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Mar 18, 2021 55 min

Need for Speed

from Movement Podcast Hosted by Gray Cook and Dr. Lee Burton

A player’s 40-yard dash results at the NFL combine can mean the difference in millions of dollars for elite athletes. Every decade, we see faster athletes in every sport across the board. In today’s episode, Gray & Lee breakdown the anatomy of speed, discuss how athletes try to improve it, and what are some pitfalls when trying to obtain it. We cover POSE running, quickness vs. speed & a lot more. Gray also elaborates on the origin of the FMS screen. How one athlete, a sports hernia, and a room full of professionals turned into 7 napkins on a Delta flight. "Necessity is always the mother of invention" - Plato SHOW So let’s fire out of the blocks with this episode of the Movement Podcast -- powered by FMS. SHOW NOTES & LINKS FMS Level 1 Course FMS @ the 2019 NFL Combine Dr. Romanov: Pose Method FCS Course Tracy Peal : Instagram Ankle & Foot Essentials YouTube Live Phil Maffetone: Maffetone Method Functional Movement Systems YouTube Facebook Instagram X (Twitter) Subscribe to the FMS Newsletter

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A player’s 40-yard dash results at the NFL combine can mean the difference in millions of dollars for elite athletes. Every decade, we see faster athletes in every sport across the board. In today’s episode, Gray & Lee breakdown the anatomy of speed, discuss how athletes try to improve it, and what are some pitfalls when trying to obtain it. We cover POSE running, quickness vs. speed & a lot more. Gray also elaborates on the origin of the FMS screen. How one athlete, a s...

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Need for Speed

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  1. 3:23 FMS origin story
  2. 8:43 Balance, breathe, bounce
  3. 10:33 Pose running
  4. 13:56 Running uphill and downhill
  5. 17:51 Quickness vs Speed
  6. 25:49 2 Primary ways to get faster
  7. 27:12 Motor Control Screen
  8. 28:38 Upper body importance
  9. 32:09 Ankle mobility
  10. 40:55 Maffetone method
  11. 46:03 Who's fastest?

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