How you view and perceive the body will have a significant effect on your training outcomes. You can view the body as either dumb or smart. Here are some comparisons:
Dumb Body – Looks for dysfunction
Smart Body – Looks for function
Dumb Body – Looks at the body as highly adapted
Smart Body – Looks at the body as adaptable
Dumb Body – Looks for disconnects
Smart Body – Looks for connections
Dumb Body – Looks for disabilities
Smart Body – Looks for abilities
Dumb Body – Looks for what cannot be done
Smart Body – Looks for what can be done
Dumb Body – Looks at body as highly mechanistic
Smart Body – Looks at body as organic
Dumb Body – Looks at body as static
Smart Body – Looks at body as dynamic
Dumb Body – Looks at body from reductionist viewpoint
Smart Body – Looks at body from a quantum viewpoint
Dumb Body – Looks at muscles
Smart Body – Looks at movements
How do you view the body? I obviously view the body as smart. I believe in giving the body credit for it’s inherent wisdom and ability to solve the complex movements presented to in a myriad of ways. Hopefully this will get you thinking about how you look at the body.
James Marshall
I think the body can be made smarter or dumber according to the environment it is in: put it on a complicated machine and it can act dumb.
Give it lots of problems to solve and it becomes incredibly smart.