The Case for Stable Training for Athletes

One hot issue in strength and conditioning and fitness is unstable training for athletes.  Unstable training involves the use of balls, discs, half-balls etc. while resistance training. Unstable training has been utilized for both upper-body training (e.g., bench pressing while laying on a Swiss ball) and lower-body (e.g., dyna-disc squats).

It is generally accepted that unstable training can have rehabilitative benefits (particularly for ankles), but unstable training for athletic performance is a very controversial topic.  

Research has shown as the levels of instability increases, external load, force production and power levels tend to decrease. This has been shown... read more

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