In support of using a baseline screen to predict and gauge movement capacity

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4325284/

I think whether someone believes the FMS is the right system to use or not, there has to be a place to start. This study demonstrates that if we at least have a system to check against we can start to determine where to start and how to improve.

I use the FMS, along with other screens to gather as much information as possible from the start. I predominately use it as my auditing tool to check whether the exercises I have picked are changing movement the way I want. It has had a drastic effect on how I looked at movement and its ability to maintain health.

In the previous facility I worked at our data showed that females who scored 13 and below (19) avg weight was 198 lbs and avg age was 50. If they scored a 14 and above (20) avg weight was 143 lbs and avg age was 45.

Males that scored a 13 and below (15) avg weight was 226 lbs and avg age was 52. If they scored a 14 and above (15) avg weight was 196 lbs and avg age was 46.

This should make one question whether, roughly the 5 yr difference, between 45-50 is when we gain 30 lbs? Or is movement quality linked to our ability to stay at a healthy weight as we age.

With out having a baseline system we wouldn’t have been able to look at these and tease out a correlation between movement quality and its affect on health.