Dynamo Concepts Training Videos - Interlude: The Spinal Wave and Drills

In this fourth part of our series of Dynamo Concepts instructional videos, we're dealing with a power generation 'plug-in', the spinal wave. By plug-in, I mean that the wave of the spine can be added to any of the three basic movement patterns, in order to further enhance power output. There is nothing exceptional in the spinal wave - it is just one more application of kinetic linking which is one of the five principles of maximizing power, that we have described in part 2 of this series of videos. I should point out here that, if this movement seems to you large and telegraphic, it is only performed this way in training, not in application. A very important guideline in the Dynamo Concepts is that we train in full range of motion and we apply in the range of motion necessary. A big movement can be trimmed down to a short one, by restricting degrees of freedom. On the other side, if one only trains short and tight, it is not possible to perform longer movements by adding degrees of freedom that are not available in the body.

I believe you will find the drills included in these spinal wave videos very effective in increasing your power output potential - in my personal experience, the kettlebell jerk is the best of them, since additional resistance can be added, by using heavier and heavier bells.

I hope you find this video of help. Make sure you send me a message in case there is something I can explain in more depth.
Train smart, train safe, be your own instructor,

Spyro