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Over the last 25 years we have heard, read and seen many myths in practise. We take a hard look at fifteen of the most memorable.

Twisting is one of the seven key movement patterns that were necessary for survival in our ancestors’ non-mechanised lifestyles. If you couldn’t bend, push, pull, squat, lunge, twist or walk, jog or run (the last three are grouped together as “gait”) quickly and efficiently without having to think about what your body was doing, you probably wouldn’t last long in a primitive society.

About ten years ago I suffered a fairly large injury during a freestyle wrestling class. I had grabbed
my partner’s leg to perform a single leg takedown, and as I moved forward to finish the move and off balance him, I slipped in sweat on the mat. I landed in full splits with my body bent over my leg and my opponent on top of me. The MRI showed a 97% tear at the origin of two of the three hamstring muscles.
Doctors said that the damage I sustained was more like a hit and run accident than a sports injury. Within hours of it occurring I was already visibly bruised and the next day my entire leg was black, including under my toenails. It really hurt.

In the fitness world, ‘core’ strength has become a very common buzzword. Many fitness enthusiasts train for six pack abs focusing on the muscles they can see in the mirror without respecting the value of developing the deeper muscles that stabilise and produce rotation through the trunk. In sport, recreation and real life, you are only as strong as your weakest link and withthe incidence of low back pain and debilitating injury on the rise, effective core training has never been more essential.