REPETITIVE STRAIN —— Admittedly, I hadn’t ever done this variation of box step over since until it was programmed in last Tuesday’s Aerobic training piece on the @theprocessprogramming I thought this pic served as a good opportunity for me to share why I believe that including a wide variety of movement patterns and loading positions can be beneficial for long term health AND sports performance Repetitive strain occurs when we repeatedly do the same movement patterns over and over again. A runner, a violinist, a mother raising a baby and a desk worker all have their own unique adaptations that occur as a result of the positions they spend excessive amounts of time in If you’re training for health and longevity, don’t get sucked into the trap of thinking that the squat and deadlift will fix all of life’s problems. Just like the examples from above, confining yourself to limited movement patterns in your training, might result in a loss of ability to perform other basic patterns required for life, as well as lead to the over development of the muscles being used (and underdevelopment of the opposing muscles) Play, explore and experiment with different variations of movement and loading in your warmups, delaods, recovery days and accessory work. Whilst they may not be the best way to build muscle mass, they still play an important role in building strong, healthy foundations

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攝於cienfuegos的大街。 那天到達cienfuegos後，整頓行李後我們便到大街的銀行兌換cuc。 古巴的銀行很有古巴特色。就算銀行內的顧客不多，亦會實施人流管制，顧客往往需要在銀行外排隊等候進內。我們等候了約5-10分鐘，便順利進入銀行。然後，有一個坐在大門旁的職員問我們需要什麼服務，我們回答後，她就安排我們到椅子上坐下。當時，（連同我倆在內）銀行內只有8位顧客，但卻有約30位員工，而同時只有3個櫃位開放給顧客排隊等候服務，難怪其他櫃位的員工看上去都好像有點空閒啊。當中，我看見有一位員工印了一疊很厚的文件，然後面帶笑容的看了看第一頁，並表現出很滿意的樣子，一秒後，她就把整份文件往垃圾桶處掉去；接着她又再次印了一份文件，很滿意的看了一秒，她又把文件往垃圾桶處掉去。 我在想，古巴這個共產的國家，政府向人民提供生活所需(雖然所提供的好像不足夠)，社會不會有太多有錢人需要存款，亦沒有商業活動需要借款，因此銀行體系不會像其他資本主義國家的發達，所以銀行裏的員工都應該不太忙碌啊，哈哈哈。 Photo taken in the street of Cienfuegos. After arriving Cienfuegos, we went to a local bank in the main street to exchange for CUC. Cuban banks are very Cuban style. Although there are not many customers inside the bank, there is traffic control outside the bank. Luckily, we did not line up for too long (about 5-10 minutes). As we entered into the bank, a staff sitting next to the door asked us what kind of banking service we need and assigned seats to us. At that time, there were only eight customers (including us) but with around 30 staff (and only three counters were functioning). Hence, you can image that all other staff was very free. Among them, a staff printed a thick stack of documents, and then reviewed the first page with smile and satisfaction for 1 second. Then she threw the entire document into rubbish bin. After that, she continued to print a document, and threw it to the rubbish bin in 1 second. As a communist country, the government provides people with necessities (although the provision does not seem enough). There would be neither too many wealthy people in the community who need deposit services, nor any businessmen who need to make loan. Hence, the banking system should be underdevelopment and the staff in the bank should not be too busy. Lol