Fascia stores energy and transmits force, and the assault bike is a midline exercise. Don't believe me? Check out this video of the ever awesome @vinster227, aka the human anatomy model.
Vin was gracious enough to let me snap a video of him on the assault bike after some mild begging ? But the opportunity to show those anterior oblique slings in action was just too good.
Notice how he must recruit his midline to resist the rotational force that is caused by the unilateral push/pull of the bike handles. When folks don't have the anti-rotational capabilities at their midline, riding the assault bike becomes a bit of an exercise in futility, as they can't store energy or transmit force back to the bike, and basically just end up rotating at their trunk and wasting energy.
This video is an awesome demonstration of how the tissue stores energy and the returns it to us in the next movement when we move ideally. When his left arm comes forward his right anterior oblique sling (right shoulder to left hip) gets lengthened and stores energy. This energy then gets returned to him via elastic recoil, helping to bring the right shoulder/arm forward during the next movement. This is exactly how it works when we run. Pretty cool stuff.
Ok, I've got a plane to catch. Shoutout to @vinster227 for being such a stud.
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