What are this board’s feelings on stability training?

My feeling as someone who doesn’t know anything is that unless you are rehabbing or training for a specific skill like an athlete it’s a waste of time.

Or maybe good if you’re an old person.

I took my Solemate and a 10 lb kettlebell to work and use it daily. Stability training is key as we age.

waste of time imo

get strong in all three planes of motion both bilaterally and unilaterally in the 6 main movement patterns, work on movement quality with things like crawls, sprint, jump, throw.

as someone that trains athletes...i can tell you the stuff you are talking about is bullshite for making athletes better, if it doesnt work for them...why would you think it works for you?

most issue with stability is due to lack of strength through the range of motion.

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Yet people that train elite and professional athletes have theirs doing stability training.

Another fail by the village idiot

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ummm not they dont.

go see what tony is doing at xpe for football, go see what bobby stroupe is doing for Mahomes, go see what defranco and smitty are doing, go see what driveline and tread do for baseball, go see what westside does with their athletes, go look at atp, go look at bill miller, go look at TBR, Florida armory, go look at rpp, go look at boyle, thomas summers, exos, etc etc etc

yea im sure i have no idea wtf im talking about right? yet i have my main certifications from defranco and crew who have been training professional athletes for over 2 decades now. not to mention all the other certs i have from guys who train pro athletes all day

you have zero clue wtf you are talking about. let me guess....you think jamis winston's trainer is a genius right?

tell you what...when you can produce someone that you trained that weighs more than 160 pounds...then you can speak to me. until then....sit your little nerd arse down and stfu.

or better yet...show me one fricking piece of research that shows you know a god damn thing and proves that working stability helps.

let me guess you think the GOATA guys are smart too right?

sit down and shut the frick up.

I'd love to be able to do a pistol squat.

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I'd love to be able to do a pistol squat.

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I can do them, they’re kind of a useless movement in my opinion. I suppose if you can’t do them at all it’s worth working on the mobility to be able to do them

I’ll do pistol squats, shrimp squats, and sissy squats on a bosu ball.

I like doing various types of pushups on med balls, Swiss balls.

I enjoy it. It’s very difficult and you can really accentuate certain parts of the movement.

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waste of time imo

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Maybe for elite athletes, but not for average people. I do a lot of work while balancing on a 2x4. It can get pretty intense and I have noticed a big improvement in my balance and conditioning.

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go see what tony is doing at xpe for football, go see what bobby stroupe is doing for Mahomes, go see what defranco and smitty are doing, go see what driveline and tread do for baseball, go see what westside does with their athletes, go look at atp, go look at bill miller, go look at TBR, Florida armory, go look at rpp, go look at boyle, thomas summers, exos, etc etc etc

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I can guarantee EXOS uses stability training programs when training their athletes because I have trained there with the NFL players numerous times through the years way back to when they were located on the ASU campus. As a matter of fact, Mark Verstegen has stated that developing pillar strength & stability (from the shoulders to the knees) is the cornerstone of his athlete training programs.

Now the question is: what is your definition of stability training?