Key Z Health R Phase Review Concept #7

The concepts covered in Z Health continue on and make sure to see a few of the previous ones below if you missed them.

• Key Z Health R Phase Review Concept #6: Optimal Motor Learning

• Key Z Health R Phase Review Concept #5: All the Body All the Time

• Key Z Health R Phase Review Concept #4: The 3 Rs of R Phase Why is it called R-Phase?

• Key Z Health R Phase Review Concept #3: Why focus on the nervous system?

• Z Health Athletic Performance System Review: Concept #2 The SAID Principle

Sensory motor amnesia (SMA)

This term was first coined by Dr. Thomas Hanna and describes a process where you have lost sensation of certain parts of your body! Sounds crazy, but if you can not feel it, do you think you will have a loss of performance? You betcha (see, I am from Minnesota and I am having hot dish for dinner with a lutefisk chaser; I know you are jealous).

Startle Reflex

This is a hard wired reflex in everyone. You can learn to modify it, but it impossible to extinguish it completely. The body is survival based, not performance based. Personally, I think this sucks, but I can’t change it.

To get a performance increase, you need to teach the body how to survive better.

Increased survival potential is a way to “back door” performance increase. By learning to watch for startle, you can gage your performance. In general, if you are going into startle you will need to drop the load on your lift. Now you may be able to lift it, but long term you are not doing yourself any favors by constantly going into startle every time.

Andy Bolton deadlifts1008 lbs for a new world record

Watch Benedikt Magnusson do a 1100 Pound Deadlift

Watch Benedikt Magnusson’s training for the deadlift.

Is he making it look hard?

I LOVE watching those video!!

What did you see?

Even though it is a world record for Andy Bolton and the other lifts are nuts, there is minimal startle.  Bolton’s face is still relatively calm. He makes it LOOK easy. That is your goal. Make it LOOK easy. All the greats do that, from Wayne Gretzky, to Michael Jordan, to Tiger Woods to Barry Sanders.

Any comments, post away at the bottom!

Rock on

Mike T Nelson

PS

Here is an article for more information on the concepts above that I wrote for XL Athlete

XL Athlete Dysfunctional Exercise Cues By Mike T Nelson

Greetings!

I trust everyone had a killer weekend.  Jodie and I were off to South Dakota for her family reunion.  I will have an update in the next day or so and some tips on how you can survive a 12 hour one way car trip.

Here is an interview I did with Rick from Exercise for Injuries.  We chatted about everything from Z-Health, to athletic performance, to corrective exercises.  Topics covered are:

I. Movement

• How I got my first client
• Rehab and prehab work for shoulder issues
• “Traditional” corrective exercise work vs “Non traditional” (Z-Health, neurology)
• Neuroplasticity.  What is that?  Why should I care?
• Can we grow more brain cells?  (Is there hope for me?)
• How does the brain get its information?
• Movement maps- Why are they important and how do they affect athletic performance.
• If you have a chronic shoulder issue, is the shoulder always the SOURCE of the issue? (Hint, nope)
• The ultimate assessment that is really really fast
• Can you get instant pain relief? Is that possible?
• What the heck is an arthrokinetic reflex?
• How can you get an instant increase in strength in seconds

II) Nutrition (starts at 12:47)

Metabolic Flexibility

• What is it?
• How can it help you?
• What happens with energy drinks like Monster, Red Bull, etc

Notes:
This was done back in June
Blog has been updated to this one at http://www.ExtremeHumanPerformance.com
I am hoping (fingers crossed) to graduate later this Oct

Special thanks to Rick at Exercises for Injuries for doing the interview.
Check out his site at

Exercises For Injuries

Any questions or clarifications, drop me some comment love.  Feel free to download this MP3 and pass it around to your friend and enemies.

Rock on
Mike T Nelson

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