In the 52nd Episode of The Breakthrough Secrets Podcast, Chris, Mike and our special guest Physical Therapist, Co-Founder of the Functional Movement Screen, Lecturer, Strength Coach, Author “Movement” and “Athletic Body in Balance”, Gray Cook will talk about Functional Movement Screen, the Y Balance Test, the 4 B’s and the “ run, jump, carry and climb” concept
In this chapter you will discover:
(1:20) Shout out to Brett Jones
(2:00) Introducing our special guest Physical Therapist, Co-Founder of the Functional Movement Screen, Lecturer, Strength Coach, Author “Movement” and “Athletic Body in Balance”, Gray Cook
(2:50) The body knows what it needs to do, you just need to put it in the right environment
(3:00) Shout out to Pavel Tsatsouline
(3:30) Pre-Tension is how we do feats of strength
(4:00) When to Pre-Tense and when not to Pre-Tense
(5:20) Fluidity of natural movement and control
(6:00) “If you are practicing a skill, a certain amount of physical and mental pre-organization should be required” - Gray Cook
(6:30) “There’s so much posing in the world of strength conditioning and fitness where people are trying to fit an archetype, a shape or a pattern and they don’t know why they are doing it” - Gray Cook
(7:00) “If it’s a movement pattern that you have in the first 21 months of life, then it is indicative that is a key gear in your operative system, everything else that you install after 2 years old is an app, but the operative system is the first 2 years of life” - Gray Cook
(8:40) Powerful analogy, Operative System and App
(10:00) Thirsty for momentum, kids and movement
(16:30) New exercise course Gray Cook is currently building
(17:40) The 4 B’s Breath, bend, balance and bounce
(18:30) Energy storage and recycling your power
(20:50) Remembering Brian Grasso interview
(21:10) Be careful what you say to yourself, be careful what apps you download to your operative system
(24:40) Non disadvantage symmetry
(25:20) Russell Westbrook training in an LA gym
(26:10) LeBron James from NFL
(33:50) Is it better for athletic performance to test more of the Y Balance Test first or the Functional Movement Screen?
(38:00) “Gym class can’t change what happens at home” - Gray Cook
(40:10) “Basketball players were gifted with the most powerful legs, hips and core on the planet” - Gray Cook
(44:10) Functional Capacity Screen
(45:00) Run, jump, carry and climb
(45:10) Running is energy stored, Jump is expression of power
(46:10) Carries are always in lifting cultures
(48:10) Climb, lower body white balance test and upper body white balance test
(53:20) About the Strongfirst bodyweight program https://www.strongfirst.com/certifications/sfb-bodyweight-instructor-information/
(55:30) Mike doing the Y Balance Test
(1:01:30) Do we have asymmetries naturally?
(1:05:10) “If your behaviour is asymmetrical that’s a problem, if your structure is asymmetrical but your behaviour not, not so much” - Gray Cook
(1:16:00) Carries, how smart the human body is
(1:21:00) Bruce Lee and shout out to Dan Inosanto
(1:23:00) Shout out to Tim Almond
(1:23:50) Exercises with unbelievable transferability
(1:25:40) Strength Aerobics and the feeling of a manual labor
(1:27:20) “The Business of Movement”, the next Gray Cook’s book
(1:29:00) Shout out to Ryan Holiday
(1:34:30) Where to contact Gray Cook https://www.functionalmovement.com/
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