Saturday, 2 April 2011

Functional Training

Hey Guys, hope your all well and staying healthy. I'm back after completing my first open race in 7 years, so that's the first goal of my season ticked, hope your all striving to and achieving your own goals.

So I guess you have heard the term "Functional Training" banded around alot but what does it actually mean. As Human beings we get all our movement via 7 movement patterns, theses are Bend, Push, Pull, Squat, Lunge, Twist and the Gait cycle. So a major part of my training for my clients is getting them to move in these ways, hence making their bodies stronger, pain free units.

If you do what you have always done then you will get what you have always got !! So if you workout on static machines in only 1 movement plain you will become a very static unit resulting ultimatetly in injury often finding itself a resting place in your back.

Next time you are in a Gym working out think about how our ancestors moved. They picked things up, they threw them around, they hunted their food on the move . Did they have back ache ?? I very much dought it.

So get your ipod on , stand up, start moving and feel the difference.

Stay Healthy Stay Strong

Lee

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