It seems most trainers seeking education want to jump straight into the performance of exercises. The problem typically are that:
- They don’t have a tolerance for detail.
- They don’t know the language that represents the details.
- They don’t know the principles that represent the details of decision making.
- Therefore, they can’t even discuss or dissect exercise, much less modify it for themselves or others.
When they are presented with requisite information, they don’t find it at all applicable. It’s boring. Even those who are tolerant of it, or even excel at it, display no evidence of understanding with they walk into a gym or grab a dumbbell.
I agree, the exercises sciences as taught in school are rarely presented in an applicable manner. Mitochondria cannot determine nor influence how one should best execute any exercise or activity. And torque is so poorly presented that no one ever figures out that resistance IS torque. Strength IS torque. They say “shear is bad” not realizing that human movement is produced by shear. They dismiss “isolation” while confusing single joint movement with “muscle isolation”, two issues that are unrelated with one being valuable and the other being impossible. And they will argue to support the superficial and empty sound bites, incapable of even hearing the realities…. because they don’t understand the language.