Comments on: Unstable Surface Training

By: smitty

smitty — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 02:00:12 +0000

I actually wrote about this 3 years ago in my Chaos Training manual. Eric and I have spoken about this and I agree with everyone’s assessment.

Mike, you smart!

By: Mike T Nelson

Mike T Nelson — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:30:11 +0000

Hello. SAID principle anyone? If the ground is shaking under you during your next athletic game, you have much bigger issues!

I’ve found (and I believe research from what I’ve read) supports that virtually all LOWER body unstable training is worthless, but upper body unstable training can have some benefit if used correctly. Matches the SAID principle applied to most athletes “normal” life movements.

Rock on
Mike T Nelson
PhD(c), CSCS, RKC, ZMT

By: Alicia Reitz Doerr

Alicia Reitz Doerr — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:15:29 +0000

This article makes perfect sense. If fitness is about being physical readiness for tasks that are thrown our way, then unstable surface training is completely useless. Thanks for posting this!