Comments on: Preventing Injuries…Fatigue Changes Everything

By: Random Friday Thoughts: 7/3/09 | EricCressey.com

Random Friday Thoughts: 7/3/09 | EricCressey.com — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:29:02 +0000

[...] more on testing with fatigue in mind, check out this blog post from Bill Hartman. And, for more on ACL injury prevention strategies, check out Bulletproof [...]

By: zach even - esh

zach even - esh — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:09:55 +0000

Nice Bill

This has been my most exhausting year of my life, EVER!

To go w/your post and a real world example, I strained my low back 2 x as you know, which took a good 6 months to finally alleviate the pain in my glutes, low back and hips – and still the back is problematic

I also tore my meniscus and will get my 3rd knee surgery

lack of sleep, w/excess stress has certainly made me the definition of fatigue

Im looking forward to being healthy again and will keep you posted brother

–z–

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:15:52 +0000

At IFAST we do assess in both rested and fatigued states whenever possible. If we can observe a client in their competitive environment, it’s even better as we can then identify issues related to work capacity. For instance, alterations in technique and performance when/if the athlete experiences significant fatigue. This combined with energy systems testing gives us a pretty solid background from which to program more specifically.

Bill

By: Chris Brown

Chris Brown — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:23:55 +0000

Bill, you cited some effects of fatigue at the beginning of the post. Having recently re-watched your assessment presentation from last years seminar, I guess its unclear if you’re suggesting it may be smart to test both without and with fatigue??

Further down the post you mentioned you have to also assess whether the athlete/client has the GPP to perform their sporting actions at an approriate intensity. Does the athlete’s GPP/work capacity play a role in determining how your going to assess (fatigued/not fatigued)?? — basically like if the athlete has poor work capacity, why stretch in a non-fatigued state since they perform most of their training and sporting activity activity in a fatigued state?

Thanks Bill, its always educational!
Chris

By: Dev Chengkalath

Dev Chengkalath — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:32:22 +0000

Great post Bill.

The tough part is convincing some “professionals” out there that you don’t need to run a client in to the ground to get results.

I guess the same could be said about some of the clients themselves who want to be pushed to the extremes each time.

I like how you sum it up as “quality of performance”. Definitely a great take home point.

Regards,
Dev Chengkalath