Head impact risk

These notes combine advice from 4 reviewed passages across 3 workouts.

Overview

Coach’s advice

Head impact risk in this training appears around bar work. During a 360-degree turn on the bar, a fall can bring the head into the bar, and many people have hit their heads this way.

Coach’s advice

The long-term side of the risk is serious. Repeated blows to the head can move a person toward Alzheimer’s disease and are linked to Parkinson’s disease.

Repeated blows and long-term health

Coach’s advice

Repeated blows to the head can move a person toward Alzheimer’s disease. With every blow, something is lost, and the person moves closer to that condition.

Coach’s advice

The same pattern of repeated blows is linked to Parkinson’s disease. Most boxers who take those blows develop the disease, and Muhammad Ali is a well-known example.

Neck strengthening

Coach’s advice

The movements in question cause little brain damage. They strengthen the neck more, and that is the way to think about them.

Coach’s experience

In his own training, these movements strengthen his neck.