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• Archive: https://www.hituni.com/guest-blogs/congruent-exercise-make-weight-training-easier-joints/#.Xt21B0UzbIV Congruent Exercise offers a unique, biomechanics-based approach to weight training.
• By putting safe muscle and joint function first, and then designing the exercises to fit that, the goal is to get all the benefits of weight training, without any injuries or chronic conditions, over years of training.You would think that with all the exercise options available today, it should go without saying that what you do to get in shape actually has some relationship with proper muscle and joint function.You would think that for all the avenues of exercise information – the websites, magazines, certifications, academic departments, etc. – that someone would regularly compare a biomechanics textbook to what human joints and muscles are subject to in exercise, and identify any questionable practices.You would think that for as many times as we see the words “functional” and “biomechanically-correct” and “safe and effective”, there would never be any injuries or problems resulting from exercise, and that everyone indulging in it would have a stronger, pain-free, injury-free body as a result.You might think that, but it’s not true.There have been several high-profile injuries to top athletes in the weight room, all of which were easily preventable, and worse, easily predictable, to anyone with even a passing familiarity with biomechanics.But it’s not just catastrophic events happening to high level athletes, who might be willing to accept more risk in hope of a substantial reward.
• Much of what we find in commercial exercise subjects the joints and muscles to strains that simply cannot be met, over time, by human anatomy; and no, it’s not a question of “working through” or “getting used to it”.Many of the joint movements and loading patterns found in classic, free-weight bodybuilding, so-called “functional training”, and machine designs are guilty of this.And while not as dramatic as the athletes’ injuries, over time, this strain can contribute to a long list of chronic conditions, such as back and knee pain, impingements, tendinitis, bursitis, ruptures, tears.
• Yes, people, who don’t lift weights also get these conditions, but the wear and tear of a lifetime that leads to those conditions is already there.
• Why add to it with poorly designed exercises?Of course, the long-term detriment will only be there if you stick with it.How many people drop out of exercise because their results don’t measure up?How many people get frustrated, because they don’t continue to improve, as they’ve been led to believe?So, they read another website and try another scheme, or they go the supplement and ergogenic aids route, which can lead to all sorts of confusion and frustration and all that entails.Much of today’s exercise scene is based on performance.competing with others in a group workout,setting a personal record in a lift,finishing a machine circuit in a faster time.And you certainly can get in shape this way, but frequently at a physical cost.