Is Compensation Actually Bad?
When you hear the word compensation, what do you usually think of? Is it a word to describe something positive or negative? Something normal or abnormal? Something done out of abundance or inadequacy? As a personal trainer in Schaumburg, this is often a topic of discussion.
A quick Google search brings up two prominent definitions for compensation:
- The money provided to an employee for their work, or to a party due to loss, injury or suffering.
- Something that counterbalances or makes up for an undesirable or unwelcome state of affairs.
As it relates to exercise and movement, the second definition above is typically how compensation is used. Compensation usually labels a movement that is done in a manner outside of the parameters that we find to be “normal,” “correct,” or “appropriate.” Essentially, we use this to describe a movement that is not “perfect.”
I want to challenge you to start thinking about compensation as a description of all movement.
