Let’s say someone is doing heavy Achilles isos (HIMA) and on the weaker side they don’t feel the CT “grab” pull or stiffen during the hold
so they don’t feel “much of anything” like the muscle isn’t there or similar to a very flexible person saying that don’t feel a stretch
Is that a based sign that CT is disorganized and needs more stifness or is it actually the calve and Soleus is weak and can’t “pull against the white stuff) to open the fire door and you actually need more red tissue to stress the white tissue more ??
I would say no. I would say that it is not specific for any finding really, other than perhaps the client has very elastic CT based on genetic endowment. In this case you need other information from Point A to help guide you toward Point B. In this case I am sure you are using HIMAs to create a foundation for Reactive Strength, which may be to regressed for this particular client. Add a component of lengthening under load (and speed). Or to your point maybe based on where you deem them to be going with respect to Point B they need more red tissue as a top down component. In this case you may switch to a different input.
Spitballing. Hope there is something in there that resonates.
Hey Mike question
Let’s say someone is doing heavy Achilles isos (HIMA) and on the weaker side they don’t feel the CT “grab” pull or stiffen during the hold
so they don’t feel “much of anything” like the muscle isn’t there or similar to a very flexible person saying that don’t feel a stretch
Is that a based sign that CT is disorganized and needs more stifness or is it actually the calve and Soleus is weak and can’t “pull against the white stuff) to open the fire door and you actually need more red tissue to stress the white tissue more ??
Yeah I’m going to experiment with maybe more eccentrics (slow and fast) to see if that makes anything change in terms of this odd resonance
I have them doing a bagillion ISOs at different intensities and frequencies
Hi Taylor,
I would say no. I would say that it is not specific for any finding really, other than perhaps the client has very elastic CT based on genetic endowment. In this case you need other information from Point A to help guide you toward Point B. In this case I am sure you are using HIMAs to create a foundation for Reactive Strength, which may be to regressed for this particular client. Add a component of lengthening under load (and speed). Or to your point maybe based on where you deem them to be going with respect to Point B they need more red tissue as a top down component. In this case you may switch to a different input.
Spitballing. Hope there is something in there that resonates.