Science Saturday - Assessing Movement - The Overhead Squat 🏋🏻

Movement analysis is one of the most powerful tools when used and interpreted correctly. When interpreting movement, it is easiest to simplify contributing factors into three categories: mobility, strength, and motor control. Lets breakdown the overhead squat as it is a very popular movement to analyze.
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Muscle strength is self explanatory. We will refer to mobility as the motion available about all joints of the body, which can be affected by anatomical variations, muscle flexibility, and the nervous system. We will simplify motor control to having the motor performance and skills necessary to perform the novel movement.
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Videos:
1️⃣ Overhead Squat with narrow-stance
2️⃣ Overhead Squat with self-selected wide-stance
3️⃣ Overhead Squat with a narrow-stance using a band
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SOUND ON for more information in videos. In conclusion - likely all three categories are contributing with a novel task such as the overhead squat. Understanding how you can manipulate the movement with different variables can help you rule in and rule out one category versus another. Challenge yourself to examine each category with specific, small variable changes! #movementanalysis #squat #overheadsquat
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