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“Movement is a medicine for creating change in a person's physical, emotional, and mental states.” - Carol Welch |
At Mk1PT we recognise the importance of training the body as whole and are passionate about providing a service that will develop the functional capacity of your body, enabling you to live, work and play freely and without pain.
Traditionally when considering which exercises to prescribe, a personal trainer uses exercises that will work specific muscles to fatigue with a view to making the muscle grow. Machine based resistance training makes this all the easier as the client is able to train in a stable, supported and safe environment. This traditional approach is fine but for one important reason - the human body is not designed to work like that!
Your body is designed to move as one unit; using chains of muscles and joints to generate movement and distribute potentially harmful forces. The traditional method of training isolated muscle groups is disruptive to the mechanics of your body as only one link of the chain is strengthened at a time. The muscles that stabilise your joints are not placed under stress during training because the fixed action of the machine means that they are made redundant. This is why someone may be able to lift 100kg on a leg press machine, yet put their back out putting their kit bag in the boot of the car.
When the ancient Greeks first began to “train” for sporting events, they knew nothing of training muscles. Instead, they added weights to their athletic movements, such as jumping and throwing. At Mk1PT we draw on this wisdom and specialise in
“Movement Based Resistance Training” (MBRT).
MBRT employs exercises that mimic the movements that you make in your everyday life, whether that is at work or in a sporting environment. MBRT challenges your body fully, and efficiently, whilst improving function and movement abilities.
For further details and to arrange a complimentary consultation with Mk1PT, please complete the form on our contacts page.
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