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Motor Preference Could Be Next Big Thing in Sports Performance, Injury Prevention

Related Topics: Bobby Tewksbary, Matt Swope

No, this isn’t a matter of wanting a 2.7 liter V6 EcoBoost V6 instead of a 5.8 liter V8 Hemi. When we talk about motor preference in this context, it’s a matter of understanding the nuances involved in how a person’s body naturally wants to move. As a very basic primer on what that means, cross your arms over your chest. Now try to cross them the other way. You could also clasp your hands together and then do it again with the opposite thumb on top.

One way feels perfectly natural while the other, at least for most folks, feels utterly foreign.