Personal Trainers Certification Online Course - Biomechanics

Biomechanics Think about what we’ve learned so far. When Introduction to Biomechanics we move, our nervous system instructs our muscles to contract. These contractions cause What is Biomechnics? bones to move around the axes of joints. For Biomechanics evaluates the motion of a living this reason, our bodies can be viewed as a se- ries of levers (bones) which rotate around an organism and the action of forces upon it. In axis (joints) under the direction of a force (mus- the personal fitness training field, biomechanics can be looked at as the study of how the body cular contraction). When working with a client, we have a responsibility to not only guide them moves and what causes movement either inter- to their goals, but to do so in a safe and effective nally (via muscles) or externally (via external load manner. It is vital to have some understanding or added weight bearing activities). Biomechan- of how the human body is meant to move and ics is simply the application of the Laws of Phys- ics to the human body. more importantly, which movements to avoid and why. If a trainer does not understand these fundamental principles, their workouts will be Why are we concerned about inefficient and potentially dangerous. Our pri- Biomechanics? mary concern as trainers should always be to If you were to pick up a sports biomechanics give clients the greatest benefit with the least textbook, it would most likely say there are two amount of risk.