Dr. Andy Galpin

I want to be able to hold it for as long as I need based on the specific muscle or the movement I'm trying to do or be able to perform multiple repetitions.

If we're looking at basically any style of human movement, it's going to need to be fast, it's going to have to be strong, and it has to display some semblance of muscular endurance.

So if I summarize all of this, the way to investigate whether or not you have sufficient muscle quality has two unique parts.

Part one is understanding, do you move well?

Now that definition of moving well is

really changes depending on the sport or the context.

The way their hamstrings need to contract for a hundred meter sprinter are quite different than somebody who wants to just be able to hike all day or a cross country skier or anything else.

So that is context specific.

But I gave you an example of four things that are generally pretty universal.

Regardless, your muscles need to go through an appropriate range of motion.

They need to be symmetrical.

They need to be stable and you need to be aware of what they're doing.

If you're aware of the context, say you have a specific sporting outcome, then you can lean on a coach or an individual in that area.

If not, there are plenty of global movement screening tools.

So these are different tests you can do that'll allow you to understand a basic human movement pattern.

Many of them to choose from.

We could probably put some in the show links for you.

There are some nuances within plenty of them, but something like that should be chosen.

You have a lot of options.

I would strongly recommend though picking at least one thing from the how do I move column in order to investigate is your muscle functioning appropriately.