Free+style: Maximize Sport and Life Performance with Four Basic Movements - Hardcover

Carl Paoli; Anthony Sherbondy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1628600209 ISBN 13: 9781628600209

Publisher: Victory Belt Publishing, 2014

Synopsis

Everyone cares about physical performance and the fitness industry offers an infinite number of solutions to improve it. The conflict is which do we choose and how do we know if and why it is working for us. This book teaches Carl Paoli s philosophy on training and gives you a simple framework for understanding any human movement. Free+style is an interactive way to learn how the body is designed to move through space and how to interact with our constantly changing surroundings. Using this framework and four basic movements, Paoli will help you maximize your efforts in sport and life, regardless of specialty. Despite Carl s experience as an elite gymnast and a renowned CrossFit coach, this is not a book about gymnastics, CrossFit, or any specific fitness program. Rather, it is a unique take on how Carl studies and teaches human movement and how you can better understand how to move yourself. Carl is not going to teach you the specifics of a movement or sport; instead, he gives you a platform that you can use to develop any specific movement. For example, instead of teaching you how to throw a baseball, this book teaches you a universal foundation that will help you further develop your pitching skills. Human movement is intuitive, but not always perfect. This book shows you how to: Turn on and trust your intuition about movement Use tools that help optimize imperfect movement Tap into the universal movement patterns and progressions underlying all disciplines Use Carl Paoli s movement framework to create roadmaps for your physical success Learn what being strong really means Free+Style: Maximize Your Sport and Life Performance with Four Basic Movements is a practical manual to develop human movement regardless of your discipline. It is equally applicable to veteran athletes, weekend warriors, fitness enthusiasts, people trying to pick up a new sport, and people who are simply curious about improving their health. By developing your awareness and learning to see across other disciplines, you can tailor any training regimen to meet your unique goals.

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About the Author

Carl Paoli was born in the United States and grew up in Spain, where his passion for physical activity led him to delve into action sports such as snowboarding, skiing, wakeboarding, waterskiing, and karate. It was his love for gymnastics that shaped his discipline for hard work, determination, and now his professional career. Carl became an elite gymnast in Spain, where he trained and competed on the national circuit for more than fifteen years. Throughout his gymnastics career, he received numerous accolades, including a National Gold Medal for Vault. Carl also studied environmental science at Universidad Miguel Hernandez and specialized in genetic engineering and coral reef ecology.

After university, Carl returned to the U.S. to pursue a career in marine biology. Even though Carl found work that related to his studies, his mind never strayed far from his love of sport and fitness. He reentered the world of gymnastics in 2004 in San Francisco, where he lives and works as a strength and conditioning coach for his own practice in collaboration with San Francisco CrossFit and AcroSports. In 2010, Carl launched GymnasticsWOD.com, currently the largest online resource for gymnastics-movement training and conditioning for CrossFit coaches and athletes. He has coached thousands of athletes around the world through the GymnasticsWOD website and by way of his Freestyle Connection seminars. In 2011, Carl was part of the coaching team for Annie Thorisdottir, who went on to become the first two-time winner of the CrossFit Games in 2011 and 2012.

Edition details

• Publisher: Victory Belt Publishing
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1628600209
• ISBN 13: 9781628600209
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304