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Steve Magness and Jon Marcus discuss the balance between fitness and robustness in athletic training, focusing on neuromuscular coordination.

Balancing Fitness and Robustness: The Importance of Neuromuscular Coordination in Training In this episode of the On Coaching Podcast, Steve Magness and Jon Marcus discuss the concept of ‘fit but flat,’ exploring the phenomenon where athletes excel in metabolic fitness but fail to perform competitively due to a lack of neuromuscular coordination. Using examples like…

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Host: Steve Magness

Guest: Jon Marcus

Topics covered

• fitness
• robustness
• neuromuscular coordination
• athletic performance
• training

Keywords

• fit but flat
• metabolic fitness
• athletes
• training
• performance

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Organizations: On Coaching Podcast

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