Humans can be seen as biological machines, and at a mechanical and control level, can be compared to a computer quite sensibly.
Like computer, we have hardware and software to make our ability to move possible.
Think of your body, including bones, ligaments, tendons and muscles as the hardware and your brain as the software.
True functional ability and mastery can only be achieved if both hardware and software are in equilibrium. For the most part, people focus on the hardware and don’t even realise there’s software involved.
Further more, when it comes to the hardware, the focus lies primarily on patterns, even limited patterns and does not take into account the scaffolding or foundations those patterns must be built upon.
We therefore categorise movements and exercises into 3 broad categories:
- Scaffolding
- Patterns
- Keys