Fascia Training: A Whole-System Approach

by Bill Parisi, Bill Parisi

If you want to be faster, stronger, and less prone to injury, it’s critical you understand how important the body’s fascia system is to athletic performance. Modern research and imaging technologies are showing us that it’s far more significant than we have long understood. That’s why Bill Parisi—founder of the Parisi Speed School—and extreme sports writer, Johnathon Allen, set out on a nationwide quest to interview the top experts in the field so they could present this new performance science in a paradigm shifting book that’s not only packed with practical information, but also entertaining to read! Fascia A Whole-System Approach, explores the new evidence-based science of fascia training as explained by top experts in the field, including “Dr. Back Mechanic” Stu McGill, champion Olympic coach Dan Pfaff, founder of Anatomy Trains Tom Myers, biomechanist Ken Clark, founder of Sparta Science Phil Wagner MD, and assistant coach of the Philadelphia 76ersTodd Wright. Fascia Training is a “must read” for anyone serious about improving performance and reducing injury.

Genres: Fitness

205 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 21, 2019

Reviews

[Kevin Dufresne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hi,

I hope all is progressing well.

Fascia Training: A Whole-System Approach by Bill Parisi and Johnathon Allen explores sciences—particularly by way of interviews with coaches, research-practitioners, scientists—in connection with approaching addressing fascia to expound the importance of fascia, particularly through training for sports though the integrity of the sciences and training in connection with fascia may prove extremely valuable in many capacities beyond sports (like with individuals with different abilities, needs, and particular circumstances which may require unique attention to healing, resilience, strength, and/or growth otherwise). Engaging my interests in healthful progressions of life as well as of being a more mindful romantic/life partner, I decide to buy then read the text to further broaden and deepen my healthfully progressing understanding of healthfully progressing parameters of life. Even more so, I learn of the text when listening to an episode, "How to Bulletproof Your Joints: Tendon Health, Osteoporosis Prevention & The Science of Muscle", of Dr. Gabrielle Lyon's, D.O., podcast, the Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Show. The text waxes poetic, especially considering the interconnecting dimensions of sciences, in conversational journey, reveal important life lessons to acknowledge so as to be of a more open increasingly aware reasonable mind of a consistently ever changing universe. Here are a few of my ponderings when reading the text; With the approaches of addressing fascia being multimodal, effective multidimensionally, how might the implementation of the approaches be effective for a layperson, through medicinal capacities?; How might approaches to addressing the extra cellular matrix, approaches of addressing fascia—be implementable institution wide to ensure more improving preventative as well as resultative dimensions of being, considering healing, medicine, resilience, and strengthening amongst other factors of being?; How might multidisciplinary-interdisciplinary scientific fields address improving systems, particularly in connection with exercise though with consideration of development of human beings, to ensure more healthful-safer developmental progress?

Additionally, I find the following texts may assist with further deliberating concepts of contexts within Fascia Training: A Whole-System Approach by Bill Parisi and Johnathon Allen: A Man's Guide to Healthy Aging: Staying Smart, Strong, and Active (A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book)(SECOND EDITION) by Edward H. Thompson Jr. and Lenard W. Kaye (invited contributor), Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Dr. Robert M. Sapolsky, PhD, Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding by Dr. Daniel Lieberman, PhD, Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom: Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing (Newly Updated and Revised 5th Edition) by Dr. Christiane Northrup, M.D., Mayo Clinic on Healthy Aging: An Easy and Comprehensive Guide to Keeping Your Body Young, Your Mind Sharp and Your Spirit Fulfilled by Dr. Christina Chen, M.D. and Dr. Nathan K. LeBrasseur, Ph.D., The Book of Hormones: Ultimate Playbook for Women's Health And Hormonal Balance Through Every Stage of Life by Dr. Shweta Patel, MD, FACOG, All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today by Dr. Elizabeth Comen, MD, Forever Strong: A New, Science-Based Strategy for Aging Well by Dr. Gabrielle Lyon, D.O., Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ by Dr. Daniel Goleman, PhD, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (The Second Edition) by Dr. Nassim Nicholas Taleb, PhD, Sparks of Genius: The 13 Thinking Tools of the World's Most Creative People by Dr. Robert Root-Bernstein, PhD, and Dr. Michèle Root-Bernstein, PhD, and The Female Body Bible by Dr. Emma Ross, Ph.D., Baz Moffat, and Dr. Bell Smith.

Onward and Upward,
Kevin Dufresne
www.Piatures.com
IG: @Dufreshest

[Tyler Odell · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was fine. I took some ideas and concepts away from it in terms of understanding more of biological and physiological terminology and breakdowns. I had already known about the internal “slings” that hockey players and diamond sport players tap into to generate power, but even that wasn’t too touched on.

My biggest issue was probably the fact that every time the author would flirt with telling us the HOW behind improving our fascia system (which was the main reason I was reading the book to begin with), it would either veer off to never telling me, or some type of expensive machinery would be discussed. Outside of med ball variability work, I never took much out of the instruction provided.

[Edward F Lyon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Worth a read

This is a good read for anyone interested in broadening their understanding of what comprehensive, intelligent training looks like. “Fascia Training...” provides perspectives from a number of experts on a topic that is not covered as often as a lot of more traditional training methods.

I will definitely read more books on this subject, and would recommend this book to others.

[Richard Dean · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rather than provide concrete information, this book presents a number of interviews with coaches and other fitness professionals who already believe in the importance of the fascia system. I'm convinced that it's worth taking into account in our training, but I don't feel like I walked away knowing exactly how to do that.
I see that there is a separate book, Fascia training in application, perhaps it has more answers.

[Marco Ruiz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting but few practical applications to weekend warriors

I found the main message very interesting. However, the only takeaway is that professional athletes need a coach aware of the importance of the fascia system. However, very little practical advice for amateur athletes that could also apply this knowledge to their training.

[Mpia A Cress · Rating 5 out of 5]

Required, indeed

This book is a must read for fitness trainers and coaches who want to train athletes. Understanding truly how the body works will give you insight on how to help your future and current clients for REAL.

[Rob · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great for those who've studied fascia

Lots of good information, but not too dense, so it's a fairly quick read. You may want to have some knowledge about the histology of muscle and fascia before reading though.

[CherylR · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not a training book

I thought this would have more about training principles in general and even some exercises to follow. That was not the case. Was too detailed for me and not practical.

[Hal · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fascinating Read About Fascia

The was a quick, entertaining and educational read about the functionality and importance of properly training our fascia system for optimal performance.

[Roy Turner · Rating 2 out of 5]

Posed some interesting concepts worth investigating. Bogged down by a considerable chunk of the book being advertisements for a training company and equipment that only professional sports teams can afford.

[Kenneth · Rating 1 out of 5]

I just want your prescription. Sure diagnose the problem. Give me a philosophical grounding in why your prescription works. But the how to seems completely lost in this book. It reads like a commercial for his training centers.

[Jeffrey W Parks · Rating 1 out of 5]

Waste of time and money

Good luck getting anything useful out of this full read . Wish I could get my time and money back

[Michael Smith · Rating 2 out of 5]

The information of value could have been presented in a 30 page pamphlet.

[Barbara]

Some interesting points to raise the awareness of best practices in athletic training. Could have been an article though. A lot of repetitive points.

[Jenna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Would've been better as a documentary.

[Jason · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ehhh…the first chapter on anatomy and the epilog were interesting. Pretty much fluff in between. His writing style didn’t resonate w me.