Some of the deficiencies of training methods come probably nowadays from the influence of the computer metaphor, the model of lineal causality (stimulus-effect) and the division of the human being into parts. Research is also based on this approach and new technologies appear that try to improve each component or each part of the training plan independently. Some examples can be cited to illustrate the previous statement: The common use of power lifting machines to develop strength. They isolate the muscles and "protect" the most feeble parts of the body with artificial support, ignoring that human body acts synergistically in any movement, has to be prepared to live without supports and has to adapt to constant internal and external changes; The practice of classical stretching exercises, overlooking muscular chains; The technical training, based on repetitions of external models without taken into account the individual and variant characteristics of the athlete; The current analytic testing methods...
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