Olympic Lifts Part 3 – Neural Recruitment

Neural adaptations play a significant role in the early stages of fitness training.  This is one of the reasons why you see big improvements/gains in someone just starting out on a fitness program. As your body becomes more accustomed to the demands, progress is harder to achieve and comes in small increments, rather than large jumps. Exercises … Continue reading Olympic Lifts Part 3 – Neural Recruitment

Olympic Lifts Part 2 – Kinetic Synchronization

The kinetic chain is simply defined as a “combination of several successively arranged joints constituting a complex motor unit” (Steindler).  To take an even further step back, the word "kinetic" means - "of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith". To match the kinetic coordination of Olympic … Continue reading Olympic Lifts Part 2 – Kinetic Synchronization