Re: Exercise Program-Matt Furey:Connie

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> Why is it important to pay attention

> to both insertion points?? I thought what

> one wants to do is put the muscle through

> a full range of motion. In this way

> the muscle becomes more functional.

> How does one exercise both insertion points

> at the same time or are we talking about

> full range of motion?

I guess talk like that is T-Tapp making the case for her all-body

style of muscle development, compared to the bodybuilding style of

muscle isolation where you supposedly work on " parts " like " chest, "

or " triceps " and so on. Most of the T-Tapp workouts have you engaging

almost all your muscles at once.

Also for rehab purposes, sometimes the muscle imbalances we get into

with daily living, come from emphasizing one set of muscles over

another. Think of the " scholar's stoop " where a person is pulled

forward doing desk work and doesn't do enough compensating backward

work to even things out.

Sometimes bodybuilding will do shortened ranges of motion on purpose

to get maximum size out of the muscle belly.

So if in your weight training you have done the full ranges, that

wouldn't be an issue.

The whole biotensegrity thing is a little off topic for this so I'm

sorry I started it. Basically it says that our bodies are really a

Bucky ball, do you know that toy? Muscles attach to fascia, not bone;

and a bone never meets another bone. All we are is sticks that are

held in tension in by rubbery fascia that is made of muscles. Why even

bring this up? Because it changes the way we think about training.

Every time you concentrate on one of the strings (one muscle) the

others are affected anyway, so why not devise whole-body exercises

that take advantage of it.

Connie