Making Your Workouts More Functional
Functional Training means conditioning the body to perform a specific activity efficiently and without pain. This type of training involves coordinating movement patterns between the muscular and the nervous system.
The human body is made up of over 700 muscles and 206 bones. The structures of the human body and all its regulatory systems are as distinct from person to person as our fingerprints.
We must also understand that everyone has different job activities, hobby activities, and home life activities that involve different movement patterns. In order to train for these specific movement patterns, we must keep in mind that everyone is different. Ask yourself; “what movements do you perform in your everyday life?” Do you sit or stand most of the day at your job? Do you play golf on the weekends? Answer these questions and you have just began to develop a comprehensive functional training plan.
For optimal performance, training should be specific to activities of daily living. Most activities involve standing, multi-directional movements, stabilization, and recruitment of multiple muscles and joints.
This is why the majority of our training will include stability balls, medicine balls, free weights, tubing, body weight, and balance equipment. This is also why we do not just concentrate on “isolation” of a muscle and typical body building routines. Our goal is to increase the quality of life through increasing efficiency of motor patterns, stabilization, and the neuromuscular systems.
This training modality will become the new generation of fitness training. YOU are on the cutting edge of the fitness industry.
“Better Health through a Lifetime of Movement”