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1262: Why Fitness Assessments are Important
In this episode, Sal, Adam & Justin discuss why fitness assessments are important if you want to reach your fitness goals, how to perform them and exercises to fix less than ideal movement patterns.
- The value of a good assessment to reinforce better movement patterns. (3:02)
- The importance of having a specific goal and direction you want to go. (6:27)
- Why you must honestly assess your fitness level. (14:23)
- The significance of addressing the areas of pain in your body to create better recruitment patterns. (17:20)
- Why we get chronic pain as we get older. (23:42)
- The extreme value of MAPS Prime/Prime Pro for the masses. (27:21)
- Mind Pump’s 3 favorite movement assessments that address the entire body, how to perform them and exercises to fix less than ideal movement patterns. (29:15)
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- #1 – Wall Test. (29:34)
- #2 – Windmill Test. (47:19)
- #3 – Squat test. (57:44)
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