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Creativity in sport and fitness

You may wonder if creativity in sport and fitness a good thing or a bad thing. You’ve heard it’s important to get creative, but you’ve also heard others say you must to stick to the plan.
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Amanda Perry
August 22, 2023
Creativity in sport and fitness

Amanda Perry

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August 22, 2023

You may wonder if creativity in sport and fitness a good thing or a bad thing. You’ve heard it’s important to get creative, but you’ve also heard others say you must to stick to the plan.

I think we’re asking the wrong question.

Creativity in sport and fitness is not good or bad, but there are certainly times it’s appropriate to be creative and other times it’s better to stick to the game plan. That’s what this episode is all about.

Brett and Mike discuss the importance of creativity and how to optimize creativity based off of the situation and environment. The team drills down on the idea of principle-based creativity in sport and fitness and how how to implement it.

If you work with young athletes, don’t miss this episode.

Welcome to season 3 of the MED podcast with Mike Perry and co-host, Brett Jones.

This season, join Brett Jones, StrongFirst Director of Education and Functional Movement Systems Advisory Board member, and Mike Perry, co-owner of Skill of Strength, Lead instructor at Functional Movement Systems and Senior SFG at Strongfirst, as they share their life experiences and insight on all things health and fitness related.

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