Functional vs. NON-functional exercise, example from the intensive care unit
Exercising must serve life.
Below is an amazing testimony that closed-chain exercise are suprior to open-chain exercise to gain functional strength and mobility.
The body is more resilient than what we think. But if we judge strength via open-chain we can make a big mistake.
For example, I, Ageless Eylon, can lift and jump very high, but leg extension in air I find difficult, not joking.
The same concept of closed-chain exercise was validated in my experience while I