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Started by Mark Collins, October 8, 2014 · 11 Replies · 471 Views
I saw this the other day and thought how far behind science is with rehab exercises.
http://www.science20.com/news_articles/hamstring_tester_may_keep_more_athletes_on_the_field-145831
Coach, how long have you known about this exercise and using with your athletes?
Yes Nordic Hamstrings is growing stronger and stronger. More and more research is coming out about the benefits of the exercise for injury prevention.
Interesting Mark - this is the device that my physio is using to assess my recovery after ACL reconstruction.
My physio was surprised with my result, and maybe more surprised that I even knew what the exercise was. I feel it is a unique exercise for most and that may skew the numbers based on a person's previous exposure to the exercise.
The stronger your hamstrings are during eccentric movements, the fewer the risk of injuries to your hamstrings.
Wow. Mind = blown. 
to be honest i thought this is common knowledge in training circles?!
Shouldnt this be true for every single muscle?
DieKatze said:The stronger your hamstrings are during eccentric movements, the fewer the risk of injuries to your hamstrings.
Wow. Mind = blown.
Shouldnt this be true for every single muscle?
If only they had bought Foundation...the time they could have saved.
I would be interested in the relation between eccentric and concrntric strength. The article only states that the eccentrically strongest athletes were least injury-prone. But are those athletes significantly different from those with the most concentric strength?
DieKatze said:I would be interested in the relation between eccentric and concrntric strength. The article only states that the eccentrically strongest athletes were least injury-prone. But are those athletes significantly different from those with the most concentric strength?
My thoughts here are If we are talking about an exercise like the nordic curl/nlc...the amount of people who can perform a single concentric rep correctly is next to nothing.
I reckon if they were testing strength via nordic curls, they simply couldn't get any data on concentric strength because no one could do the exercise concentrically.
There's a lot of exercises I learned from Foundation, but I think this one is pretty common with a lot of body weight training programs.
In addition, Foundation also predicts how long we will live!
I wonder how much better would they be if they did the leg series and started the hamstring work alongside deck squats and skiers.
Immortals.
Nacho training said:In addition, Foundation also predicts how long we will live!
How many points for a pistol squat? 
It would have been interesting if they had controlled for exercise levels to get a better feel for how much physical degeneration is up to lifestyle and what's left to genetics.