The Scoop on Functional Fitness Training
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Functional fitness training is hands down the best workout for everyone because it is independent of your fitness level. It just requires you to identify a competent training facility that exclusively focuses on functional training with qualified and educated instructors that specialize in this fitness space.
Functional fitness training focuses on movements that replicate everyday activities and the objects in our physical environment. The main goal of functional fitness is to build strength, flexibility, and balance to make everyday activities easier, reduce the risk of injury, and improve overall quality of life.
In this article, we will explore the seven human body functional movements, provide examples of each movement, and discuss how ExPo LIFE FITNESS workouts can improve health, fitness, and longevity.
The seven human body functional movements are squatting, lunging, pushing, pulling, bending, walking, and running. These movements are essential for performing everyday activities, such as lifting groceries, getting up from a chair, and even playing sports. Let’s take a closer look at each movement.
Squatting is a fundamental movement that involves lowering the body into a seated position and then standing back up.
Squatting strengthens the legs, glutes, and core muscles. Examples of squatting exercises include bodyweight squats, goblet squats, and barbell squats.
Lunging is another fundamental movement that involves taking a step forward and lowering the body until the back knee touches the ground.
Lunging strengthens the legs and glutes and improves balance. Examples of lunging exercises include walking lunges, walking up every other step, reverse lunges, and lateral lunges.
Pulling movements involve using the upper body to pull an object towards the body. Examples of pulling exercises include pull-ups, rows, and lat pull-downs. Pulling exercises strengthen the back, biceps, and forearms.
Pushing movements involve using the upper body to push an object away from the body. Examples of pushing exercises include push-ups, bench press, and shoulder press. Pushing exercises strengthen the chest, shoulders, and triceps.
Hip/Hinge movements involve hinging at the hips and lowering the upper body towards the ground. Examples of bending exercises include deadlifts, kettlebell swings, and Romanian deadlifts. Bending exercises strengthen the lower back, glutes, and hamstrings.
Gait is a functional movement that involves moving the body forward while on foot (i.e. walking/running). Walking and running improve cardiovascular endurance, strengthen the legs and core muscles, and are essential for daily activities.
Examples of walking and running exercises include walking on a treadmill, outdoor walking or running, and interval training on a treadmill or outside.
ExPo LIFE FITNESS workouts are designed to incorporate all seven functional movements and provide a complete full-body workout.
The ExPo LIFE FITNESS platform emphasizes the importance of proper form and technique, so members can get the most out of each exercise while minimizing the risk of injury. The platform also includes various resistance and cardiovascular training exercises, ensuring that participants receive a well-rounded workout.
Additionally, ExPo LIFE FITNESS workouts are scalable to accommodate individuals of all fitness levels, making it a perfect fit for anyone who is looking to improve their health, fitness, and longevity.
Functional fitness training is an effective way to improve health, fitness, and longevity by focusing on movements that are essential for daily activities. The seven human body functional movements – squatting, lunging, pushing, pulling, bending, walking, and running – are the building blocks of functional fitness.
ExPo LIFE FITNESS workouts are designed to incorporate all of these movements into a full-body workout, making it an excellent choice for anyone looking to improve their overall fitness and quality of life.
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ExPo LIFE FITNESS members participate in science-backed, results-oriented workouts led by advanced degree instructors.
ExPo LIFE workouts range from low-intensity interval training, power circuit training, and our proprietary F.I.T. (functional integrated total), just to name a few. Results are guaranteed.
4 Significant Reasons Why ExPo LIFE Workouts Guarantee Results:
- Personalized training workouts (<8 ppl/class)
- Education of proper form/technique by exercise physiologists
- Teach mental and behavioral fitness skill-sets tailored towards your thoughts, beliefs, and behaviors
- Injury-free/Pain-free exercises
With smaller class sizes, we are able to specialize our workouts by combining anatomy and physiology into the “how” and “why” of body mechanics, whereas other fitness facilities are simply not set up to educate their members.
ExPo LIFE FITNESS members also take advantage of popping into the facility outside of their scheduled workouts to utilize the equipment or ask for educational follow-up. This is a huge advantage over ‘class only’ gyms, where their members cannot access their equipment outside of their class.
In addition, we teach members how to stay on their fitness path by providing specific mental skill-sets that compliment their physical dedication; this is one of many differentiating factors we have.
