Functional Training has become a popular catch phrase in the fitness industry. The term "functional training" can now be heard from not just personal fitness trainers; more examples would include: athletic trainers, yoga trainers, Pilates instructors and even group exercise instructors.
Functional Training; what is it and why is it important?
The general goal of Functional Training is to train the body using movements the body is biomechanically engineered to do in everyday life.
Most individuals in our society don't live their lives using their bodies the way they are engineered to be used. Our bodies are designed to move, to go hunt and gather food, and to avoid predators. We're meant to walk, run, climb, lift, etc. Unfortunately, the same prosperity that makes such a wealthy and successful society is what's slowly corroding our bodies.
We were not designed to sit on a chair behind a computer screen all day long; when we finally do get up and attempt to use our bodies in a "functional" manner, injury often results.
-Functional Training incorporates multi-planar movements.
-Functional Training typically requires more neuromuscular control than non-functional movements.
-Functional Training incorporates many full-body movements
-Functional Training is dynamic movement under control.
-Functional Training stays within the biomechanical limitations of the body
Thursday, November 4, 2010
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