關於 rts exercise mechanics ，我們在網路上蒐集到這些相關的討論、資訊與評價

Some of those riding at the front of the current exercise mechanics bandwagon glamourise things being black and white. They’re the same mouths that not long ago called certain movements “THE 5 BEST exercises” and labelled everything else as horseshit. The instagram audience and algorithms love it.
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It encourages students to look to biomechanics education for definitive guidelines and protocols, like the arbitrary ones they were taught in their basic certifications.
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I can see why people are drawn to exercise mechanics - it’s the reason why I took engineering at university and not a subject where someone’s opinion decided my grade. I liked the assurance of knowing there are basic laws of science and thus every mechanics question has a right & wrong answer...
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... except, while forces and angles and moment arms and lever arms and friction are all very well understood mechanics principles (well, by those who actually understand them), the application of them is in the human body which has wild variance. Yes, we are all similar from a general perspective, but humans are like models of cars being produced with a very large factor of error, and the brain operating them has a “use whatever it takes” or “do whatever is easiest” autopilot 🛩
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Even if an exercise setup makes a machine say it somehow isolates the upper third distal fibres of the lateral head of muscle X by an extra 13.7% compared with when done at a 86.1 degrees, they’ve got to be dreaming if they think that has any relevance to someone else’s structure and execution, let alone that they could find me an everyday client to whom it matters.
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It’s why the RTS ethos is so focused on “client-defined exercise”. The person in front of you holds all the answers to how to train them - the key is just having the knowledge to know how to interpret what they’re telling you needs working on and how to use the resistance manipulation options afforded to us by the existence of mass and gravity to help them accordingly.
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Learn the sound scientific principles as deeply as possible and then embrace the fact that every time you look to apply them the circumstances will be different and they might almost feel “wrong”.

A meal impossible to forget 🍔
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🤯 On my first trip to OKC, reeling from my maiden few days of getting my mind dismantled in the gym, we finally got to take it down a notch and hang out for dinner at The Cheesecake Factory 🍰 (no cheesecake was actually eaten).
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At that point it was my “most American” experience so far, topped off by trying my first Impossible Burger 🤩 (Yes, they’re fucking delicious and No, it didn’t turn my arsehole into a broken fire hydrant like a beef burger does)
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It’s one thing getting to learn from Tom and Mark, the men who pioneered exercise mechanics 🔬 and took it around the world respectively 🌏 but I don’t think I’ll ever forget the first time we properly shot the shit together.
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I’m back in Oklahoma for my second 2-week stint of intense education, spending 16hrs a day as the dumbest (and weakest) guy in the room by a long way 🥴
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I’m going to try to get you all a bit more content this time round - I’ve realised I’ve recently acquired a much geekier following 🤓 who love that kinda stuff (which I’m chuffed about 🤩) though it’s a bit tricky with the confidentiality of a lot of the information and equipment I’m being shown.
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A big part of the @resistancetrainingspecialist ethos is also steering clear of giving people a false impression of understanding by not putting out overly abbreviated sound-bites for others to regurgitate 🗣 it’s why you won’t find reels of superficial educational material on their page... so that’s another obstacle in the production 😕
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That, and it’s fucking hard to think about making content when you’re focused on learning 🥴 and your brain has constantly been turned into mashed potatoes 🧠🥔
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So pumped to be back in the trenches though 💪🏽
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I’m not here to learn this shit... I’m here to live it.
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There are many issues that social media has caused with the fitness industry, but up there is the forming of camps. Having a single stance on something makes it easier to acquire "followers" - ie people who subscribe to your religious approach to science. The more extremist, the better. Socmed gurus will tell you to "pick your niche", but what that often means is "pick your viewpoint". Being argumentative also aligns with the platform's algorithms - discussion = engagement = traction in the form of comments and sends. Zealots prosper.
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I don't say this as someone who's sat on their high horse immune to it all. I bloody love a contentious debate, and it's often very hard to resist the temptation to get into a mud wrestle. There’s hypocrisy here - I’m working on it.
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Biomechanics to me is the understanding of movement relative to gravity. The RTS syllabus defines exercise as "internal force production in response to external force application". An increased knowledge of what is taking place internally and how to manipulate the external resistance allows greater exercise analysis, design and individualisation - whether that's to accommodate someone's lack of tolerance, or improve the loading of a particular muscle group throughout it’s full contractile range in a seasoned gym user. It's tools in your arsenal as a coach, that are easy to underestimate and play down. Yes, obssessing over mechanics and the optimisation process to the point where it takes you 1.5hrs to set up a machine for a set of 5 reps at RPE0.5 because your form slacks by 8% as soon as you get within 20 reps from failure is counterproductive... but no one with a brain is suggesting that. As a PT it's literally our fucking job to make sure people move AS WELL AS POSSIBLE, as intensely, as frequently and as regularly as suits their goals/priorities. The myriad of variables involved in this are completely client-specific.
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What I’ll never understand is why you can't do both. What's wrong with constantly chasing optimal resistance profiles and movement mechanics AND seeing how close you can get your client's balls to the wall? It doesn't have to be AT THE EXPENSE OF.
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[Rant continued in comments]