movement to function well. </span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Barry sits at his desk all day and likes to relax ALL evening, or perhaps he is overweight so struggles to move easily...so his subsystems don’t get the movement nourishment they require to get the required nutrients around his body.</span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Movement should be done unconsciously at least most of the time and in the words of Katy Bowman….</span>

<i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Movement is not optional - but compulsory for life</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">So what happened to Barry? Did he forget or lose capacity?...well they are kinda the same thing in terms of what we see when we coach a client to move/exercise.</span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Our job is to bring back consciousness of movement, patterning and also capacity. This is done through proprioception training that happens when we teach exercises and movement </span>

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<b>Proprioception</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">; </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">perception or awareness of the position &amp; movement of the body.</span></i>

<i><span style="font-weight: 400;">"exercises to improve balance and proprioception"</span></i>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">This term is a fantastic way of understanding what we are doing when we train or coach…</span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Barry’s body has ‘forgotten’ certain patterns or moves due to maybe inactivity. So we give him a Muscle Energy Technique for example to prepare his body for some strength training. This ‘reminds’ the muscles to prepare for activity and ‘engages’ the spindles in preparation. </span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Then we get Barry to squat for example and this reminds his body it doesn’t actually need to compensate after all, his body CAN do this movement it just hasn’t PRACTISED it since he was maybe even 6 years old...maybe….</span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">We use load to build tolerance and reduce the risk of injury and maybe other stuff too like hypertrophy, BUT even more importantly, so that during our lives we can move without thinking.</span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Those initial PT sessions are often bringing back consciousness to movement so that the neural pathways are re-connected BUT then they should be less conscious, otherwise can you imagine life with permanently conscious movement…!?!! Have a go...too much right!?</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">As trainers and coaches we must take into account a lot of things when designing our clients exercise programmes because it isn’t as simple as adding kilos.</span>

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<h2>How Long Does It Take To Re-Learn How To Move?</h2>
The obvious answer is... it depends. Have they had any major, or perhaps even minor injuries? How long have they been sedentary for?

Sometimes with the right coaching, it can be almost immediate. And if you are working on the intrinsic biomechanics you are going to speed the process up for sure.

The research suggests that it can take around 6 weeks... but this would be with consistent practice of movement, not just 1 hour a week. Our iMoveFreely programme will allow you take your clients on an 18 week journey, alongside their training, to make sure they are learning to move properly. This can take us on to a whole other topic of how often your clients see you and what they are actually doing in that first few months of training and making life changing habits.

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<h2>Re-Introducing Movement - How To Keep Clients Engaged</h2>
One of the hardest parts of learning a new skill is sticking with it when you are continually "failing" when just starting out. Take a trip down to a golf driving range to see this in action. Golf is an incredibly difficult skill to learn, and keeping beginners practising and not giving up in those first few weeks is tough. It's not fun, it's freaking hard and it doesn't appear that you get any better... so why bother?

Then all of a sudden something clicks, and you get a dramatic improvement. Then you get stuck at a certain level and have to practice new skills.

Chances are it's similar with your clients who forgot how to move. They might feel silly that they can't do simple movements, or things that other people in the gym are making look easy. In fact, they might even avoid exercises that they struggle with all together.

Your job as the coach is to keep them on track, get them wins in every session, show them how their movement is improving, manage their expectations, guide them on a journey and make it clear where they are heading and how you are going to get there.

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<h2>Join The Biomechanics Education Tribe</h2>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">The most common reasons we get professionals, like you, in our workshops is because you want more confidence in understanding why all those Barry’s seem to be struggling to perform what you perceive as very simply movements.  </span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">You want a deeper level of understanding the human body and the differences in anatomy and how this may affect what you see happen when they move. </span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">You want to be able to get Barry back to moving as he, as a human, was designed to.</span>

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<h2><b>Why Not Join Us On One Of Our Upcoming Workshops</b></h2>
<h3><a href="https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/intrinsic-biomechanics-taster/#tab-description"><b>1 Day Intrinsic Biomechanics </b></a></h3>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Feb 22nd Nottm</span>
<h3><a href="https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/imovefreely-instructor/#tab-description"><b>iMoveFreely Instructor Workshop </b></a></h3>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Mar 15th Belfast</span>

<a href="https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/golf-biomechanics-workshop/#tab-description" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>Golf Biomechanics Workshop</b></a>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Mar 1st Nottm</span>

<a href="https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/running-biomechanics-workshops/#tab-description" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><b>Running Biomechanics Workshop</b></a>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Feb 29th Nottm</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Mar 14th Belfast</span>

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