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Core/Functional Training
Functional training is definitely the newest buzzword for strengthening the body. We first heard of functional training when athletes began to incorporate sports movements into their exercise programs, rather than just training individual body parts as a bodybuilder does. Strength coaches and trainers developed exercises that mimicked the movement patterns required for a particular sport and added weights, elastic bands, and other devices. Because athletes were training for the ultimate function in their sports, the term functional training was coined. Now functional training has come to mean function not only in sports, but also in activities of daily living. If you need balance and strength to reach down and pick up a heavy bag of groceries while holding a child in one arm, you can functionally train for that by holding a medicine ball in one arm while doing a lunge to reach for a dumbbell with the other hand. Functional training now runs the gamut from specific exercises that mimic sports movements to exercises that mimic life movements.
“HEY YOU, STOP DOING THOSE BICEP CURLS….NOT IN MY GYM BUDDY!!!!!
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