#18 - Barbell Training Adaptability: How To Avoid The Biggest Pitfalls Of A Rigid Approach To Training

Many barbell athletes experience aches and pains during their training even when they feel like they're doing everything right. Unfortunately, despite their best efforts or adherence to a specific template program or movement model, they can be left feeling less than ideal and struggling to push through discomfort or pain. 

 

Whether you are a barbell or powerlifting coach working with athletes, a physical therapist or chiropractor rehabbing injured powerlifters through the athlete recovery process, or the person experiencing this, it can be very frustrating for everyone involved. 

 

Don't get us wrong, training should be challenging and require you to push the limits from time to time.

 

At PRS, we have helped countless athletes dealing with injuries, and there always seems to be very distinct trends:

 

1. They are following a generic template program incorrectly, that does not accommodate for fatigue, is chronically at too high of an intensity, or is not tailored enough to match their individual capabilities. 
2. They try to subscribe to and replicate a movement model they read in a book, watched on youtube, or are trying to emulate their favorite athlete's technique without considering their own attributes. 

 

It's crucial to understand that each of us are different. From our anthropometry, chronological and training age, injury history, time constraints, life stressors, ability to recover, and so much more. 

 

All of these details provide the distinction between coaching a movement and coaching the person and must be considered when implementing a program and performing the barbell lifts. 

 

So rather than forcing a rigid movement model or programming template on an individual, it's best to evolve each of these based on their individuality. 

 

It's easy to fall victim to the "BEST" way to lift, coach, or program, especially with all the advice and programs on the internet. However, in this episode, PRS Clinical Coaches, Dr. Rori Alter, PT, PRSCC, SSC and Dr. Alyssa Haveson, PT, PRSCC, CSCS provide insight into how they have evolved a systematic movement model and program that adapts to every individual and discuss specific cases.

 

Episode Resources:

 

• Barbell Movement Masterclass (sign up for free) >> https://bit.ly/3DR7KPe 
• The PRS Lifting Manual >> https://bit.ly/3CDDs0p 
• The Sustainable Training Builder >> https://bit.ly/3zgMtux 

 

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