The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
So the way that I teach this is I go joint by joint. And so I think of this as the major ones, your shoulder, your elbow, your low back, hip, knee, and ankle. Now, what you can do is do a representative movement for you. So if you bench a lot, use the bench. If you do pull-ups, use the pull-up. If you squat, do that. I would recommend doing an upper-body press, an upper-body pull, a lower-body press, a lower-body pull.
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The very first one we want to talk about is movement skill. Now, set aside sport specific. So I'm not going to give you an assessment for optimal golf technique swing. This is really about human movement so that you stay injury free and you can continue to train for as long as possible. So what are the minimum requirements? Now, if you can have access to a highly-qualified physical therapist or movement specialist, that's the best route. Go to them. Have them identify all of your movement patterns, overhead pressing, squatting, running, all these things. That's your gold standard.