Too often this happens: Exercise is overly complex and difficult to do <----- person equates overcoming a difficult obstacle with success/ progress--------> difficult exercise's value is given credence. Such thinking is a logical fallacy: Appeal to Novelty Appeals to novelty assume that the newness of an idea is evidence of its truth. They are thus also related to the bandwagon fallacy. That an idea is new certainly doesn’t entail that it is true. Many recent ideas have no merit whatsoever, as history has shown; every idea, including those that we now reject as absurd beyond belief, were new at one time. Some ideas that are new now will surely go the same … [Read more...]
Golf Training or Ringling Bros. ?
August 26, 2011 by
What the hell is this about? Someone please explain to me what standing on a stability ball with a golf club is supposed to do. Go ahead, I'll wait. Let's use some logic and THINK about this..... Q: Is it sport specific? A: No, it's not. When you play golf...THE GROUND DOESN'T MOVE!...so why would be practice on a ball which does? Q: Does this mimic the golf swing in appearance? A: No, Look at his feet. The ankle joint has changed which means the activation patterns across it as well as the knee and hip and through the spine (core) and shoulder girdle..i.e. The ENTIRE KINETIC CHAIN has changed. Therefore, the swing MUST be different in some … [Read more...]
