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Seminar Summary & Review : OPEX Movement Assessment for Coaches

Seminar Summary & Review : OPEX Movement Assessment for Coaches

What’s up Aries!

I got a special blog post this time. It’s one of the rare occasions when we get to meet an OPEX Head Coach, Michael Bann! I’m excited to have learned many useful concepts and wanted to share a simplified version with all of you. Let’s get to it!

Leaving DMK Airport
Enjoying Chinese Malay Food
Arriving PushMore Fitness

But hold on a sec. Before we start with the actual seminar, let’s begin with where this course was, and who was travelling with me! Our seminar was hosted at PushMore Fitness in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. And I have with me my dear wife, plus two of our youngest brightest apprentice coaches who are in our Professional Coach Development Program here at Ari School of Fitness. And of course Malaysia is known for FOOD! So eating is a MUST!

Day 1 – Lecture & Theory

Michael Bann – OPEX Head Coach
Learning with Top Coaches from All Over Asia

Michael went through his background and various techniques of analysing and improving movement patterns.

We went through:

  • Anatomy
  • Muscle Systems
  • Physiology
  • Energy Systems
  • Hormonal Systems
  • GI System (Digestive System)
  • Biomechanics & Paradigms
  • DNS, RNT, FMS, PRI, SFMA

Sorry for all the technical terms. There really aren’t a simpler way to explain that. Anyways. It was eye-opening! Our dear coaches and I were able to learn the commonalities ofvarious paradigms. And the big thing is the effects on Physiology with regards to muscle pain. We rarely thought about that. As the usual school of thoughts are focused heavily on just anatomy. Breathing and chewing food can fix pain? It’s hard to believe, but evidences and success stories don’t lie!

Day 2 – Hands On

 

Michael assessing the Shoulder
Michael assessing Single Leg Strength

We went deep into each paradigms like DNS, RNT, FMS, PRI, & SFMA and did practical work! This is where we saw the magic happen. One of the attendees was able to fix shoulder pain that’s been nagging him for 3 months within 15 minutes

Using Bands to Fix Shoulders & Squats
Using Breathing Exercises to Improve Movements
Group Photo

We also went into various assessments, coaching techniques, and corrective exercises. Some of the biggest things we learned were the use of bands in correcting exercises, as well as several breathing techniques!

Before we left, we learned to putting it all together – from assessment to the program design process. And that concludes our seminar! Our coaches and I had a great time learning and meeting other knowledgable passionate coaches!

Until next time!

– Coach San

3 Replies to “Seminar Summary & Review : OPEX Movement Assessment for Coaches”

  1. Interesting article!! Thanks for sharing . You look happy;)p

    Can you elaborate on breathing and breathing techniques , how that would help fixing the movement ? Would a specific controlled breathing ,rather than an unconsciously natural breathing , also help increase significantly the capacity of lifting more weights? What percentage increase could be achieved or expected if one applies it ?

    By the way what does OPEX stand for ? lol

    1. Thank you P Tiger. OPEX is a very well known functional fitness coaching organization. They’ve been analyzing and refining the craft of fitness since 1999.

      Breathing wise, there are 2 main mechanism. The chest and the diaphragm. They serve different purpose. In general, the chest is good for pumping more oxygen in a excercising state and the diaphragm is good for the rest and digest state.

      Breathing and digesting can fix many problems and that is why it is part of the basic lifestyle guidance (BLG) prescription (Rx).

      San

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