[Franz29]

Jet, on Sep 19 2008, 08:31 PM, said:

I was under the immpression that t.g.u.s were all about increasing shoulder stability and general core strength.

Agreed, but a lot of the other exercises do the same thing and are more "functional" in an everyday sense. Guess it all comes down to the definition of functional we are using; functional for life or functional for sports has differing connotations. For example there are exercises that are actually functional in a sporting sense to some of my American football players (jammers and even incline bench) that I would not prescribe for folks that have no need for those actions.

[Will Walshe]

About a year ago myself and another guy I work with were carrying a heavy beam of wood up a staircase. I was going up backwards and had my end raised overhead so it would clear the banisters as we negotiated a corner, when I tripped and fell. Without really thinking about it, I switched grips in mid-air, got one hand on the stairs, locked the other one out overhead and caught myself and the beam in a nicely stabilised turkish get-up bottom postion, and stood back up.

In addition to looking really cool, I also saved myself a nasty headwound/hospital vist/ mild case of death. Functionality anyone?

[Jet]

Will Walshe, on Sep 22 2008, 02:09 PM, said:

About a year ago myself and another guy I work with were carrying a heavy beam of wood up a staircase. I was going up backwards and had my end raised overhead so it would clear the banisters as we negotiated a corner, when I tripped and fell. Without really thinking about it, I switched grips in mid-air, got one hand on the stairs, locked the other one out overhead and caught myself and the beam in a nicely stabilised turkish get-up bottom postion, and stood back up.

In addition to looking really cool, I also saved myself a nasty headwound/hospital vist/ mild case of death. Functionality anyone?

Cool.They actually have a practical application.