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Jacob Breaks the Bar Essay

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1) My client, Jacob, is a 22 year old senior in college, and desires to deadlift with proper form. His overall goal is to gain muscle mass on a semi-ectomorph body frame. His knowledge and experience with the deadlift movement is nominal. He wants to increase the weight he lifts, but under an initial consultation, I noticed that his initial movement, breaking the weight from the floor, was inadequate to improve his performance goal. Jacob admitted his novice status in the use of free weights for mass building, and submitted to begin learning as if he were unaware of any knowledge of the movement. Gross motor skills showing need for improvement were scapular retraction and load preparation in the lower body in order to break the bar from …show more content…

2) Cecchini, González, Méndez-Giménez, and Fernández-Río (2011) defined mastery goals as focusing on development and demonstration of competence via personal improvement and learning. In contrast, performance goals focused on the demonstration or proving of competence levels relative to other lifters. Darnon (2007) further explained that under mastery goals, attention is allocated to the resolution of the task. Researchers have shown that mastery goals favor a deep processing of the task, while performance goals share attention between the task and concern about performance outcomes. Holmberg, Crantz, and Michaelson (2012) conducted a study to determine if deadlift training could treat low back pain. In the beginning of the intervention, the subjects had to learn a correct lifting technique, with low intensity and adequate rest periods, all under the supervision of a physiotherapist. Progression was ensured by increasing the intensity or adding repetitions or a combination of both. Results found that the subjects with discogenic LBP showed positive response to deadlift training regarding pain intensity and functional status. The relevance to the implementation for Jacob’s plan will be in learning the correct lifting technique, albeit the progression should be steeper. For the break, mastery goals will be used in stages and some of the goals will be based on kinematics. Jacob’s first goal will be to determine optimal grip

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