Foundation: Redefine Your Core, Conquer Back Pain, and Move with Confidence - Softcover

Goodman, Eric; Park, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1609611004 ISBN 13: 9781609611002

Verlag: Rodale Books, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

A sense of fatigue dogs the fitness world. Many of the new programs that are tagged as groundbreaking are actually recycled ideas. Foundation offers something completely different for novices and athletes alike: a simple program with powerful and proven results that will remedy bad posture, alleviate back pain, and help readers break through fitness challenges and plateaus.

Dr. Eric Goodman, a brilliant and dynamic young chiropractor, teams up with Peter Park, one of the top trainers in the United States, to radically redefine the core--shifting the focus from the front of the body to the back. Their groundbreaking approach works to strengthen the lower back and the full posterior chain and correct poor movement patterns by addressing mechanical imbalances and weaknesses. Foundation training involves simple movement patterns and is equipment free, creating maximum power, flexibility, and endurance.

Word-of-mouth enthusiasm has inspired both Hollywood luminaries and world-class athletes to make Foundation training the core of their fitness programs. Eric and Peter's client list has grown exponentially to include Lance Armstrong, NBA star Derek Fisher, world-champion surfer Kelly Slater, and actor Matthew McConaughey.

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DR. ERIC GOODMAN earned a doctor of chiropractic degree after undergraduate study in physiology and nutrition. He developed an innovative approach to human performance and movement in his work training elite athletes.

PETER PARK, Lance Armstrong's strength and conditioning coach and one of the top trainers in the country, owns Platinum Fitness gyms. A professional triathlete and ultrarunner, he has won two World's Toughest Triathlon titles and five top-10 finishes in Ironman competitions.

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1 THE BACK STORY

WHEN WE FIRST TEAMED UP, WE KNEW WE WERE ONTO SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING TO HELP A LOT OF PEOPLE CONTEND WITH ONE OF THE MOST PERSISTENT AND DIFFICULT-TO-ANSWER QUESTIONS IN FITNESS AND HEALTH: "HOW DO I GET OUT OF PAIN?"

Our answer—one of the first new ideas to come about in the world of exercise in years—is Foundation training. Since we were offering something completely different, we did not know what to expect, but our simple workout has proven to be more effective than we could have imagined. The extent and speed of the improvements we see in our clients consistently surprise us. We could not have predicted what Foundation training is doing for people of any age at all levels of fitness. Based on the results we've seen, our motto has become from pain to performance.

Based on the results we've seen, our motto has become from pain to performance.

Our confidence is confirmed daily by the dramatic changes in the lives of all the clients we are training. People who had tried everything to relieve their back pain began to feel a difference in as little as 2 weeks. Many of our clients had relied on prescription painkillers or over-the-counter remedies several times a day for years. They were happy to throw away those pill bottles and manage their pain with Foundation training. Others wanted to avoid surgery, and some were frustrated that going under the knife ultimately did not solve their back problems. They were so relieved to find that these exercises did more for them than extreme measures. Our success stories range from professional athletes, the likes of NBA legend Derek Fisher and world champion surfer Kelly Slater, to everyday people who come to our weekly classes. We have seen remarkable changes in people from every walk of life. For example:

• After two back surgeries in 2 years, a client in his fifties was still stuck in debilitating back pain. He had almost forgotten what life was like without pain. In just 2 months of Foundation training, his pain was almost gone, and he was able to resume vigorous activities he had long ago given up.
• A mother of two showed no improvement with months of physical therapy after surgery to repair a herniated disc. She made great progress in a few short weeks with Foundation training. She's such a convert that she invites family and friends to join her one-on-one training sessions. 
• Derek Fisher, point guard for the 2010 NBA Champs, the Los Angeles Lakers, had an impressive collection of injuries after 13 years of professional basketball. With Foundation training, he is in the best shape of his life, and he says his body feels better than it did in his early career.
• Pro surfer Kelly Slater used Foundation training to become pain free and powerful while competing for his 10th world championship surfing title. 
• A larger-than-life financial genius had been taking powerful prescription painkillers twice a day for 2 1/2 years after having many surgeries for his knees, back, and neck. After 8 months of Foundation training, he hikes 2 hours a day, paddleboards with his kids, and is completely off painkillers.

Our program produced unprecedented and lasting results. People were stronger, healthier, and feeling better than they ever thought they would again. Foundation training gave them a new quality of life, hope, and the tools to manage their pain and maximize their energy.

FOUNDATION FIRST

Derek Fisher, LA Laker and NBA champion

I search for the best of the best when it comes to my fitness and conditioning. I have always been in great shape and take pride in maintaining a certain level of fitness, but in the time I have been working with Peter Park and Eric Goodman, I have reached a new level of endurance, stamina, and strength. The program pushes me without exhausting me, conditions me, and has completely changed the way my body moves and feels.

Our client list has grown exponentially. We never dreamed we would be working with so many influential people, movers and shakers in Hollywood, sports, and the business world. All this buzz, and we don't advertise or actively look for publicity. It has all been through word of mouth. When people break through the barriers that pain has created in their lives—often after years of trying—they want the world to know. Our clients can't seem to stop talking about what Foundation training has done for them.

Best of all, we get to write this book and to introduce Foundation training to everyone suffering from back pain who may not be lucky enough to live in Southern California, and that's a staggering number of people. More than 80 percent of the population of the United States and Europe will experience back pain in their lifetimes. It's the most common reason people go to see a doctor, after upper-respiratory infections. Americans spend more than $50 billion a year on back pain. It does not have to be this way.

Foundation training redefines the core, shifting the focus from the abs and the front of the body to the back and the posterior chain.

Foundation training is designed to strengthen your lower back and posterior chain; alleviate your back pain by correcting mechanical imbalances and weaknesses; and create maximum power, flexibility, and endurance by concentrating on your real core. Foundation training redefines the core, shifting the focus from the abs and the front of the body to the back and the posterior chain. Before we explain in detail what Foundation training does for your body, we want to tell you how we arrived at this change of emphasis.

FOUNDATION ROOTS

Foundation training initially grew from Eric's experience, his education as a chiropractor, his own back problems, and his work as a trainer. He was an athlete, a personal trainer by age 18, but his movement patterns were all wrong and were actually creating injuries. He started to get back spasms at 19. It was painful for him to get up if he sat for a couple of hours, and he had to strain to stand up straight. The pain became more frequent each year he was in college. What started as discomfort was now creating a real problem. When he was a senior in college, he sat down at his computer to study after a long bike ride, and was gripped with pain that he'd never felt before; it was more severe than anything he'd ever experienced. When he tried to stand, his right leg went weak and just wouldn't work. A sharp pain shot into his spine and down his right leg. He lay down on his back on the floor with no idea of what was wrong. The pain radiated from very low in his back down the back of his right leg. He thought all the sports and exercises he had been doing were benefiting his body, but there he was flat out, unable to move without pain.

X-rays revealed that he had substantial dehydration of the discs and degeneration of the fourth and fifth lumbar vertebrae and the sacrum at the base of the spine. The discs were heavily compressed and severely degenerated. His last two vertebrae were sitting on top of each other. The x-rays showed the wear and tear of a much older spine. He hadn't even made it far into his twenties. His movement was inhibited because the muscles connected to his lower spine could not relax.

As Eric started chiropractic school, the pain persisted and worsened despite the fact that he could not have had better access to treatment. He was trying everything. He was getting adjusted frequently and had regular massages. Though treatments were effective for the short term, the pain always returned. For the next 3 years, there were very few days that he did not have some sort of back pain. He began to understand the ways in which pain can limit your life.

Eric observed that the baseline and plateau set by existing rehabilitation protocols were a bit too low....

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Rodale Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1609611004
• ISBN 13: 9781609611002
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 288
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